Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Drawings
Portrait of a Woman, Head Resting on Hand
Object Number:
1935.85.3.137
Date:
1890s
Medium:
Graphite on gray-ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 6 13/16 in. (23.2 x 17.3 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "C.B."
Inscribed in graphite in sketchbook, at lower right: "Florence" [Florence Nesbit?]
Description:
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
