Winslow Homer · 1872
Snap the Whip
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
Eight schoolboys playing crack-the-whip in a New England field on a clear afternoon — Homer's nostalgic vision of American boyhood. The Met.
Up to 14 × 8 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 Snap the Whip
Snap the Whip is the name of two almost identical 1872 oil paintings by the American artist Winslow Homer. It depicts a group of children playing crack the whip in a field in front of a small red schoolhouse. With more of America's population moving to cities, the portrait depicts the simplicity of rural agrarian life that Americans were beginning to leave behind in the post-Civil War era, evoking a mood of nostalgia.
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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