Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Woman Seated, Resting Her Head to the Side
Object Number:
1935.85.2.237
Date:
November 18, 1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 13/16 x 5 3/4 in. (9.7 x 14.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "18th Nov 76 CB"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
