Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Luce Center
Sketch of a Male Figure
Object Number:
1935.85.2.76
Date:
c. 1870-1880
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 3 9/16 in. (15.1 x 9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "C.B"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at center: "Jundi 18 Feb ornament 3 hr / Sundi 22 " perspective 2 hr / Mercredi 24 " anatomic 2 hr / Sundi 1 mars Nature"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Sketch of a foot at top, sketch of a head at bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
