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William Trost Richards

American, 1833–1905

WA-00043166

Philadelphia, PA, USA

PaintingHudson River School

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ1985982

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

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Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/36376
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

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Movement

Hudson River School

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (24)

The Bell Buoy

1894 · watercolor with white highlights over graphite on wove paper

image: 33.02 × 60.64 cm (13 × 23 7/8 in.) sheet: 39.69 × 66.68 cm (15 5/8 × 26 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Baldart Castle, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland

1892 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper

sheet: 38.74 × 62.87 cm (15 1/4 × 24 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The August Moon

1889 · Oil on canvas

45.7 × 81 cm (18 × 31 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Country Road Framed by Trees (from Sketchbook VII)

1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooded Landscape (from Sketchbook VII)

1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sun's Rays Breaking through Storm Clouds (from Sketchbook VI,I)

1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seascape with Rocks

1885 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper

sheet: 13.49 × 18.42 cm (5 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Puget Sound (from Sketchbook X)

1885 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ship Study (from Sketchbook X)

1885 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life with Head and Spear (from Sketchbook X)

1885 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bay Scene with Sailboat at Anchor (from Sketchbook X)

1885 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the Coast of New Jersey

1883 · oil on canvas

overall: 102.24 × 183.52 cm (40 1/4 × 72 1/4 in.) framed: 146.05 × 227.33 × 12.38 cm (57 1/2 × 89 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

South-West Point, Conanicut

1878 · watercolor and gouache on fibrous brown wove paper

framed: 97.79 × 165.1 × 6.67 cm (38 1/2 × 65 × 2 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

June Day

1878 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 61 x 50.9 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Paradise, Newport

1877 · gouache on gray fibrous paper

overall: 58.4 x 94.2 cm (23 x 37 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island

1877 · watercolor and gouache

Sheet: 58.4 x 94.1 cm (23 x 37 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Rocky Cove

1876 · watercolor and gouache on paper

sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (23.5 x 36.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Surf

1870 · watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard

sight 7 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. (19.1 x 36.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Rocks and Breaking Waves

1865 · watercolor and gouache on tan wove paper

sheet: 22.7 × 34.61 cm (8 15/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

October

1863 · oil on canvas

overall: 71.4 x 61 cm (28 1/8 x 24 in.) framed: 96.5 x 85.4 x 13 cm (38 x 33 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape

1862 · graphite on wove paper

sheet (lunette): 21.2 × 16.3 cm (8 3/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Trees along Stream in Fall

1861 · oil on canvas

12 5/8 x 20 in. (32.0 x 50.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Foliage

1850 · graphite and gouache on brown wove paper

sheet: 23.97 × 31.43 cm (9 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seascape

1809 · brush and black ink with wash over graphite on wove paper

image (irregular): 15.24 × 20.96 cm (6 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 30.64 × 38.26 cm (12 1/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

24 published of 24 catalogued · 24 with image

Nga
11 published11 img
The Met
7 published7 img
Smithsonian
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island
1877 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
June Day
1878 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Hudson River School

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

Auction sale history

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Auction house

Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

New York · 1976