Camp Meeting Sketches: Cooking

Winslow Homer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of people preparing food outdoors. The people are gathered under a tent with a sign on a tree to the right. In the foreground, two women and a man are gathered around a pot on a brick stand. The woman on the left in a long skirt stirs the pot contents with a large spoon. The man on the left wears a hat and vest. The woman on the right wears a hat and long skirt and leans on a table with pots and pans on it. There are several cooking pots and pans on the brick stands and on the ground. To the left of the women, a basket of bread or buns sits on the ground. In the background, several people are gathered around more cooking pots. The scene is shaded with different tones of gray from black to white. The image depicts a camp meeting scene labeled "cooking". The title is by Winslow Homer.