Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Study of a Detail of a Country House with a Window and Hanging Device; verso: two studies
Object Number:
1935.85.2.263
Date:
1874-78
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of James Carroll Beckwith Album 2
Dimensions:
3 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed by Beckwith below on former album page in graphite: "Sketch by Sargent"
Description:
Recto-verso drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith and Sargent. Verso: : two studies. Album page below sheet inscribed in graphite: Sketch by Sargent. View of the same house Beckwith studied, see 1935.85.2.262
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Provenance:
James Carroll Beckwith; The National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
