| Boys in a Dory | |
| Year: | 1873 |
| Material: | Watercolor and gouache on graphite underdrawing and white wove paper |
| Height Metric: | 24.8 |
| Width Metric: | 35.2 |
| City: | New York City |
| Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Accession: | 2001.608.1 |
Boys in a Dory is a mid 19th-century painting by American artist Winslow Homer. Done in watercolor and gouache on wove paper, the painting depicts a group of boys boating in a dory. Winslow's work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Boys in a Dory is one of Homer's first watercolors. According to the Met's description of the painting, the artist's initial style of watercolors resulted in Boys being simple and direct.[1]
The painting was rendered by Homer while he was in Gloucester, Massachusetts.[2]