Mount Chocorua and Lake
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on gray-green wove paper
Dimensions
8 3/16 x 14 1/4 in. (20.8 x 36.2 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of The Reverend E. L. Magoon, D.D., 1880
Accession Number
80.1.7
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About this artwork
This work by american artist William Trost Richards exemplifies the artistic achievements of 1873. American artists of this period were establishing distinct visual traditions while engaging with European artistic movements. Created in watercolor, gouache, and graphite on gray-green wove paper, this painting showcases the artist's technical command and aesthetic sensibility. The medium offered particular qualities of color, texture, and luminosity that artists exploited to achieve specific visua...
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...