Art, literature & history
On the Trail
1889
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- watercolor over graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 32.2 × 50.5 cm (12 11/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1975.92.12
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Winslow Homer. On the Trail. Winslow Homer; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
On the Trail — Winslow Homer. 1889.
Medium: watercolor over graphite on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 32.2 × 50.5 cm (12 11/16 × 19 7/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1975.92.12. Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.