The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 1, 2023

North Easton, Massachusetts

1877

William Morris Hunt

(American, 1824–1879)

America, 19th century

Charcoal; framing lines in charcoal

Support: Blue laid paper (ED & Cu)

Sheet: 26.5 x 41.5 cm (10 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Image: 25.4 x 40.5 cm (10 x 15 15/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. G. Tappan Francis 1943.327

Location

not on view

Description

Hunt was one of the first American artists to draw with charcoal rather than chalk or graphite pencil. In 1877, he visited North Easton, Massachusetts to paint a portrait of the financier and art patron, Oliver Ames. At this time Hunt made several drawings of the town of North Easton, viewed from across a millpond. This drawing portrays the scene around mid-afternoon.
William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879)

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower left, in charcoal: [artist monogram: WMH] N. Easton.

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

William Morris Hunt: A Memorial Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (June 26-August 26, 1979).

Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

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