Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Women and Children on a Stairwell: Life Studies Related to "La Vie des Bohémiens"
Object Number:
2009.36
Date:
1937
Medium:
Brown ink over graphite (scene outlined in graphite) on ivory board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (20 x 25.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Signed with initials and dated in brown ink at lower right: "E.B. [in an oval] 37"; verso inscribed in graphite at upper left: "…connected with / La Vie des Bohémiens / the mural decoration for / J.T. Soby at Farmington / Connecticut, 1936-37"
Credit Line:
Gift of the Joseph M. McCrindle Foundation
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
