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Source Description
Julian Alden Weir's painting shows the construction of the Scotland Dam, built between 1907 and 1909 on the Shetucket River near his summer home in Windham, Connecticut. The artist had a vested interest in the subject, as the dam ensured an energy supply to the area's inhabitants that included his family.
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Document identity
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108999
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The Building of the Dam
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painting
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108999
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painting
title
The Building of the Dam
description
Julian Alden Weir's painting shows the construction of the Scotland Dam, built between 1907 and 1909 on the Shetucket River near his summer home in Windham, Connecticut. The artist had a vested interest in the subject, as the dam ensured an energy supply to the area's inhabitants that included his family.
date
1908
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60503719
creators
3324
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Painting
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Framed: 93.5 x 118.5 x 7.5 cm (36 13/16 x 46 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 76 x 101.6 cm (29 15/16 x 40 in.)
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America
accession
1927.171
Source extras
tec
oil on canvas
tombstone
The Building of the Dam, 1908. Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852–1919). Oil on canvas; framed: 93.5 x 118.5 x 7.5 cm (36 13/16 x 46 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 76 x 101.6 cm (29 15/16 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1927.171
collection
American - Painting
inscriptions
inscription
Signed lower right: "J. Alden Weir"
formerAccessionNumbers
571.26
didYouKnow
The artist was the 14th of 16 children born to his parents.
citations
citation
Pyne, Kathleen A. <em>Art and the Higher Life : Painting and Evolutionary Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century America.</em> Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996.
page_number
Mentioned, p. 274; reproduced p. 276.
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 44, no. 204
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 548
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 189
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 189
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 234
citation
Dawson, Anne E. "J. Alden Weir in Windham, Connecticut, 1882-1919." In <em>Rare Light: J. Alden Weir in Windham, Connecticut, 1882-1919.</em> Anne Dawson, editor, 9-90. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2016.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 48, fig. 2.35
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 05:49:40.866000
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108999
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American Painting and Sculpture
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American - Painting
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oil on canvas
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