Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of a Woman (Possibly Margot/Margurite)
Object Number:
1935.85.3.52
Date:
c. 1882
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 3/16 in. (27.5 x 20.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower right, diagonally: "Beckwith"
Description:
Margot and Margurite are probably the same woman.
See Beckwith Scrapbooks in NYHS Library: Volume 2, p. 86 (Peasant Girl at Ande)
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.
