Tuning (1867): Art, History and Details
Tuning at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1867, graphite. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Tuning (1867) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Tuning
- Date: 1867
- Creator attribution: William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868)
- Culture: America
- Type: Drawing
- Technique: graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
- Collection: DR - American 19th Century
- Department: Drawings
- Accession number: 1946.1711
Collection credit
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Further reading listed by the museum
- Kirkpatrick, Katherine, and Vivian Nicholson-Mueller. The Art of William Sidney Mount: Long Island People of Color on Canvas. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2022.
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