Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Drawing from a bound album
Object Number:
1935.85.2.150
Date:
c. 1875
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 13/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.8 x 9.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "[Lindley?] Johnson / reading"; at lower center: "CB"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Two studies of a sculpture(?) of draped woman with left hand raised behind her head.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
