Cedar Trees near Atlantic City

A graphite drawing of a flat, open landscape with a gnarled tree and its stripped branches at the left edge, and a low tangle of roots and scrub in the foreground. A faint line of dunes stretches toward a pale, nearly empty sky. The light, sketchy strokes leave most of the paper bare.

Look closer: A small dark shape of a distant hill or dune sits on the right side of the horizon.

Artist

William Trost Richards

Date

ca. 1870–71

Medium

Graphite on light green wove paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2022 × 1174 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1969