Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Farm Scene with Man, Woman, and Child, Fronville, France
Object Number:
1935.85.2.199
Date:
July 17, 1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (9.5 x 14.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower center: "Fronville 17 Juillet 76"; at lower right: "CB"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Three figures (possibly nuns in habits?); Figure pulling something; Man's head, wearing a religious headress/hat?
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
