# Study of foliage

**William Trost Richards** (American, 1833–1905)  
October 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. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/108271).

## About this work

Sketch of a tree with foliage.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

William Trost Richards drew this (October 25, 1862), aged 29. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### 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](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/william-trost-richards)

American, 1833–1905

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 29
- Real size: about 6 × 9 in (15 × 22 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Nature
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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