Landscape with Mountains (from Sketchbook X) by William Trost Richards

Landscape with Mountains (from Sketchbook X) 1895

amateur sketch

natural shape and form

linocut

incomplete sketchy

landscape

organic drawing style

linocut print

ink drawing experimentation

hand drawn

pen-ink sketch

mountain

natural form

"Landscape with Mountains (from Sketchbook X)" is a pencil sketch on paper by American artist William Trost Richards. Created in 1895, this small-scale work, measuring 5 x 7 1/2 inches, showcases Richards' talent for capturing the essence of nature. His meticulous lines depict a distant mountain range with a foreground of trees and a body of water, reflecting his keen eye for detail and interest in depicting the American landscape. The sketch is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York City.