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North Easton, Massachusetts
William Morris Hunt1877
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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)
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- Title: North Easton, Massachusetts
- Creator: William Morris Hunt (American, 1824-1879)
- Date Created: 1877
- Physical 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
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.327
- Medium: charcoal; framing lines in charcoal
- Inscriptions: signed, lower left, in charcoal: [artist monogram: WMH] N. Easton.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: America, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. G. Tappan Francis
- Collection: DR - American 19th Century
- Accession Number: 1943.327
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