Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Margot/Margurite Seated at Table, Reading
Object Number:
1935.85.3.50
Date:
August 28, 1882
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.6 x 26 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper right, diagonally: "Andé / Lundi 28 Août 82"; at lower right: "C.B."
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.
