Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Woman (Margurite?) Seen From Behind
Object Number:
1935.85.3.46
Date:
c. 1882
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/16 x 7 7/16 in. (20.8 x 18.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "CARROLL BECKWITH"
Description:
Margot and Margurite are probably the same woman.
See Beckwith Scrapbooks in NYHS Library: Volume 2, p. 86 (Peasant Girl at Ande)
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.
