Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Four Sketches of Anthony Playing Pool, Falaise, France
Object Number:
1935.85.2.224
Date:
1876
Medium:
Graphite on green paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at center: "anthony"; at lower center: "CB"; and below: "Walking through / Normandy - The inn at / Falaise"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Five sketches of a man (Probably Anthony) playing pool.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
