Collection Highlights
President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper
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Margot
Object Number:
1935.85.3.38
Date:
July 9, 1881
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.4 x 9.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper center: "Andé 9 Juillet 1881"; at upper right: "C.B"; at lower right: "Margot"
Description:
Margot and Margurite are probably the same woman.
See Beckwith Scrapbooks in NYHS Library: Volume 2, p. 86 (Peasant Girl at Ande)
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
