Museum Collections
Luce Center
Study For "The Telephone", Columbian Exposition, Manufacturer's Building
Object Number:
1935.85.3.71
Date:
1883-1893
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/16 x 7 1/8 in. (28.1 x 18.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "The Telephone / sketch for decoration / in Chicago Exposition"; below: "GOLD"; at lower right: "C.B."
Description:
See Beckwith scrapbooks in the NYHS library, volume 1, pp. 92, 93, 93 verso, 105; volume 2, p. 119 verso.
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.