Seascape
c. 1890s
Artist, American, 1833 - 1905
William Trost Richards
Attributed to
NGA, West Building, G-022-A
Artwork overview
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Medium
brush and black ink with wash over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the National Academy of Design, Mrs. William F. Brewster Bequest)
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 15.24 × 20.96 cm (6 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 30.64 × 38.26 cm (12 1/16 × 15 1/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.798
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. William T. Brewster (daughter of the artist); National Academy of Design, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 73, no. 460.
Markings
embossed upper right: TURNBULL'S / [crest with crown and two dragons] / SUPERFINE / LONDON BOARD; stamped lower left verso in black ink: 59
Watermarks
J WHATMAN 1890
Wikidata ID
Q64639712