Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Sketch of a woman laying down
Object Number:
1935.85.1.157
Date:
1880
Medium:
Graphite, colored pencil, white wash(?) on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (11.7 x 28.3 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper left: "24th November '80"; at lower right: "C.B."
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
