Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Luce Center
Three Sketches of a Dog (Blenny)
Object Number:
1935.85.3.128
Date:
1890s
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 3 13/16 in. (15.1 x 9.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left, diagonally: "Bl[e?]nny"
Description:
Painting of Blenny by Carroll Beckwith, scrapbook volume 3, page 111.
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Verso: Loose sketcheof a structure with measurements.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
