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William Sidney Mount was the first major American painter of genre, or scenes of everyday life. While not directly related, the musical subject matter of two of these drawings, Tuning and Catching a Tune, brings to mind Mount's famous painting, The Power of Music, which is on view gallery 231.
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93289
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Tuning
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drawing
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93289
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drawing
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Tuning
description
William Sidney Mount was the first major American painter of genre, or scenes of everyday life. While not directly related, the musical subject matter of two of these drawings, Tuning and Catching a Tune, brings to mind Mount's famous painting, The Power of Music, which is on view gallery 231.
date
1867
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en
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Q116695608
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2876
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Sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
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America
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1946.1711
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Tuning, 1867. William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868). Graphite; sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1946.1711
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cream(3) wove paper
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DR - American 19th Century
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inscription
signed, lower right, in graphite: W.S.M. ; by artist, upper left, in graphite: Oct. 67 - / tuning -
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1946.1711
citations
citation
Kirkpatrick, Katherine, and Vivian Nicholson-Mueller. <em>The Art of William Sidney Mount: Long Island People of Color on Canvas. </em>Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2022.
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Reproduced: P. 122
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Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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2026-05-29 04:59:13.007000
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93289
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DR - American 19th Century
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