Drawing, Red Light, probably 1883, Winslow Homer, probably 1883

Recto: horizontal view of a man in oilskins holding a red flare in raised right hand while other men launch a dory into heavy surf, as a vessel flouders in the distance. Verso: lightly drawn sketch on reverse of sheet. Date: probably 1883. Dimensions: 12.8 x 19.9 cm (5 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.). Medium: graphite, paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Red Light, probably 1883 (CH 18175057)