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Calm Shoreline with Dramatic Billowing Clouds by American William Trost Richards — VisualArtsDB

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Calm Shoreline with Dramatic Billowing Clouds

Calm Shoreline with Dramatic Billowing Clouds

Calm Shoreline with Dramatic Billowing Clouds

American William Trost Richards

1880

Medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Genre: Seascapes
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Sun over Waves and Cliffs

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Small Study of Many Trees

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Light Shoreline with Large Distant Cliffs

American William Trost Richards, 1880

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Seascape with Mountains and Possible Structure

American William Trost Richards, 1900

Unfinished Sketch of Mountains or Cliffs

Unfinished Sketch of Mountains or Cliffs

American William Trost Richards, 1880

Waves on Rocks in front of Distant Hill with Windmill

Waves on Rocks in front of Distant Hill with Windmill

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Sketchbook of Newport, Rhode Island, New Jersey and England Views

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