Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Christ and Two Angles, With Psalm (Possibly a study for a Christmas card)
Object Number:
1935.85.3.109
Date:
1890s
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in. (19.8 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed within banners below figures: "HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING THEE AND IN THEIR HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP" [Psalm 91:11]
Description:
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.
