Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Luce Center
Three Sketches of a Man Carrying a Large Sack on His Back
Object Number:
1935.85.2.217
Date:
1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite "a Falaise"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: sketch of a chicken weathervane
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
