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William Trost Richards #4,881Established

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Selected Works105

Museum Acquisitions

Woodland Interior

Woodland Interior, 1865

Charcoal on paper

Met

Puget Sound (from Sketchbook X)

Puget Sound (from Sketchbook X), 1885

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Seascape, 1897

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Trees along Stream in Fall

Trees along Stream in Fall, 1861

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island

Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island, 1877

watercolor and gouache

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Rocky Cove, 1876

watercolor and gouache on paper

Smithsonian American Art Museum

watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard

Cleveland Museum of Art

June Day, 1870

Art Institute of Chicago

The August Moon

The August Moon, 1889

In museum collection

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Along the New England Coast

Along the New England Coast

Jamestown, Looking Toward Newport

Jamestown, Looking Toward Newport

Fort Dumpling, Jamestown

Fort Dumpling, Jamestown

Eddystone Light

Eddystone Light, 1880

Coastal Scenes, 1891

Coastal Scenes : A Group of Three Works

Coastal Scenes : A Group of Three Works

Swann Auction Galleries

Land's End, Cornwall.

Land's End, Cornwall.

Landscape with Stream and Pasture at Springtime

Landscape with Stream and Pasture at Springtime, 1871

Sunlit Waves, 1903

Coastal Scene

Rockaway Beach, 1891

Rhode Island Coast

Rhode Island Coast

Lake Placid, Adirondack Mountains

Lake Placid, Adirondack Mountains

Brigantine Beach, New Jersey

Brigantine Beach, New Jersey, 1900

Along the Jersey Coast

Along the Jersey Coast, 1871

Old Ocean's Grey and Melancholy Waste

Old Ocean's Grey and Melancholy Waste

Brigantine Beach, New Jersey

Brigantine Beach, New Jersey, 1900

Along the Jersey Coast

Along the Jersey Coast, 1871

Old Ocean's Grey and Melancholy Waste

Old Ocean's Grey and Melancholy Waste

Summer Landscape

Summer Landscape

Swann Auction Galleries

Three pencil drawings of coastal scenes

Three pencil drawings of coastal scenes

Swann Auction Galleries

Coastal Landscape Study

Coastal Landscape Study

Sunrise Seascape

Sunrise Seascape, 1872

On the Coast of Wales

On the Coast of Wales, 1894

Cows in a Pasture

Cows in a Pasture, 1878

For Sale

Hirschl & Adler · Artsy

Price on request

Oil on mahogany, arched top panel

Taylor | Graham · Artsy

Conanicut Island, Jamestown 1872

Conanicut Island, Jamestown 1872, 1872

Taylor | Graham · Artsy

Spring Tide, 1875

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Shore Scene with Dunes

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession M.2024.144 · Watercolor

Bequest of Camilla Chandler Frost

Woodland Interior

Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2007 · Accession M.2007.123 · Charcoal on paper

American Art Acquisition Fund

Bouquet Valley, Adirondack Mountains

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2003 · Accession 2003.545 · Oil on canvas

Gift of Dr. Robert G. and Kathryn Keller Marshall, 2003

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2001 · Accession 2001.39 · Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on blue wove paper

Morris K. Jesup Fund, 2001

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1996 · Accession 1996.564 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1996

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession 1993.527 · Graphite on green wove paper

Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1993

Sketchbook of Pacific Northwest Landscape Subjects

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1992 · Accession 1992.2.2 · Green marble cardboard (cover) Drawings in graphite on off-white wove paper (sheets)

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992

Sketch of Breaking Waves (from Sketchbook VII)

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1992 · Accession 1992.2.1rr verso · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992

Breaking Waves (from Sketchbook VII)

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1992 · Accession 1992.2.1pp verso · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992

Sketch of Sky and Clouds (from Sketchbook VII)

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1992 · Accession 1992.2.1z verso · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992

May 24: Sky and Rainbow (from Sketchbook VII)

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1992 · Accession 1992.2.1y verso · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992

Trees on the Bank of the Charles River June 22 '86 (from Sketchbook VII)

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1992 · Accession 1992.2.1u verso · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992

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Market915 auction results

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$7.7K – $202K

16 of 21 paintings lots with prices

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$52.8K

Object-type specific

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$27.9K

16 priced paintings lots

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Jan 2026 · $12.1K

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Paintings: $27.9K medianWorks on paper: $15.5K medianUnclassified lots: $9.4K median

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Sotheby'sEldred's AuctioneersBonhamsDoyle New YorkChristie's

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death

William Trost Richards dies

Jan 1, 1905

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birth

William Trost Richards born

Jan 1, 1833