Descriptif du lot
The present work depicts the lighthouse known as Smeaton's Tower, which marked the dangerous Eddystone Rocks southwest of Plymouth in Cornwall from 1759-1882.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED WEST COAST COLLECTION
WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS (1833-1905)
Eddystone Light
Details
WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS (1833-1905)
Eddystone Light
signed indistinctly 'WT Richards' (lower left)—signed again 'William T Richards' and inscribed with title (on a label affixed to the reverse)
gouache on paper laid down on board
23 x 36 in. (58.4 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1880.
Eddystone Light
signed indistinctly 'WT Richards' (lower left)—signed again 'William T Richards' and inscribed with title (on a label affixed to the reverse)
gouache on paper laid down on board
23 x 36 in. (58.4 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1880.
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by 2001.
Literature
J. Vigué, Great Masters of American Art, New York, 2004, p. 251, illustrated.
Présenté par
Quincie Dixon
Associate Specialist, Head of Sale
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