Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of a Skipper, Bay of Saint-Malo, France
Object Number:
1935.85.2.154
Date:
January, 3, 1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 13/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.8 x 9.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left-center: "Bay of St Malo / Jany 3rd 76, our skipper / CB"
Inscribed in graphite at upper center of sketchbook page: "Xmas holiday 1876 / at the Sargents"
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.
