Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Luce Center
Sketch of a Soldier
Object Number:
1935.85.2.82
Date:
c. 1875
Medium:
Recto: Graphite and ink on ivory paper.
Verso: Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (9 x 5.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower center: "[Giroflé Girofla]"?; at center left, oriented vertically: "purple"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: oriented horizontally, graphite sketch of a man's head.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
