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The Plowman , 1878, watercolor and pencil on paper, 12 × 19½ inches W i n s loW H om e r ( 1836‒1910 ) Debra Force f i n e art , i nc . 13 EAST 69TH STREET SUITE 4F NEW YORK 10021 TEL 212.734.3636 WWW.DEBRAFORCE.COM The Plowman is one of approximately fifty watercolors from Winslow Homer’s well-known Houghton Farm series from 1878 . Located in Mountainville, New York, a hamlet in Orange County and seven miles from West Point, the farm was owned by Lawson Valentine, the artist’s childhood friend and his first and most important patron. Homer used the lush bucolic sprawling hills, populated with horses, Jersey cows, and Southdown sheep, as the backdrop for the local farmhands, milkmaids, and children he featured.