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Collection Highlights

The Puritan
1899
1946.253
Dark brown/ black patinated bronze
Artist/Maker: Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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Woman With Dog (Margurite and Fan?)

Woman With Dog (Margurite and Fan?)
Title
Woman With Dog (Margurite and Fan?)
Date 
August 14, 1883
Related People 
Artist/Maker: James Carroll Beckwith
Medium 
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions 
Sheet: 5 13/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.8 x 9.5 cm)
Description 
Margot and Margurite are probably the same woman. See Beckwith Scrapbooks in NYHS Library: Volume 2, p. 86 (Peasant Girl at Ande) Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line 
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number 
1935.85.3.37
Inscriptions 
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "14 ao
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.