Old Mill (The Morning Bell)
1871 Yale University Art Gallery
About this artwork
This oil on canvas depicts a serene rural scene featuring a young woman crossing a wooden footbridge towards a mill at dawn. It captures the quiet transition of daily life in 19th-century New England.
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Winslow Homer was celebrated for his ability to capture the dignity of common life, and this painting is a quintessential example of his focus on American agrarian scenes. The title references the morning bell, a common signal used in 19th-century mills to call workers to their daily shifts, highlighting the intersection of human industry and nature.
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Old Mill (The Morning Bell)
Winslow Homer, 1871
