Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Luce Center
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and Study of Two Figures; verso: Classical Scene
Object Number:
1935.85.1.97
Date:
1874-78
Medium:
Graphite on gray-green paper, formerly mounted on a page of Album 1
Dimensions:
sheet: 6 5/16 x 9 11/16 in. (16 x 24.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "C.B."; inscribed at lower center in graphite: "John Sargent / profile"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Recto numbered 1935.85.1.97A
Verso numbered 1935.85.1.97B: Graphite, touches of white wash(?). Sketch of soldiers, women & children (8 figures)
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
