Study of Surf

Henry Farrer (1844-1903)

Date

ca. 1880
Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions

4 7/8 x 12 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in graphite: 6
Verso:
l.l., in graphite: 116216.19
c.l. to l.r. in graphite: The breaking of the ripples is hardly \ except in \ the (perceptible) and then they are \ near foreground almost the color of the \ sand \ The Wet Sand (except in places where the beach is very flat) does not \ extend more than a foot or two from the breaking ripple, that is, wet enough to \ take reflection
c.r. in graphite: The ripples are almost too dark
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman
Accession Number

1984.9
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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