Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Frank Fowler Seated, Reading on the Way to Versailles
Object Number:
1935.85.2.193
Date:
July 9, 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 right: "CB"; and below: "Fowler"; at lower center: "Sur la Route de Versailles Dimanch 9 Juillet 76"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Man seated, seen from behind; Woman carrying a basket; Soldier/Officer and two young men/boys conversing; Man walking, seen from behind.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
