Snap the Whip

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title: Snap the Whip
text: Snap the Whip is an 1872 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. It depicts a group of children playing crack the whip in a field in front of a small red schoolhouse. With more of America's population moving to cities, the portrait depicts the simplicity of rural agrarian life that Americans were beginning to leave behind in the post-Civil War era, evoking a mood of nostalgia. Homer spent several summers in New York's Hudson Valley, and is said to have been inspired to paint this scen
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description: Painting by Winslow Homer
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_the_Whip
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date modified: 2023-12-13T13:34:21Z
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