Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake

Title	Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake
Artist	Winslow Homer American, 1835-1910
Date	1889
Medium	Etching and aquatint with lavis, stopping-out, scraping, and burnishing, on moderately thick, smooth, cream simulated Japanese vellum
Classification	etching
Origin	United States

Themes: Marine & aquatic life

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“Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake” is a work by Winslow Homer American, 1835-1910, dated 1889. It is executed in etching and aquatint with lavis, stopping-out, scraping, and burnishing, on moderately thick, smooth, cream simulated japanese vellum and classified as etching. In this archive it sits within the marine & aquatic life tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

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