NEW GALLERY SPACES OPENING IN 2017
In early 2017, our fourth floor will be transformed into a new destination for historical education and innovation. During the current renovation, objects from our permanent collection are on view throughout the Museum.
Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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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.
