Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Luce Center
Sleeping Dog (Fan)
Object Number:
1935.85.3.41
Date:
1880s
Medium:
.41A and .41B: Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet (1935.85.3.41A): 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (9.5 x 14.8 cm)
Sheet (1935.85.3.41B): 8 3/16 x 7 7/16 in. (20.8 x 18.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
1935.85.3.41A: Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "FAN"
1935.85.3.41B: Inscribed in graphite: " Si vous ne Saviez [flu?] charmer / Ne vous en [frennez?] qui a vous même / Et si vous voulez [qu'on?] vous aimes / cher seigneur faites vous aimes [(bis)?] / Ah............... / En vain la [vieillene?] veut faire sa couer [bis?] / c'erà la [jeunest?] [(bis)?] que souvent l'amour / Ah Ah / Ah Ah / Ah Ah / Ah! / Que souvent l'amour! / Les femmes [a?r] le couer liger / Si l'ou se fie a vos paroles / [Nan?] un [vienis?] [soi?] / Pour le [?] folles / Ne vaut pas mi Jeune [berges?] (bis) / Ah.................. / [Son vai...?] la vieillene Ne."
At left: "[Sallah Roubert?]
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.
