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In the Jungle, Florida

Winslow Homer American
1904
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
The dense composition and dark, saturated passages of pigment express foreboding, a mood Homer often brought to landscapes he made of Florida’s waterways, swamplands, and forests. Like the earlier watercolor In a Florida Jungle hanging nearby, this work interprets the natural world as fraught with danger: lurking deep within the swamp forest’s tangled vines, brackish water, and sharp palmetto fronds, a panther bares its teeth at an unseen threat or prey.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: In the Jungle, Florida
  • Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
  • Date: 1904
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 19 11/16 in. (35.2 x 50 cm)
    Framed: 24 x 30 x 1 1/2 in. (61 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm)
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund and Special Subscription (11.547)
  • Rights and Reproduction: Photo: Brooklyn Museum
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing