Painted in 1887 at Prout's Neck, Maine, this watercolor shows a boy pausing from harvesting pumpkins to gaze toward the setting sun, a return to the theme of rural childhood Winslow Homer had explored earlier in his career. Its title comes from an old English folk song about a farmer's boy, and technical analysis has since revealed that its now-faded sky originally glowed with washes of orange and pink sunset color. The painting is held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
