Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Artist Washing His Brushes
Object Number:
1935.85.2.242
Date:
c. 1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 13/16 x 4 7/16 in. (9.7 x 11.3 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "washing brushes in the [big?...illegible]"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Two sketches of a lioness
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
