Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Street Scene, Venice, Italy
Object Number:
1935.85.2.90
Date:
May 1875
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/16 x 3 5/8 in. (15.4 x 9.2 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Venice CB"; at lower center: "May 7[5?]"
Inscribed in graphite on sketchbook page, in center of page: "VENICE"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Partial sketch, buildings with laundry hanging on lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
