Resting on the Fence

William Sidney Mount

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a sketch of a man sitting on a fence, wearing a hat and coat. The background shows a building with a door and wall. The man is positioned in the center, slightly turned away, and sitting on a wooden fence that stretches from the bottom center to the right side. He wears a hat and a coat. A gate is attached to the fence on the right. The building behind him has a door on the left and a wall with vertical lines on the right. The sketch is rendered in pencil on paper with a light gray tone. The paper has a rough texture and appears aged, with darker spots. Handwritten text at the bottom reads "Feb 15th 64" and some illegible letters.