Sachuest Point 1875 Newport, Rhode Island
Artist
William Trost Richards
(American, 1833 - 1905)
Date1875
MediumWatercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions13 x 8 in.
ClassificationsWatercolor
Credit LineGift of Catharine Carton Smith
Object number2005.185
Description"Sachuest Point" was used from 1600-1800 for farming and sheep grazing, but during World War II it became a rifle range and communication center for the Navy. In 1970, Sachuest Point Wildlife Refuge was established and this scenic area was protected. In "Sachuest Point", Richards depicts a wave breaking against a rocky point, spraying foam and mist into the air. A boat sails by in the distance and two small figures walk among the rocks in the right background. The detail of the rocks in the immediate foreground echoes the crashing waves and luminous spray that reaches up into the cloudy sky and drifts over the two small figures on the rocks while casting a veil over the boat.Sachuset Point was painted in 1875, the year Richards purchased a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island.
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