The image shows a winter scene with a snow-covered landscape. In the foreground, two figures dressed in dark clothing and hats are shoveling a pathway through deep snow. One person is holding a shovel upright while the other is clearing snow. On the right, a woman is tossing snow onto the side. The horizon is obscured by snow and trees, with cottages in the background. The style of the image is reminiscent of an engraving, with detailed lines and shading. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black, white, and grey. Bare trees frame the view, and distant trees and structures are blurred.
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The image shows a winter scene with a snow-covered landscape. In the foreground, two figures dressed in dark clothing and hats are shoveling a pathway through deep snow. One person is holding a shovel upright while the other is clearing snow. On the right, a woman is tossing snow onto the side. The horizon is obscured by snow and trees, with cottages in the background. The style of the image is reminiscent of an engraving, with detailed lines and shading. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black, white, and grey. Bare trees frame the view, and distant trees and structures are blurred.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Winter-Morning, - Shovelling Out

George A. Avery after Winslow Homer

Date
published 1871
Medium
wood engraving
Classification
Print
Accession number
1958.3.8
Credit line
Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W

Portfolio and series

Series
From "Every Saturday", January 14, 1871, p.32

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • daily life
  • genre

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