Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
William Walton Seated, Resing Head in Hand
Object Number:
1935.85.3.28
Date:
August 7, 1886
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 8 1/16 in. (25.4 x 20.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "N.H 7 Aug 86"; at lower center: "CARROLL BECKWITH"; at lower right: "W. WALTON"
Description:
Verso: Loose sketch of a head
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.
