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This and 87 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Drawing, Sketchbook: Newport, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and England Views.

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1953

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2025

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Sketchbook Folio, Distant Island with Church and Possible Debris

This is a Sketchbook folio. It was created by William Trost Richards. It is dated 1890–1900 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is pen and black ink on off-white 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

7.7 x 13.3 cm (3 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.), irregular Sheet: 12.3 x 19.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Sketchbook Folio, Distant Island with Church and Possible Debris; William Trost Richards (American, 1833–1905); USA; pen and black ink on off-white wove paper; 7.7 x 13.3 cm (3 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.), irregular Sheet: 12.3 x 19.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.); Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest; 1953-179-89-30

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