Print, Snap the Whip, from Harper's Weekly, September 20, 1873, pp. 245-25, 1873, Winslow Homer

Nine barefoot country boys play snap the whip. Seven boys are holding onto each other's hands while two boys have broken away on the left. On the right middle ground is a school house. On the left, children can be seen in the background. Date: 1873. Dimensions: 40.5 x 57.3 cm (15 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.). Medium: paper, wood engraving. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Snap the Whip, from Harper's Weekly, September 20, 1873, pp. 245-25, 1873 (CH 18606459)