The image shows a woman standing at a counter in an interior setting that appears to be a post office. She is positioned side-on, leaning with one hand on the counter and the other hand resting on top. Her facial features are delicately drawn with a prominent nose, and her hair is styled smoothly and tied back. She is wearing a long, dark, voluminous dress adorned with lace detailing at the wrists and collar. Beside her, another woman is seen from behind, reaching up to the wall; her hair is styled back similarly. A third woman is seated at a table in the background, engaged in writing, her hair in a similar style. A man wearing a uniform and hat stands behind the counter, interacting with the woman at the counter, and a well-dressed man in a top hat stands beside him. The setting includes a high-ceilinged room with a decorative curtain draped overhead and illustrations or notices pinned to the walls. The floor is wooden, and the space feels active, with several occupants engaged in various tasks.
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The image shows a woman standing at a counter in an interior setting that appears to be a post office. She is positioned side-on, leaning with one hand on the counter and the other hand resting on top. Her facial features are delicately drawn with a prominent nose, and her hair is styled smoothly and tied back. She is wearing a long, dark, voluminous dress adorned with lace detailing at the wrists and collar. Beside her, another woman is seen from behind, reaching up to the wall; her hair is styled back similarly. A third woman is seated at a table in the background, engaged in writing, her hair in a similar style. A man wearing a uniform and hat stands behind the counter, interacting with the woman at the counter, and a well-dressed man in a top hat stands beside him. The setting includes a high-ceilinged room with a decorative curtain draped overhead and illustrations or notices pinned to the walls. The floor is wooden, and the space feels active, with several occupants engaged in various tasks.

National Gallery of Art · Print

"Any Thing for Me, If You Please?" - Post Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission

after Winslow Homer

Date
published 1864
Medium
wood engraving on newsprint
Dimensions
image: 34.7 x 23 cm (13 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.) sheet: 41 x 28.5 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1986.31.83
Credit line
Avalon Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W

Portfolio and series

Series
From "Harper's Weekly", March 5, 1864, p.156

Subjects and terms

  • amusement
  • genre
  • American
  • New York
  • wood engraving
  • Brooklyn
  • Fair
Inscription

center left in plate: HOMER; across bottom: "ANY THING FOR ME, IF YOU PLEASE?"-POST-OFFICE OF THE BROOKLYN FAIR IN AID OF THE SANITARY COMMISSION.-[See Page 158.]

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