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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.
La Gaufre, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.

La Gaufre, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Artist William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)
CultureAmerican
Date1903
MediumOil on paperboard
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 x 16 in. (22.2 x 40.6 cm)
InscribedVerso: Guernsey 1903/N/Le Goufre/Guernsey; Signed: WmT.Richards
Credit LineGift of Edith Ballinger Price
Object number94.24.58
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DescriptionThis is an oil on board seascape from an unusual vantage point. Viewed from atop a grassy, rocky promontory, the sea is clearly visible with surf and rocks at right. The lower left corner is unfinished.

Label TextLa Gaufre, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 1903 Oil on paperboard Gift of Edith Ballinger Price 94.24.58 Exhibition History“Seascapes by William Trost Richards,” Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 9 - May 1, 2016.
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
19th century
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.
William Trost Richards
19th century
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file.  --mhm
William Trost Richards
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Trost Richards
ca. 1890s