Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011417North Easton, Massachusetts
About the Artwork
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
signed, lower left, in charcoal: [artist monogram: WMH] N. Easton.
Exhibition history
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, Cleveland, OH (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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879)
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- charcoal; framing lines in charcoal
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. G. Tappan Francis
- Accession no.
- 1943.327
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