Study of Ground Foliage (from Cropsey Album)
Medium
Graphite and white gouache on buff-colored wove paper
Dimensions
Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Charles and Anita Blatt Gift, 1970
Accession Number
1970.9.28
Tags
Plants
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...