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Seascape and Deluge (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a seascape with a cloudy sky. The drawing is in a rectangular box. The sky takes up about half of the box and is filled with short, curved lines. The lines are more densely packed at the top and gradually become less dense towards the bottom. The water takes up the bottom half of the box and is drawn with longer, wavy lines. The water lines are mostly horizontal. The drawing is on a white background with a thick white border. There are some dark marks on the border. The overall image is rectangular.

Artwork Details

Date
1886
Medium
Black ink, graphite, on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 488 px
Public Domain
Yes
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