The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 17, 2025
Tuning
1867
(American, 1807–1868)
Sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1946.1711
Location: Not on view
Description
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.- 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. Reproduced: P. 122
- American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).
- {{cite web|title=Tuning|url=false|author=William Sidney Mount|year=1867|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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