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Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, presented

This catalog gathers 16 public-domain works given to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, presented. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  1. The Vine The Vine Samuel Palmer · 1852
  2. The Herdsman's Cottage The Herdsman's Cottage Samuel Palmer · 1850
  3. The Early Plowman The Early Plowman Samuel Palmer · 1861
  4. The Rising Moon The Rising Moon Samuel Palmer · 1857
  5. The Sepulchre The Sepulchre Samuel Palmer
  6. The Willow The Willow Samuel Palmer · 1850
  7. The Homeward Star The Homeward Star Samuel Palmer
  8. The Early Ploughman The Early Ploughman Samuel Palmer · 1861
  9. The Lonely Tower The Lonely Tower Samuel Palmer · 1879
  10. The Bellman The Bellman Samuel Palmer · 1879
  11. Opening the Fold Opening the Fold Samuel Palmer · 1880
  12. Moeris and Galatea Moeris and Galatea Samuel Palmer
  13. The Skylark The Skylark Samuel Palmer · 1850
  14. The Weary Plowman The Weary Plowman Samuel Palmer · 1858
  15. The Cypress Grove The Cypress Grove Samuel Palmer
  16. The Sleeping Shepherd The Sleeping Shepherd Samuel Palmer · 1857

On provenance & the public domain

A credit line — the small "Gift of…" note beside a work on a museum wall — records its provenance: how the object passed from a private hand into a public collection, whether as an outright gift, a bequest left in a will, the purchase from a named endowment, or an entire collection acquired at once. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can study, share, and reproduce them freely. Browsing by provenance follows the human story behind a museum's holdings — the collectors and benefactors whose generosity put these works where the public can see them.

Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.