Photographed by Scott Wolff. Captured from a digital file.

Guernsey, Channel Islands

Artist William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)

Dateca. 1890s

MediumOil on canvasboard

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (24.8 x 40 cm)

ClassificationsAmerican art

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number94.25

Terms

Landscape
Seascape
Isle of Guernsey
Green
Gray
Brown
Tan
Blue
Isle of Guernsey

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas-textured board, on-the-spot land/sea-scape sketch made on the Isle of Guernsey. There is a very steep rocky coast at left and the sea at right. A bright yellowish green vegetation is in the foreground on the cliff, and darker greens are in the distance.

Label TextGuernsey, Channel Islands, ca. 1890s Oil on canvasboard Museum purchase 94.25