| Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba | |
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| Artist | Winslow Homer |
| Year | 1901 (1901) |
| Medium | Oil of canvas |
| Dimensions | 77.4 cm × 128.3 cm (30.5 in × 50.5 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
| Accession | 06.1282 |
Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba is an early 20th century painting by American artistWinslow Homer. It is currently (2018) in the collection of theMetropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
Executed in oil on canvas from sketches made by Homer in 1895, the painting depicts two cannon atopCastillo de San Pedro de la Roca, also known as Morro castle, a Spanish built fortress on the island of Cuba. The fort played a role in the decisiveBattle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898, in which the United States Navy destroyed a Spanish fleet sheltering there. The image was painted after the event received much publicity in 1901 as a court of enquiry strove to apportion credit to the American commanders involved.
The work is on view at the Metropolitan in Gallery 767.
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