Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Five studies of a child
Object Number:
1935.85.1.147
Date:
1878-1883
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/16 x 10 11/16 in. (21.1 x 27.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "C.B."
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Verso: Sketches of a child
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
