
Ships in a Stormy Sea
Ludolf Backhuysen (d. 1708)
mid-17th–early 18th century · Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over black chalk
Cleared · Public Domain
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241 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
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Ships in a Stormy Sea
Ludolf Backhuysen (d. 1708)
mid-17th–early 18th century · Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over black chalk
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mountains, Sea, and Sky (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Sea and Sky in a Deluge (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Sketch of Clouds and Sea (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Sky Sketch (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Stormy Sea (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Waves Breaking in the Sea (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
May 24: Landscape, Sky, and Rainbow (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite, on off-white wove paper
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
May 24: Sky and Rainbow (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Sketch of Sky and Clouds (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Sketch of Sky and Clouds (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Stormy Sea and Sky (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards (d. 1905)
1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper on off-white wove paper
In copyright
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