id:			170714
accession number:	2013.239
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.239
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:35.817000

The Wood Gatherers, 1869. John William North (British, 1842–1924). Watercolor and gouache with scratch-away and touches of shell gold; sheet: 40.5 x 56.3 cm (15 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz 2013.239

title:				The Wood Gatherers
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creation date:			1869
creation date earliest:		1869
creation date latest:		1869
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creditline:			Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	watercolor and gouache with scratch-away and touches of shell gold
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* John William North (British, 1842–1924)  - artist
British painter, illustrator, and printmaker
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measurements: Sheet: 40.5 x 56.3 cm (15 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.)
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	description:	off-white wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, lower left, in white gouache: N and in ochre: 69
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William Graham, M.P., Glasgow
	date: ?-?
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	(sale, Christie's, London, April 2, 1886, no. 29)
	date: 1886
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	(sale, Christie's, London, October 1, 1973, no. 59)
	date: 1973
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	(Shepherd Gallery, New York)
	date: 1978
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	Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-2013
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Referenced: pp. 116-117, 147, no. 39; Reproduced: p. 117
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.239/2013.239_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.239/2013.239_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.239/2013.239_full.tif