Collection Highlights
Camp scene from photograph
Date:
ca. 1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.022.4
Medium:
Wood engraving
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Christmas Greeting Card from J. Sanford Saltus
Object Number:
1935.85.2.194
Date:
1876, 1915
Medium:
.194A: Print on ivory paper, with brown ribbon.
.194B: Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet (1935.85.2.194A): 6 x 3 1/2 in. (15.2 x 8.9 cm)
Sheet (1935.85.2.194B): 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
.194A: Printed on cover, at lower right: "A Tower of / RHEIMS"; inside: "CHRISTMAS / 1915 / J. SANFORD SALTUS / SENDS / CHRISTMAS GREETINGS / AND BEST WISHES / FOR / THE COMING YEAR"
.194B: Recto: Inscribed in graphite at upper left: "Rosa"; at lower center: "CB"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at lower center, diagonally: "13 Juin 76"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
.194A: Christmas Card
.194B: Recto: Rosa lying down
Verso: Sketch of a woman's face (Rosa?)
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
