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On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour
On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour
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Object number1973/4.16

On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour

Artist (American, 1836-1910)
Date1870
Mediumwood engraving
Dimensionsimage: 8 7/8 × 13 11/16 in. (22.5 × 34.8 cm)
sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 1/2 in. (27.6 × 39.4 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineDirector's Fund
Exhibition History"At Work and Play," KIA Long Gallery (Apr. 1 - July 22, 2005). Label TextHomer loved to depict Americans at the various resorts where they gathered to enjoy themselves. In this scene he shows us the beach at Long Branch, a New Jersey resort. A group of fashionably dressed women begin a descent down the steps to the bathhouse where they will change into equally fashionable and elaborate bathing costumes.

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