Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Woman Seated, Arm Extended Toward a Butterfly
Object Number:
1935.85.3.115
Date:
1890s
Medium:
Ink, watercolor, pastel on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (28.6 x 21.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "CARROLL BECKWITH"
Description:
After 1935.85.3.113? Possibly a study for a mural or painting?
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.
