Renowned for meticulous landscapes and seascapes in both watercolor and oil, William Trost Richards rejected the romanticism of the Hudson River School. Painting near Tintagel, on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England and near Tenby, in southwest Wales, Richards avoided legendary castles and medieval stone walls to capture straightforward images of water and rock. As a member of the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art, Richards subscribed to the aesthetic principles of John Ruskin and the members of the English Pre-Raphaelite Movement, who took “Truth to Nature” as their watchword.