The Bell Buoy
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The Bell Buoy

TitleThe Bell Buoy
ArtistWilliam Trost Richards
Date1894 19th century
Mediumwatercolor with white highlights over graphite on wove paper
ClassificationDrawing
Holding institutionNational Gallery of Art (Washington)
Credit lineCorcoran Collection (Gift of Charles C. Glover, Jr., 1958)
RightsPublic domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

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“The Bell Buoy” is a work by William Trost Richards, dated 1894. It is executed in watercolor with white highlights over graphite on wove paper and classified as drawing. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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