Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Sketch of Beckwith's Mother
Object Number:
1935.85.2.1
Date:
1872
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at upper center: "MY MOTHER"; in lower left, below image: "May 10th / 72 / Mother"; below: "Carroll Beckwith"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at center left: "Apl 10th 72"
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.
