Man Smoking a Pipe
1845
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1845
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A man sits in a dim room, smoking a pipe. His face glows softly in the light. The background fades to shadows. Mount painted everyday American life in the 1800s. He liked showing regular people doing simple things. This quiet scene feels real, like a snapshot. Check out another painting by William Sidney Mount at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
![Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/adf0b3e0763f0137/thumb.webp)
![Man with a Walking Stick, Seen in Profile [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/9a2de0af8c4d35fd/thumb.webp)
