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William Trost Richards

Field Study

Description

Maker

William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)

Title

Field Study

Year

1889

Medium

  • Watercolor and graphite on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Watercolor and graphite on paper

Materials

watercolor, graphite

Supports

  • Medium weight,
  • smooth wove rag paper

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1992.001.115

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure
19th-Century American Drawings from the Collection
Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015

Label copy

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
Jan 27, 1999 – Apr 11, 1999
American Prints and Drawings from a Private Collection
Jan 17, 1992 – Mar 29, 1992

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William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)
Field Study, 1889
Watercolor and graphite on paper
36.4 x 51 cm (14 5/16 x 20 1/16 inches)
Anonymous gift 1992.001.115

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