Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Copy After a Painting of Paolo and Francesca (De Rimini)
Object Number:
1935.85.2.271
Date:
1876-1877
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 in. (9.7 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Francesca DeRimini"; at lower right: "CB"
Description:
Recto: Two figures standing in background; Two figures (Paolo and Francesca) in foreground. Possibly after George Frederic Watts painting of Paolo and Francesca.
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.
