Title
The Life Line
Description
The George W. Elkins Collection. In the early sketches for this work, the mans face was visible. The decision to cover it focuses more attention not only on the victim, but also on the true hero, the mechanical apparatus known as the breeches buoy..
Creator
Winslow Homer
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn
Art History, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education, 2010 (9780205800377)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
1884
CE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
oil paintings (visual works)
paintings (visual works)
Still Image
Identifier
VS4572671
vw-20100831-1
Date Created
2011-09-07
Date Modified
2011-09-07
Is Part Of
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Extent
28 3/4 x 44 5/8
Medium
oil on canvas
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Tags
Citation
Winslow Homer, “The Life Line,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed February 5, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/36375.