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Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba

Winslow Homer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark blue cloudy nighttime sky with a small sliver of moon in the top left corner. A large body of water under dark cloudy sky. A stone fortification wall runs along the bottom with a large cannon sitting on a raised platform. The cannon faces the water with the barrel extending over the wall. A second smaller cannon sits behind and to the right. A domed building with two archways sits to the left of the large cannon.

Artwork details

Date:
1902
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 372 px
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