Museum Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"Le Pisan", Sketch of a Woman's Head
Title
"Le Pisan", Sketch of a Woman's Head
Date
c. 1876
Medium
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (15.1 x 9.5 cm)
Description
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Credit Line
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number
1935.85.2.177
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: ""Le Pisan" / [Busti?] per Carolus Duran"; at lower center-right: "CB"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
