Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Luce Center
"Le Pisan", Sketch of a Woman's Head
Object Number:
1935.85.2.177
Date:
c. 1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (15.1 x 9.5 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: ""Le Pisan" / [Busti?] per Carolus Duran"; at lower center-right: "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.
