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Dozens of figures in a brown field filled with discarded corn silks form two rows and sit across from each other husking corn, a farm in the background.
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Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket

Eastman Johnson
artist Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
date 1876
medium Oil on canvas
origin Nantucket Island
dimensions 69.6 × 138.2 cm
credit line Gift of Honoré and Potter Palmer
hall 04 Realism
rights public domain (CC0)
Record in Chicago Full image

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