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This and 70 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Sketchbook, Sketchbook with Views of the Cornish Coastline.

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1905

  • Work on this object ended.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2025

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Sketchbook Folio, Beach and Ocean

This is a Sketchbook folio. It was created by William Trost Richards. It is dated after 1878 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is graphite on cream wove paper. 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

9.8 x 17.8 cm (3 7/8 x 7 in.) Sheet: 13.7 x 21.5 cm (5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Sketchbook Folio, Beach and Ocean; William Trost Richards (American, 1833–1905); USA; graphite on cream wove paper; 9.8 x 17.8 cm (3 7/8 x 7 in.) Sheet: 13.7 x 21.5 cm (5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest; 1953-179-88-48

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