Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Study of a hand
Object Number:
1935.85.1.158
Date:
December 10, 1878
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (24.8 x 22.2 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "C.B."; at lower right, vertically: "NY[as a monogram?] / 10th Dec 78"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
