The Ghost Story

Walter MacEwen

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Ghost Story by Walter MacEwen: A painting depicting a group of women in traditional clothing sitting in a room. There are seven women total. One woman sits on the left side of the painting holding a bowl. A second woman sits in the center of the left side of the painting at a spinning wheel. A third woman sits on the right side of the painting on a chair with her elbow on her knee. The other four women and one child are standing or sitting behind the three seated women. The room has a tiled floor, wallpaper on one wall with a design, and a large curtained window on another wall with plants on the sill. A low table and some chairs are in the center and right of the room.