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Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island

1877

William Trost Richards

(American, 1833–1905)
Culture
America
Medium
watercolor and gouache
Support
Light brown wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 58.4 x 94.1 cm (23 x 37 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. Danila Pascu 1969.125
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

As a young artist, Richards was influenced by John Ruskin’s Modern Painters. Richards’s interest in Ruskin was particularly reflected in the younger artist’s meticulous geological studies made directly from nature. Richards strove for the fidelity to nature that he saw in the Pre-Raphaelite paintings exhibited in a show of British art at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1858. He is best known for his seascapes. Like the Impressionists, he was interested in capturing natural light and reflections on water and wet beaches, but his handling was tighter and his palette more tonal.

Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island

1877

William Trost Richards

(American, 1833–1905)
America

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