Winslow Homer · 1886
Eight Bells
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
Two sailors in oilskins taking a noon sextant reading on the deck of a fishing schooner under a hazy sky. Addison Gallery of American Art.
Up to 16 × 13 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Eight Bells
Eight Bells is an 1886 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. It depicts two sailors determining their ship's latitude. It is one of the Homer's best-known paintings and the last of his major paintings of the 1880s that dramatically chronicle man's relationship to the ocean.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.
All Winslow Homer prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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