Gray Cliff, Conanicut Island, Rhode Island

William Trost Richards, American, 1833 - 1905

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about 1880s

Graphite on wove paper

Overall: 10 × 14 7/16 in. (25.4 × 36.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ellen P. and Theodore R. Conant

2010.76

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Drawing

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed and initialed, lower left: Gray cliff / Conanicut / W.T.R; inscribed, on reverse, TRC 141

Provenance

The artist; to his son, Theodore William Richards (1868-1928); to his daughter, Grace Thayer Richards Conant (1898-1985); to her son and daughter-in-law, Ellen P. and Theodore Richards Conant (1926-2015), Hanover, New Hampshire, about 1980; given to present collection, 2010.

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