Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Mary
Object Number:
1935.85.1.165
Date:
1880
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (28.3 x 18.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "22 nov 80"; at lower left: "Mary"; at lower right: "C.B."
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "1287 B-way / [Lyel?] E Cary / Room 17"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Verso: Sketch of bushes? clouds? Scratched out.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
