1954.21.5: Sketch of Seacoast

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1954.21.5

People

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

Title

Sketch of Seacoast

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Five Small Seascapes

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1892

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308370

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on thin cream laid paper

Dimensions

12.2 x 13.2 cm (4 13/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, ink, in artist's hand: Imagine the sea "a peacock's neck in hue"-- the / top of the mountains covered with snow-- olive trees / and lemon groves on the lower slopes-- all along the shore / villas and gardens with palms and orange trees and / innumerable roses; and a surf as good as the best at / Conanticut.
• stamp: verso, black ink: 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

1954.21.5

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr., The American Line: 100 Years of Drawing, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1959), no. 40, reproduced

Exhibition History

• The American Line: 100 Years of Drawing, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 01/01/1959 - 02/15/1959; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 03/01/1959 - 03/21/1959; Newcomb College, New Orleans, 04/02/1959 - 04/22/1959; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 05/04/1959 - 05/24/1959; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, 06/10/1959 - 06/30/1959; Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, 08/01/1959 - 08/21/1959; Kansas State Teachers' College, Emporia, 09/03/1959 - 09/23/1959; Frye Museum, Seattle, 10/05/1959 - 10/25/1959; Tucson Art Center, Tucson, 11/08/1959 - 11/29/1959; Madison Art Association, Madison, 12/08/1959 - 12/31/1959; Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, 01/17/1960 - 02/21/1960; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, 03/05/1960 - 03/25/1960; Root Art Center, Hamilton, 04/10/1960 - 06/05/1960

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