Daughter of the Coast Guard  1881

Watercolor on paper, 34.3 x 34.3 cm [br]Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Description: In Daughter of the Coast Guard, a watercolour dated 1881, the subject is one of these fishergirls whom Homer sets against the stormy waters and misty sky of the North Sea. The scene appears to capture the girl’s exhaustion after hours of fruitlessly searching with her voice horn for s...