Morning (c. 1850): Art, History and Details
Morning at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1850, marble. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Morning (c. 1850) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Erastus Dow Palmer (American, 1817–1904).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Early in his career, Erastus Palmer made cameo portraits—gems or shells carved in low relief. The delicate carving of his marble representations of Morning and Evening can probably be attributed to his early experience with cameos.
Object facts
- Title: Morning
- Date: c. 1850
- Creator attribution: Erastus Dow Palmer (American, 1817–1904)
- Culture: United States
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: marble
- Dimensions: Framed: 72.5 x 5 cm (28 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Diameter: 53.3 cm (21 in.)
- Collection: American - Sculpture
- Department: American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession number: 1977.10.2
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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