"She Turned her Face to the Window" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. V)

"She Turned her Face to the Window" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. V)

Winslow Homer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

At the same time he created subjects related to everyday life and the Civil War for "Harper's Weekly," Homer drew images inspired by literary stories for "The Galaxy," a monthly magazine established in 1868. This example relates to "Beechdale" by Mary Virginia Terhune (née Hawes) who published under the penname Marion Harland.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

"She Turned her Face to the Window" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. V)"She Turned her Face to the Window" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. V)"She Turned her Face to the Window" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. V)"She Turned her Face to the Window" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. V)"She Turned her Face to the Window" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. V)

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