Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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A Woman's Head
Object Number:
1935.85.3.9
Date:
1880s
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 15/16 in. (21 x 17.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at center left: "C.B."
Description:
Verso: Partial sketch of a man with hand outstretched; partial sketch of a face (same man?)
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.
