Scene on the Back Bay Lands by Winslow Homer

Scene on the Back Bay Lands 1859

print, wood-engraving

pencil drawn

toned paper

light pencil work

print

pencil sketch

old engraving style

etching

pen-ink sketch

united-states

pen work

pencil work

wood-engraving

watercolor

"Scene on the Back Bay Lands" (1859) by Winslow Homer depicts a bustling scene of workers filling in the Back Bay in Boston. This wood engraving captures the labor and industry of the city's rapid development. Homer's work is renowned for its realism, conveying the physical labor and the scale of the project. This print provides a valuable glimpse into 19th-century Boston and the transformation of the Back Bay, a process that continues to shape the city today.