Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Man and Woman Walking in a Garden
Object Number:
1935.85.2.202
Date:
c. 1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (14.9 x 9.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Sur le [chambre?] de / la vie / à 24 [ane?]!"; at lower left: "CB"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at top: "Sto crescendo no bello cardillo / Quante cose che l'aggio a [inpara?] / L'ho a mandare da chisto e da chillo / L'imbasciate isso [in'ha?] da poetà / Guarda un po caro mio ['lloco?] nnante / c'e'na casa na Nenna ci sta. / Tu lei vidi chi nun è distante / a chilla [Nennatai?] da ire a parlà";
and below at center: In graphite: "[mlle?]"; below, in ink: "1: Mild purgetive. Eau de Pulena un verre en se / levant le matin. Eau de Sedlitz is slightly more / decisive. 2: Average injection 250 grammes eau tiècle. / 3: For bathing a wound which is reluctant to heal and / has not a fresh character. / 4 acide [Phenique?] -- 2 [parties?] / pour eau - 100 " "
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Text only
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
