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[Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer. – Vintage Wall Art

[Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer., c1889. — historic print
[Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer., c1889.. Historic print from the Native Americans collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer.

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Saved" presents a rescue at sea, a theme Winslow Homer returned to repeatedly during the 1880s, when his work turned often to the dangers faced by fishermen and sailors on the Atlantic coast. The subject reflects the period's concern with shipwreck, and the United States Life-Saving Service, founded in 1871, staffed stations along the nation's shores to reach stranded crews. G.W.H. Ritchie produced the etching after Homer's design, and it was copyrighted by C. Klackner of New York. Its reprinting in a 1997 survey of American visual history shows how Homer's maritime scenes came to stand for courage and public service.

Created / publishedc1889.
Medium1 print : etching.
GenreEtchings 1880-1890.
NotesCopyright by C. Klackner, N.Y. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
SubjectsLifesaving--1880-1890. Rescues--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,465 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218485

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