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Mrs. Mary H. Bacher, New York

This catalog gathers 19 public-domain works given to the museum by Mrs. Mary H. Bacher, New York. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  1. Spring Street, Cleveland Spring Street, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1887
  2. Downtown, Cleveland Downtown, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1887
  3. Street Scene, Cleveland Street Scene, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1887
  4. Tree on Top of a Stone Wall, Cleveland Tree on Top of a Stone Wall, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1887
  5. St. Clair Street, Cleveland St. Clair Street, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1890
  6. Old Passenger Depot, Cleveland Old Passenger Depot, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1887
  7. Tower of the Chimes, Old Trinity, Cleveland Tower of the Chimes, Old Trinity, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1887
  8. An Old House, Cleveland An Old House, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1887
  9. River Pier River Pier Otto H. Bacher · 1890
  10. West Pier, Cleveland West Pier, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1878
  11. Fishing Fishing Sion Longley Wenban · 1884
  12. Cottages, Cleveland Cottages, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher · 1878
  13. Cleveland, Woodland Avenue and Eagle Street Cleveland, Woodland Avenue and Eagle Street Otto H. Bacher · 1878
  14. Sketch from Nature Sketch from Nature Otto H. Bacher · 1879
  15. West Pier 1878 West Pier 1878 Otto H. Bacher · 1878
  16. The Square The Square Otto H. Bacher · 1878
  17. Spring Street Spring Street Otto H. Bacher · 1878
  18. Lake Erie Lake Erie Otto H. Bacher · 1878
  19. Lake Shore, Cleveland Lake Shore, Cleveland Otto H. Bacher

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.