Coldspring
William Trost Richards, American, 1833 - 1905
August 1857
Graphite on brown paper
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 9 13/16 in. (20.8 × 24.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ellen P. Conant
2018.39.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, bottom center marin, in graphite: Aug 1857 Coldspring
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; to present collection, 2018.
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