Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Woman's Face; Two Male Farmers Holding Farming Tools
Object Number:
1935.85.2.286
Date:
September 1877
Medium:
1935.85.2.286A: Graphite on ivory paper.
1935.85.2.286B: Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet (1935.85.2.286A): 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Sheet (1935.85.2.286B): 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
1935.85.2.286A: Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"; at right, vertically: "Douvaine Savoie 115th Sep 77"
1935.85.2.286B: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Jour [Ronde?] 13th Sep"; at lower right: "CB"
Inscribed in graphite at center right of sketchbook page: "GENEVA / TO BEX / ON FOOT"
Description:
1935.85.2.286A: Recto: Sketch of a Woman's Face; Two male figures (farmers) holding farm tools.
Verso: Park scene with people sitting on benches under trees
1935.85.2.286B: Landscape with boats on a lake.
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
