Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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A Woman's Head
Title
A Woman's Head
Date
1880s
Medium
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 15/16 in. (21 x 17.6 cm)
Description
Verso: Partial sketch of a man with hand outstretched; partial sketch of a face (same man?)
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number
1935.85.3.9
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite at center left: "C.B."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
