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William Trost Richards

Field Study, 1889

Description

Maker

  • William Trost Richards, 1833-1905, American

Title

Field Study

Year

1889

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • watercolor,
  • graphite

Supports

  • Medium weight, smooth wove rag paper

Dimensions

36.4 x 51 cm (14 5/16 x 20 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original:LL corner in ink:Wm. (m superscribed)T. Richards; 89

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1992.001.115

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure

March 13 - July 19, 2015

William Trost Richards’s close studies of nature reveal his belief, based on the writings of critic John Ruskin, that the way to truth was the study of nature in penetrating detail. On display here is Richards’s precision and agility with watercolor and gouache in vertical format—his favorite for such studies. He may have found this meadow on one of his many long walks around his daughter’s farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Before it came to the Museum the drawing suffered from sun exposure, leading to the fading of the sky’s blue pigment, some of which is still visible where it pooled.

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

American Prints and Drawings from a Private Collection

January 17 - March 29, 1992

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