The image is a sketch of a coastal landscape. The horizon is slightly above the middle of the composition, with a cliff formation extending into the water. The style is simplistic, with quick, confident brushstrokes and straight lines. The color palette is mainly black and beige. The water stretches towards the horizon, and the sky has subtle cloud formations.
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The Coast

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837 - 1908)

1870-1900

Medium
pen and black ink on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 3.02 × 5.4 cm (1 3/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Albert R. Miller, Jr.)
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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