id:			144290
accession number:	1969.125
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.125
updated:		2025-08-07 22:59:06.434000

Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island, 1877. William Trost Richards (American, 1833–1905). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 58.4 x 94.1 cm (23 x 37 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. Danila Pascu, 1969.125

title:				Cormorant Cliff, Jamestown, Rhode Island
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creation date:			1877
creation date earliest:		1877
creation date latest:		1877
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creditline:			Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. Danila Pascu
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culture:	America
technique:	watercolor and gouache
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* William Trost Richards (American, 1833–1905)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 58.4 x 94.1 cm (23 x 37 1/16 in.)
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	description:	light brown wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower left, in black ink: Wm [m is underlined] T. Richards  1877
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

	title:		Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
	opening date:   2004-08-15T00:00:00
	<i>Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98.  "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."', 'opening_date': '1998-04-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century".  No exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '2004-08-15T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 32-33, no. 156
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152465

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