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Northeaster

After the painting: Winslow Homer, Northeaster, 1895; reworked by 1901

Northeaster

A storm breaks a wave against dark coastal rocks. White spray, turquoise water and a grey sky.

Size
190 × 129 stitches; on 14-count: 34.5 × 23.4 cm, on 18-count: 26.8 × 18.2 cm
Threads
23 DMC colours, full crosses only
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 11130 — the work on the museum site
Licence
Chart — © 2026 Crossette, CC BY 4.0: free to stitch, print and share with a link to crossette.org. The original is in the public domain (CC0); the museum image comes from its open collection.

PDF to print · 465 KB OXS for software · 956 KB

OXS is an open chart format that many cross stitch programs open. The Crossette app opens it too — it’s in development; the beta comes after Apple’s review. Colours on screen and in print are approximate; go by the thread codes.