The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 14, 2026

A vertically oriented etching in black ink on cream paper depicts a dark forge interior. In the center, a bright rectangular opening illuminates a horse standing beside a man. White smoke plumes above the animal's back. To the right, another figure hunches over a glowing hearth. Dense, cross-hatched lines create heavy shadows throughout the room, obscuring a ladder and various tools that lean against the walls in the dark foreground.

The Little Forge

Date unknown

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

(American, 1876–1938)
America
etching
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1947.367
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.367