Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Luce Center
Face in Profile
Object Number:
1935.85.2.305
Date:
c. 1878
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 1 15/16 in. (9.5 x 4.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"
Inscribed in graphite in sketchbook, below drawing: "SPINELLI"
Description:
Recto: Loose, partial sketch of a face in profile.
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
