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1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This is an etching based on Homer's 1889 oil painting of the same name, depicting a daring rescue at sea. It shows a rescued woman being transported in a breeches buoy over turbulent waves.
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Winslow Homer was deeply fascinated by the dangerous lives of maritime workers and the drama of the sea, often spending time at the lifesaving station in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This work captures the harrowing reality of the 'breeches buoy' apparatus, a device used in the 19th century to rescue passengers from shipwrecks when boats could not reach the shore. The image is noted for its intense emotional weight and the stark contrast between the mechanical nature of the rescue device and the vulnerability of the human figure.
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Winslow Homer, 1889
