Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Sketch of a Boat on a Lake
Object Number:
1935.85.2.258
Date:
c. 1877
Medium:
.258A: Graphite on off-white stationary
.258B: Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Overall (1935.85.2.258A): 6 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (17.1 x 28.9 cm)
Image (1935.85.2.258A): 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 in. (9.7 x 14.8
Inscriptions:
.258A: Printed on stationary: "O.L.L. CAMP FOR GIRLS / LIVINGSTON MANOR / NEW YORK"
.258B: Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"
Description:
1935.85.2.258A: Sketch of a boat on a lake, on O.L.L. Camp for Girls stationary.
1935.85.2.258B: Portrait of, most likely, Berthe Darodes.
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.
