Collection Highlights
Front View of St. Peter's Church with the intended steeple
Date:
1785
Object Number:
PR.McComb.4.70
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufacturer's Building
Object Number:
1935.85.3.78
Date:
1883-1893
Medium:
Graphite, watercolor, pink pencil(?), and red ink on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/16 x 8 1/4 in. (26.5 x 21 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower center: "ELECTRICITY"; at loer right: "Carroll Beckwith"; red ink grid with numbering and lettering.
Description:
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
See J. Carroll Beckwith's Scrapbooks:
Volume 1, pp. 91-94
Volume 2, p. 119 verso
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
