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Study of Light and Clouds on Ocean

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Flat sea in foreground, dark sky with light center.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905
Date
after 1878
Credit Line
Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest
Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
9.4 x 16.6 cm (3 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 13.7 x 21.5 cm (5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Type
seascapes
Object Name
Sketchbook folio
Type
Sketchbook folio
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