Brooklyn Museum: American Art: Sketchbook of American and Italian Subjects

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Sketchbook of American and Italian Subjects

Richards first traveled to Europe in 1855, remaining abroad for a year and spending most of the time in Italy. Like so many artists before him, Richards was overjoyed to be in Florence: “I have not as yet realized that I am in Italy that all the dreams of a boyhood are fulfilled.” Richards carried this small sketchbook on a walking tour in the Apennine mountains in October 1855. The carefully drawn vista shown here of the broad valley through which the Arno river winds reminded Richards, always quick to compare American and European landscape scenery, of the view of the Hudson from the Catskill Mountain House.

Artist: William Trost Richards, American, 1833-1905
Medium: Graphite on cream wove paper
Dates: 1855-1856
Dimensions: 3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in. (9.7 x 16.2 cm)
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 75.15.2
Credit Line: Gift of Edith Ballinger Price
Image: Overall, 75.15.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004