Coast of Cornwall
William Trost Richards
ca. 1878
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
10 x 14 3/8 in. (25.4 x 36.5 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Walter Knight Sturges, 1978
Accession Number
1978.20
Tags
Landscapes
About the Artist
William Trost Richards · 1833–1905
William Trost Richards (1833–1905) was a prominent American landscape and marine painter born in Philadelphia, where he attended Central High School before beginning his artistic training. Between 1850 and 1855, he studied part-time under the German-born Hudson River School artist Paul Weber while working as a designer and illustrator of ornamental metalwork. He exhibited his first works at the Pe...