Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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"Arranging the lay figure"
Object Number:
1935.85.1.177
Date:
1878-1883
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 8 3/16 in. (22.1 x 20.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "arranging the Lay figure"; at lower right: "C.B."
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
