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The National Gallery of Art's online Winslow Homer exhibit has 35 images from the more than 50 that were on display at the National Gallery in 2005. The images are gorgeous and crisp, and the multimedia components give the exhibit depth. Visitors unfamiliar with Homer's early life and career as an illustrator for Harper's Weekly and an artist-correspondent during the Civil War, should watch the short video in the "Highlights" link. Visitors interested in seeing the progression of Homer's work must check out the "Chronology" link, which not only has a timeline of his life, but also has 36 thumbnails of his work, illustrations, and paintings, in chronological order from 1862-1909. The full-size images can be viewed in a slideshow if visitors click on any of the thumbnails. The text below each of the images explains his departure from oil painting in his earlier days to painting in watercolor, for which he became most famous. Visitors will also note the different focus his paintings of New England have when compared to those in Florida and the Caribbean.