Christmas Belles
published January 2, 1869 · Wood engraving on paper · Art Institute of Chicago
The whole print, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- published January 2, 1869
- Medium
- Wood engraving on paper
- Original size
- 23.1 × 34.8 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Realism
A sleigh full of young women in fur-trimmed coats, small hats and muffs glides over the snow, driven by a moustached man in a peaked cap. A second sleigh and its horses follow close behind, and one woman at the back turns to wave a white scarf. The runners and the curved body of the sleigh fill the lower half of the picture. Winslow Homer drew it for Harper's Weekly, the New York illustrated paper he supplied with drawings as a freelance illustrator in the 1860s and 1870s. His drawing was cut into a wood block by the paper's engravers for printing. It appeared in Harper's Weekly on 2 January 1869. This impression is in the Art Institute of Chicago.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A sleigh of young women in furs racing over the snow, in black line on cream paper. It suits a hallway or the entryway for the holiday season, beside Avercamp's Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters; a black frame keeps it sharp.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (published January 2, 1869)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from a scan of the original print, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
