Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011433Indian Camp, Roberval, P.Q.
About the Artwork
In 1895, Winslow Homer produced 25 watercolors while on a fishing expedition in Canada. Indian Camp, Roberval, P.Q. was painted at Lake St. John, about 100 miles north of Quebec and shows Montangnais Indians at Pont Bleue. Using straightforward visual material, Homer produced an unusual and arresting composition.
Inscriptions
signed, lower right, in watercolor: W.H. Roberval P.Q. / 1895 ; VERSO, upper left, in orange crayon: ['9?]6 ; upper center, in orange crayon: No 1 ; lower right, in graphite: Aug 1 [upside down]
Exhibition history
Exhibition of Water Colors: Homer, Sargent, Marin. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO (organizer) (April 17-June 11, 1947). Winslow Homer: Portrait of America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 10, 1965-May 16, 1966). American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolor with gouache over graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 35.4 x 50.6 cm (13 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 1943.70
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