Collection Highlights

Salver

Date:

1772-1773

Object Number:

1928.24

Medium:

Silver

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Title

Artist Seated, Working at Easel

Date

c. 1876-1877

Medium

Graphite on ivory paper.

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm)

Description

Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith. Verso: Loose sketch of a hat

Credit Line

Gift of the National Academy of Design

Object Number

1935.85.2.246

Inscriptions

Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "[Lurnevaux?]; at lower right: "CB"; and below: "au couer de soir. Beaux-arts"

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.