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William Sidney Mount

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Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat sitting and drawing in an open field with a lone tree, by William Sidney Mount, 1840.

Artist Sketching at Stony Brook, New York (from McGuire Scrapbook)

1840

Pencil sketch of two seated men, one tuning a violin, with a standing woman and a landscape through a doorway.

Tuning

1867

Pencil sketch of two men at a water pump beside a wooden fence, with a chicken and trees in the background.

At the Pump

1861

Pencil sketch of men playing music in a rustic interior, with a woman in a doorway and handwritten notes.

Catching a Tune

probably 1867

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat leaning on a wooden gate beside a barn, dated February 15, 1867.

Resting on the Fence

1867

Pencil sketch of four men in loose outlines, one central figure leaning forward mid-step, with handwritten date and signature

The Jig

c. 1866

Pencil sketch of two men beside a grindstone in a rustic interior, one in a wide-brimmed hat gesturing, with a hat on the flo

Who'll Turn the Grindstone?

c. 1850

Pencil sketch of a lecture room with a standing speaker, a plaster head on a table, and a seated audience.

The Phrenologist

c. 1827-68

Pencil sketch of two men bending over a grinding wheel, one sharpening a tool while the other leans in to help.

Grinding the Axe

c. 1827-68

Pencil sketch of two men spearing eels from a punt in shallow water, with reeds and a sailboat in the distance.

Eel Spearing at Setauket, Long Island, New York

c. 1845

Pencil sketch of three seated men in hats bent over an instrument, with faint handwriting in the background.

Tuning

1822-68

The Fiddling Beggar

1853

Pencil sketch of dancing and seated figures below rows of songbird studies with handwritten plumage notes.

Dance of the Haymakers

c. 1845

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a cap holding a pipe, leaning on a wooden chair.

Man Smoking a Pipe

c. 1827-68

Pencil sketch of several sailing boats on calm water along a distant shoreline, with an inscription below reading On Board of

On Board of the Stony Brook Packet

1848

Pencil portrait of a man with curled hair and a dark bow tie, signed by William Sidney Mount and dated 1839.

Nelson Mathewson

1839

Graphite sketch of a young man with tousled hair writing with a quill pen at a desk beside an inkwell.

Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto]

1827

Faint pencil sketch of a standing man at the left edge of a mostly blank, aged sheet of paper.

Sketch of a Standing Man [verso]

1827

Pencil sketch sheet with multiple vignettes of figures, standing men, a woman in a long skirt, and seated women, with handwri

Studies of Figural Groups

1866

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse among trees beside an open field with small figures, fence posts, and distant tree lines.

Long Island, New York

c. 1850s

Pencil sketch of a valley with a river, sailboats, distant mountains, trees and farm buildings, with handwritten color notes.

Valley with River and Mountains

1843