Seascape with Full Moon

A pen and ink sketch on an off-white sketchbook page shows a wide sea beneath a hatched, cloud-filled sky. A pale moon sits at the upper left above low waves, with light reflected on the dark water in the foreground.

Artist

William Trost Richards

Date

1890–1900

Medium

Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 2008 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum