Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
Date:
ca. 1770
Object Number:
1864.5
Medium:
Marble
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Luce Center
"Fame"; Study of a Skull Crowned with Laurel Leaves
Object Number:
1935.85.1.11
Date:
1878
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Fame"; at upper right: "Carroll / Beckwith / 1878"; below at lower right: "First Note for / a Picture"; below: "Boboli gardìne"
Description:
See newsclipping in Beckwith scrapbook in NYHS library, volume 1, page 2.
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of album 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.
