Title: Sketch of Breaking Waves (from Sketchbook VII)
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1886
Culture: American
Artist:  William Trost Richards 
Artist bio: American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1833–1905 Newport, Rhode Island
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Seascapes, term: Waves