Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Two Sketches of a Man in a Toga(?)
Object Number:
1935.85.2.248
Date:
c. 1876-1877
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 11/16 x 5 13/16 in. (9.4 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at center right: "CB"; at lower center: "[coars?] de Costume"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "[Toga?] de 6 X 3 meters"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Sketch of a man in draped clothing (toga?)
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
