This painting features a shoreline with the dark green ocean on the left and a small ship sailing in the distance. The color palette is soft and muted, with shades of blue, green, yellow, and very light gray. The shoreline is a sandy beach with gentle waves coming in from the left side of the painting and wet sand on the right reflecting the sky above. The vast sky is pale blue-gray with some white clouds, and some small seabirds are visible flying above the water.
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On the Coast of New Jersey

painter William Trost Richards (American, 1833 - 1905)

1883

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 102.24 × 183.52 cm (40 1/4 × 72 1/4 in.) ; framed: 146.05 × 227.33 × 12.38 cm (57 1/2 × 89 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1883)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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