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John William North

The Wood Gatherers

1869
watercolor and gouache with scratch-away and touches of shell gold

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In addition to his artistic career, John William North championed social justice for the agricultural laboring class in England, campaigning for decent rural sanitation and social housing.

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