Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tiger in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France
Object Number:
1935.85.2.139
Date:
August, 1875
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (7.9 x 11.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Jardin des Plantes Summer of '75"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "[excised]oût 75"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Partial sketches (excised); Two loose sketches of Horse, Horse and Rider.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
