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William Trost Richards ( 1833 – 1905 ) Plate 36 The Coast of Cornwall , 1883 Mixed media on board 14 1 / 4 x 32 inches Signed and dated lower right: Wm.T. Richards. 1883 . provenance Beacon Hill Fine Art, NewYork Private collection, acquired from the above Plate 37 Landscape , 1874 Watercolor on paper 10 3 / 4 x 16 15 / 16 inches Signed and dated lower left: Wm.T. Richards. 1874 provenance John H. Surovek Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida related works WilliamTrost Richards, Mt.Washington from Conway Meadows , 1873 , watercolor, 8 1 / 4 x 14 1 / 8 inches, signed and dated 1873 . Formerly in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Reverend E.L. Magoon. Plate 38 On the Shore , 1872 Oil on canvas 15 3 / 4 x 25 11 / 16 inches Signed and dated lower right: Wm T. Richards 1872. provenance Rabin & Krueger Gallery, Newark, New Jersey Private collection, by descent in the family William T. Richards maintains his proud pre-eminence, whether he dissolves his genius in water or in oil. As the American artist, who can handle any visible theme, in earth or sky or sea, with the grandest power, and who does nothing carelessly or meanly, he still deserves our homage and our pride. The Aldine, the Art Journal of America, 1875 1