Collection Highlights
Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1789.39
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Two Sketches from Travels in Egypt
Object Number:
1935.85.3.155
Date:
Winter 1890
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. (10.6 x 17 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "On the Nile- Winter of 1890"
Description:
Recto: Man's head; Seated figure bundled up.
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
