Collection Highlights
Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate
Date:
September 4, 1719
Object Number:
MSS.VanCortlandtPapers.vanDyck
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper, wax
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Portrait of Alice Thill in Profile
Object Number:
1935.85.3.89
Date:
October 27, 1894
Medium:
Charcoal and pastel on brown paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in. (27 x 21.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "Alice Thill"; in charcoal at lower left, diagonally: C.B. 94"
Verso: Inscribed in charcoal: "Miss Thill / 27th Oct 94"
Description:
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
