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Sketch of Rocky Cliffside (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a sketch of a rocky cliffside. The sketch is in a book or sketchbook. The pages are white with a thin black line bordering the right and left sides. The left page is blank. The right page has a pencil drawing of a cliffside with trees and foliage. The cliffside is drawn in the center and right of the page. The drawing is simple, with minimal details. There are three black dots on the center of the pages, likely holes from a binding. The background behind the book is white.

Artwork details

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