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Boat and Encampment (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch on paper of a boat and a distant encampment. The boat faces right. Three people are in the boat. The boat's hull has a dark line along the bottom. The left edge of the paper shows three evenly spaced holes. The top left corner of the paper appears to be held down with a small black clip. The encampment in the background appears to include a tent and several people. The encampment and the people and boat are sketched with minimal detail. The sketch is drawn with pencil. The paper takes up most of the image. The background behind the paper is white.

Artwork details

Date:
1885
Medium:
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 488 px
Museum record:
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