Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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"Coming Home": Scene Aboard the S.S. Switzerland
Object Number:
1935.85.1.26
Date:
1878
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Coming Home S.S. Switzerland Sept. '78"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Verso: Portrait of a woman, in graphite
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
