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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.19.2
People
William Trost Richards, American (Philadelphia, PA 1833 - 1905 Newport, RI)
Title
Seascape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1882 - c. 1885
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308355

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown wash over graphite on heavy cream wove paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 25.2 cm (5 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Border drawn around image: 13.9 x 23.6 cm (5 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, black ink, stamped: 238
  • inscription: stamp, verso: 238

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist's daughter Anna Richards (Mrs. William T.) Brewster; her bequest to the National Academy of Design, 1952; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1954.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Presented by the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.19.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 85, ill.

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972

Verification Level

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