1954.22: The Shores of Conanticut Island, Rhode Island

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1954.22

People

William Trost Richards, American (Philadelphia, PA 1833 - 1905 Newport, RI)

Title

The Shores of Conanticut Island, Rhode Island

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1882

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308358

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink with white gouache on off-white card

Dimensions

16.2 x 26.3 cm (6 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
image: 13.8 x 23.1 cm (5 7/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, in margin, blue ink: [crossed out in graphite:] No. C24
• inscription: lower edge, in margin, blue ink: The Shores of Conanticut Island, R. I. 1882
• inscription: l.r., graphite: No. 210
• inscription: l.r., blue ink: 13 1/2 x [ ]
• inscription: lower edge, graphite: reduce to 5 7/8" wd.
• inscription: strip of paper glued to lower margin, black ink and graphite: [black ink:] William T. Richards Born 1833 [graphite:] cut
• inscription: verso, graphite: Return / Mrs. W. T. Brewster / 9 Fenimore Rd. / Scarsdale NY
• stamp: verso, black ink, stamped: 238

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

1954.22

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Clare Walker Leslie, Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1980), p. 195, fig. 9.27

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