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This and 47 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Drawings: Sea, Coastline, Landscapes.

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1953

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2025

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Album Page, Stormy Seas at Minot's Ledge Lighthouse

This is a Album page. It was created by William Trost Richards. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is brush and black ink, white gouache on wove paper, mounted. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by National Academy of Design. It is credited Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest.

Its dimensions are

8.7 x 13.5 cm (3 7/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Album Page, Stormy Seas at Minot's Ledge Lighthouse; William Trost Richards (American, 1833–1905); USA; brush and black ink, white gouache on wove paper, mounted; 8.7 x 13.5 cm (3 7/16 x 5 5/16 in.); Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest; 1953-179-85-13

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