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Sandhills, Moonrise
12 x 24 inches
Signed lower left: Wm.T. Richards.
Provenance
(Probably) Fidelia Bridges
The Chadwick Family, Salem, Massachusetts
Private collection, by descent from above
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, May 22, 2008, lot 65, from above
Private collection, New Jersey
Estate of above
Sale, Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, May 9, 2024, lot 571
Exhibited
Doll & Richards Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1888
Related Works
Sand Hills, Atlantic City, New Jersey, watercolor on paper, 7 11/16 x 13⅞ inches; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
Beach Scene with Barrel and Anchor, 1870, watercolor on paper, 8 5/16 x 13 15/16 inches, signed and dated lower right; Brooklyn Museum, New York
Breakers and Dunes, ca. 1885, oil on board, 9 15/16 x 19 13/16 inches, signed lower right; Boston Athenæum, Massachusetts
Note: Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923) was an American artist known for her detailed paintings of plants and birds. William Trost Richards was a teacher and mentor for Bridges at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.