Whitecaps under Stormy Sky, gouache on board, signed lower left, in silver leaf molded stick frame, with silk mat and silver liner under glass, OS: 17 3/4" x 20 1/4", SS: 9 1/4" x 13 1/2". Good condition.Label verso reads: "This painting is the property of my husband's great nephew, James Asa Richards, Newport News, Va. received from my husband's mother, Caroline Nelson Richards."Richards was born in Philadelphia, and began working as a teen designing brass fixtures at a manufactory. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and made his first trip to Europe in 1855. He became a follower of the Hudson River School, with studios in Philadelphia and Cape May, NJ. By 1890, he resided in Newport, Rhode Island, was working mostly in seascapes by then, and is considered an early American proponent of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Provenance: From Private Collection, Harpswell, ME.