Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sketch of Nude Figure Holding a Scythe (The Personification of Death)
Object Number:
Z.3387
Date:
1846-79
Medium:
Graphite on gray paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 x 8 7/8 in. (25.4 x 22.5 cm)
Marks:
Inscription: in graphite at lower center in the hand of John Ward Dunsmore : "pencil sketch by /Couture"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed by John Ward Dunsmore at lower center in graphite: "pencil sketch by / Couture"; at lower left: John Ward Dunsmore Collection stamp
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Provenance:
John Ward Dunsmore, Dover, New Jersey, 1941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
