A soft-toned watercolor of a landscape of three trees in a yellow meadow with a city skyline in the deep distance.

Salt Meadows, Atlantic City, New Jersey

William Trost Richards (1833-1905)

Date

ca. 1871-1873
Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions

6 7/8 x 14 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
signed l.l.: Wm T. Richards.
Verso:
l.r. in graphite: Salt Meadows \ Atlantic City
u.r. in graphite: #56
[removed] circular orange label, in ink: CB \ 945
[removed] circular white printed label: CHRISTIE'S \ CB [in ink] \ [line] \ 945 [in ink] \ EAST
[removed] white printed label: JAMES MARONEY incorporated \ 129a East 74th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 \ [line] \ Artist: William Trost Richards [typewritten] \ Title: A Coastal Scene, Atlantic [typewritten and underlined] \ City, New Jersey [typewritten and underlined] \ Medium: watercolor & gouache [typewritten] \ Size: 6 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches [typewritten]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1984.37
Copyright

Public domain

Revealed Treasures: Drawings from the Permanent Collection

October 21, 2001–February 10, 2002

This exhibition of drawings spanning the 19th and 20th centuries represents the evolution of the medium from preliminary outlines for other artistic media to a modern means of self-expression in its own right.

Location: Off view

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