Near Land's End, Cornwall
Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
Dimensions
23 1/4 x 44 1/4 in. (59.1 x 112.4 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of T. S. Matthews, 1950
Accession Number
50.9
Tags
SeascapesWaves
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...