Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Copy After Tintoretto's "The Descent into Hell", San Cassiano, Venice, Italy
Object Number:
1935.85.2.117
Date:
c. 1875
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 7/16 in. (14.9 x 8.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at center, below image: "Fine Tintoretto in the Church of St ? The / descent into Hades. quite black however"; and below: "[lear?] Padova 852-925"
Description:
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.
