Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Portrait of Maria [Fusco?] in Profile
Object Number:
1935.85.2.281
Date:
1876-1877
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 13/16 in. (12.4 x 9.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Maria"; at lower right: "CB"
Description:
See a reproduction of this drawing in Beckwith's scrapbooks, NYHS Library, Volume 1, page 29.
Maria Fusco was a model in Paris used by Beckwith and others from 1873 to 1878. For photos of Maria Fusco, see J. Carroll Beckwith Scrapbooks Volume 1, page 19 verso & Volume 7, page 50 verso
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.
