1845
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Eel Spearing at Setauket, Long Island, New York is a 1845 by William Sidney Mount, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows two men standing on a narrow wooden dock, each holding a long pole. Behind them, a sailboat sits anchored near the shore, and the water looks calm. Tall grass or reeds grow thickly along the water’s edge, and the whole scene is drawn in quick, light pencil strokes. The title says this is about "eel spearing," a way to catch fish by hand. The artist’s name is signed in the corner, but the drawing itself is loose and unfinished, like a quick note. Next, look up William Sidney Mount to see how he turned simple moments like this into full paintings.
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 – November 19, 1868) was a 19th-century American genre painter.
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