Provenance · Gift
Richard Seymour Bayham
This catalog gathers 25 public-domain works given to the museum by Richard Seymour Bayham. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Ruins -
Chinese Flower -
A Gothic Church by Moonlight -
Chillon Castle -
The Cross -
Tomb of Messina -
Rose Bush and Butterfly -
Star Flower -
Damask Rose -
Snow Storm in Vermont -
Dahlia -
Butterfly -
Ruins by Moonlight -
Swan -
Shells in Seaweed -
Harbor Scene -
Siberian Apple -
Magnolia -
Studies of Upas and Maple Trees -
The Lonely Tower (Castle on a River with Willows and a Boat) -
Wild Rose -
The Gateway of Mount Auburn, near Boston -
June Roses -
Buffalo Lighthouse -
Eddystone Lighthouse
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.