Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Copy afte Carolus-Duran's "The Assassination", Lille, France
Object Number:
1935.85.2.165
Date:
c. 1875-1876
Medium:
Recto: Graphite on ivory paper.
Verso: Graphite and ink on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower center: "atlier[sic] Carolus. CB"
Inscribed in graphite in sketchbook, below drawing: "Carolus "Assination[sic]" in Lille"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Four graphite and ink sketches of a woman dancing with a long stick?
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
