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Pencil sketch of a breaking wave with foamy crests on an open sketchbook page, blank facing page at left.

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Sketch of a Breaking Wave (from Sketchbook VII), William Trost Richards, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil sketch of a breaking wave on the open sea, rendered in quick, loose strokes with foaming crests and a faint horizon line. The drawing occupies the right-hand page of an open sketchbook, while the left page is blank. The work is attributed to William Trost Richards and is titled Sketch of a Breaking Wave (from Sketchbook VII).

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