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Sketches of Sailboats (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a sketch of sailboats. The sketch is on a white rectangular piece of paper with a rough edge on the left side. Three sailboats drawn in pencil are on the page. The boat on the left appears to have its sail down. The boat in the middle has one triangular sail and two people on it. The boat on the right is mostly drawn with scribbled lines and has a triangular sail and a small cylindrical object on the back. The background is plain white.

Artwork Details

Date
1885
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 488 px
Public Domain
Yes
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