Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Steamboat on a river
Object Number:
1935.85.2.4
Date:
c. 1870-1880
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 x 3 9/16 in. (10.2 x 9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Copy from photograph"; at lower right: "CB"
Description:
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.
