Cliffs on the Shore | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1954.25
People: William Trost Richards, American (Philadelphia, PA 1833 - 1905 Newport, RI)
Title: Cliffs on the Shore
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1880-1890
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308345

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on blue wove paper

Dimensions

22.9 x 36.5 cm (9 x 14 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

stamp: verso, u.r., black ink, stamped: 215

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: The artist's daughter Anna Richards (Mrs. William T.) Brewster; her bequest to the National Academy of Design, 1952; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1954.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Presented by the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest
Accession Year: 1954
Object Number: 1954.25
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 280, cat. no. 293, reproduced in b&w

Verification Level

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