William Sidney Mount

American, 1807 - 1868

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William Sidney Mount, Annie, 1868, graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert McIntyre), 2015.19.544

Annie

William Sidney Mount · 1868 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.544

William Sidney Mount, Studies of Figural Groups, 1866, graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Norman Hirschl), 2015.19.547

Studies of Figural Groups

William Sidney Mount · 1866 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.547

William Sidney Mount, On Board of the Stony Brook Packet, 1848, graphite on wove paper, John Davis Hatch Collection, 1979.20.89

On Board of the Stony Brook Packet

William Sidney Mount · 1848 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1979.20.89

William Sidney Mount, Boy Reading, c. 1850s, pen and brown ink on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert McIntyre), 2015.19.545

Boy Reading

William Sidney Mount · c. 1850s · pen and brown ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.545

William Sidney Mount, Long Island, New York, c. 1850s, graphite on thin wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Norman Hirschl), 2015.19.548

Long Island, New York

William Sidney Mount · c. 1850s · graphite on thin wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.548

William Sidney Mount, Valley with River and Mountains, 1843, graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Norman Hirschl), 2015.19.549

Valley with River and Mountains

William Sidney Mount · 1843 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.549

William Sidney Mount, Nelson Mathewson, 1839, graphite on wove paper, John Davis Hatch Collection, 1979.20.90

Nelson Mathewson

William Sidney Mount · 1839 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1979.20.90

Three light-skinned men, one with his head and knee bandaged, sit and stand around a rusty, free-standing stove in a room with wide plank floors in this horizontal painting. In the center of the room and painting, glowing embers burn in the box-like stove and a long chimney pipe extends up off the back. A glass with amber liquid, a clay-brown mug, and a long, white pipe rest on top of the stove. To our left of the stove, the injured man sits on a broken-backed chair with his feet angled to our right. He leans forward and points at the man sitting across from him with his right hand. In his left hand, farther from us, he holds a half empty glass, also with amber-colored liquid. His head is wrapped in white cloth and his left knee in a red cloth. He rests that foot on the platform beneath the fireplace, and a wooden crutch leans on his leg. He has ash-brown hair and a five o’clock shadow. He has a rose-pink cravat tied at his throat and wears a cream-colored jacket over a white vest, olive-green pants, and brown shoes. To our right of the stove, a second man sits on a stool, his body angled to our left. He leans forward toward the other man with his feet straddling the platform under the stove. One hand is propped on his thigh and he leans on his other leg with his elbow, smoking a pipe held in that hand. He has curly blond hair, long sideburns, a long, prominent nose, and smoke wafts from his pursed lips. He appears to look past the injured man. He wears a camel-brown coat, charcoal-gray pants, and black shoes. A third man stands behind the smoking man. His body is angled to our right so he stands with his back to the injured man, has face in profile. His head is tipped down so his eyes are hidden under the brim of his hat, and he smiles slightly. He wears a dark brown cloak trimmed with fur and a fur hat with ear flaps folded up. In front of the stove, fire tongs, a log, and wood shavings litter the floor. To our left of the injured man, a black top hat lies on its side with playing cards and a spotted red handkerchief spilling out. Along the back wall, to our right, a built-in cabinet is filled with clear and dark glass bottles and small wooden barrels. A notice has been affixed to the taupe-brown wall, beyond the stove. It begins, “LONG ISLAND RAILROAD,” and is then indistinct. Two other slips of paper with indistinct writing have been nailed to the wall nearby. The artist signed the painting in the lower left corner: “Wm. S. Mount 1837.”
William Sidney Mount, The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern, 1837, oil on wood, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.28

The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern

William Sidney Mount · 1837 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  2014.79.28

William Sidney Mount, In Prison, c. 1840s, pen and brown ink on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert McIntyre), 2015.19.546

In Prison

William Sidney Mount · c. 1840s · pen and brown ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.546

William Sidney Mount, Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto], 1827, graphite on wove paper, John Davis Hatch Collection, Avalon Fund, 1983.2.5.a

Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto]

William Sidney Mount · 1827 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1983.2.5.a

Bibliography

1996

  • Turner, Jane, ed. The Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. New York and London, 1996: 222-224.