Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Four sketches of Maggie Drum's baby
Object Number:
1935.85.1.148
Date:
1878-1883
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 5/16 in. (27.1 x 21.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper left, vertically: "Maggie Drum's Baby 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: Sketch of a woman in profile
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
