Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Bell Tower with Weathervane, Falaise, France
Object Number:
1935.85.2.218
Date:
1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (14.9 x 9.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "Falaise"; at lower right: "CB"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Recto: Bell tower (or clock tower?) with the same chicken weathervane as .217 verso.
Verso: Scribbles
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
