Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Sketch of a Woman (Minnie Clark) Holding a Lyre
Object Number:
1935.85.3.95
Date:
May 14, 1896
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 3/8 in. (30.8 x 21.3 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "May 14th 96"
Inscribed in graphite in sketchbook, at center right: "Minnie"
Description:
Similar to image in Beckwith Scrapbook (NYHS Library) volume 2, page 86 verso.
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.
