Collection Highlights
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Date:
ca. 1845
Object Number:
PR.012.2.885
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Emma in Profile
Object Number:
1935.85.3.20
Date:
July 29, 1883
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (14.6 x 9.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Emma / C.B."; at lower center-right, diagonally: "Greens Farms / 29th July 83"
Verso: inscribed in graphite at center, upside down and diagonally: "Greens Farms / 29th July 83"
Description:
Verso: Partial sketch of unknown subject.
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.
