Currently not on view
Near the Inlet, Atlantic City,
1873
William Trost Richards, 1833–1905; born Philadelphia, PA; died Newport, RI
x1994-38
Information
Title
Near the Inlet, Atlantic City
Dates
1873
Maker
Medium
Watercolor and gouache with traces of graphite and selective scraping
Dimensions
22.2 x 35 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Leonard L. Milberg, Class of 1953, in honor of David J. Milberg, Class of 1985
Object Number
x1994-38
Place Depicted
North America, United States, New Jersey, Atlantic City
Signatures
Signed and dated in red ink, lower left: Wm.T. Richards. 1873.
Inscription
in graphite, on verso lower left: Near the Inlet. Atlantic City
Culture
Period
Type
Materials
Subject
George Whitney; his sale, American Art Galleries, New York, December 16 - 18, 1885, lot 50, as The Inlet, Atlantic City, N.J. (1873)(See reference Bib. 4816); T. R. Clarke; The Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia;
- Catalogue of the collection of modern paintings etc., formed by the late Mr. George Whitney of Philadelphia, (New York: American Art Association, 1885). , cat. no. 50
- In celebration of 50 years, 1930-1980: American paintings & watercolors, December, 1980, (Philadelphia, PA: Frank S. Schwarz, 1980)., pl. 22; LVI, pl. 35
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1994," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 54, no. 1 (1995): p. 40-79., p. 47
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 160, cat. no. 36; p. 161 (illus.); p. 319, checklist no. 477
