Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Pan Playing Pipes and a Woman Dancing
Object Number:
1935.85.3.27
Date:
1880s
Medium:
Graphite and red ink on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 9/16 x 4 15/16 in. (14.1 x 12.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "C.B."; a red in grid throughout.
Description:
Study for a painting. See Beckwith scrapbooks in NYHS library, volume 4, page 58.
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.
