Print, "On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour", August 6, Winslow Homer, 6 August 1870

Four women in foreground, drawn to beach by white flag announcing calm water, approach the steep wooden staircase that leads from the top of the high sand dunes known as the bluff to the bathhouses on the wide beach below. Others descending steps to beach in middle distance. Date: 6 August 1870. Dimensions: Frame: 39.7 x 50.2 cm (15 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.). Medium: black ink on paper, wood engraving print. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, "On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour", August 6, 1870 (CH 18340895)