Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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J. J. Grandville — Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis 
Anonymous, French, 19th century — Three Peasants
Anonymous, French, 19th century — A Bedroom Scene
Hubert François Gravelot — Study for an Engraving of "Songs 
Eugène Delacroix — Musicerend gezelschap
Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl — The Critic; verso: Study for 
Alphonse Marie Adolphe de Neuville (French, 1835–1885) — Ske
James McNeill Whistler — Old-Clothes Shop, No. 2 (Rag Shop)
Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I — Peasants in a Tavern
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — The Forge
John William Wright — Book illustration: Knight and Monk
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — Exeter Street
