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Trees and Cliff (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular drawing with a thin black border. The drawing depicts trees and a cliff. The drawing takes up the right half of the image; the left half is blank. The drawing shows a cliff face on the left with a tree growing out of it. A second tree grows out of the right side, in front of a third tree with a house or building on the right. The drawing is pencil on paper. The paper appears to be folded in the middle.

Artwork details

Date:
1885
Medium:
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 259 px
Museum record:
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