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Horse and Landscape (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular drawing on white paper, divided into two sections by a vertical crease with three dark holes. Left side features a detailed pencil sketch of a horse with a saddle on, head lowered to the ground. The horse faces left, with its body in profile. The right side depicts a simple pencil sketch of a mountainous landscape with a distant mountain range and a closer hill or mountain with sparse tree cover. The background of the drawing is plain white.

Artwork Details

Date
1885
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
598 × 296 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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