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STUDY OF FOLIAGE

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William Trost Richards

American, 1833–1905

Study of foliageOctober 25, 1862

Graphite on paper

15.1 × 22.3 cm (5 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · 1953-179-16

Sketch of a tree with foliage. More about this work

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Format

Archival pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, a 308 gsm cotton paper, with a white border.

Size

At this size the museum's file prints at 157 ppi: sharp at arm's length, a little softer than the smaller sizes up close.

Size
20 × 16 in · image 17¾ × 12¼
Paper
Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 308 gsm
Price
$56

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About this work

Sketch of a tree with foliage.

Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

How it was made

Graphite
Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.

William Trost Richards

American, 1833–1905

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Rights and the museum’s record

Public domain. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.

Object number
1953-179-16
Credit
Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Type
Drawing
Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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