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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The Wednesday Post


American Artists on U.S. Stamps
Five good 'uns from the 1960s.



1967: Thomas Eakins, "The Biglins Brothers Racing"
Five Cents.  Scott Catalog #1335.



1966: Mary Cassatt, "The Boating Party"
Five Cents.  Catalog #1322



1965: John Singleton Copley, "Elizabeth Clarke Copley"
Five Cents.  Catalog #1273.



1962: Winslow Homer, "Breezing Up."
Four Cents.  Catalog #1207.



1971: John Sloan, "The Wake of the Ferry."
Eight Cents.  Catalog #1433.

2 comments:

  1. I am going to assume that Elizabeth Copley was standing in line to get on a ferry or something.

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  2. American artists kind of have a thing for boats. They're so... floaty!

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