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Painting of surf breaking on rocky cliffs, with a church tower on a green hill under a cloudy sky.

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This painting shows a rugged rocky headland with surf breaking against the rocks under a pale, cloudy sky. A grassy green slope rises on the right, with a church tower and trees on the ridge, and a distant headland fades into haze on the left. The work is titled Tower on the Cornish Coast, by William Trost Richards, dated 1878.

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Date

1878

Medium

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Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

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