The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 16, 2026

A vertically oriented graphite drawing depicts two figures with light skin tones. On our left, a man in a wide-brimmed hat and coat gestures firmly while clutching a hatchet. A youth stands opposite him, a hand raised to their forehead in a weary gesture. Sketched with light, delicate lines, they appear beside a circular grindstone. In the lower right, a discarded hat lies crumpled, while faint, loose lines suggest an architectural structure in the background.

Who'll Turn the Grindstone?

c. 1850
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1946
    Victor D. Spark [1898–1991], New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    July 25, 1946–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland,OH
  • {{cite web|title=Who'll Turn the Grindstone?|url=false|author=William Sidney Mount|year=c. 1850|access-date=16 June 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.1707