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Distant Landscape with Encampment (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular drawing, two pages side by side, depicting a landscape scene. The left page mostly white with faint pencil marks of trees in the distance. The right page shows a detailed pencil drawing of a tree-covered hillside with a group of people and objects near the base. The people and objects are in the lower right portion. The hill on the right rises sharply. The drawing is in shades of gray, no color. The sketchbook pages have a thin black line around the edges. The background behind the sketchbook pages is plain white.

Artwork Details

Date
1885
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
598 × 294 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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