Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Geneva Townscape, With Boats on a Lake
Object Number:
1935.85.2.285
Date:
September 10, 1877
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"; at low-center right, diagonally: "Geneva 10th Sep 77"
Description:
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.
