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Mountainside (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a simple pencil sketch of a mountainside on a white rectangular piece of paper. The paper is positioned horizontally and features a thin black line along its top edge. The left edge of the paper appears slightly rough and uneven with small black dots; the right edge is smooth. The sketch is a light grey color and occupies the left half of the paper, with the top left corner showcasing steep jagged peaks that slope down diagonally to the right. The peaks are depicted in varying shades of grey. The background behind the paper is plain white. The sketch is titled "Mountainside (from Sketchbook X)" by William Trost Richards.

Artwork details

Date:
1885
Medium:
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 487 px
Museum record:
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