Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Three Sketches of a Lioness (Probably in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France)
Object Number:
1935.85.2.141
Date:
1875
Medium:
Recto: Graphite on ivory paper.
Verso: Graphite and white wash(?) on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 11/16 x 5 7/16 in. (9.4 x 13.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower center: "CB"; and below: "75"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Graphite and white wash(?) study of a lioness.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
