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Seascape (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a seascape drawing. The drawing is in black and white and rectangular. The top half of the drawing shows a cloudy sky with lines indicating movement. The bottom half shows water with wavy lines. The drawing is surrounded by a white border. The white border is thicker on the outside than on the inside. The border has small marks and scratches. The background behind the border is plain white.

Artwork details

Date:
1886
Medium:
Black ink, graphite, on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 488 px
Museum record:
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