Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
1937.1237
Iron, paint
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Luce Center
"Coming Home": Scene Aboard the S.S. Switzerland
Title
"Coming Home": Scene Aboard the S.S. Switzerland
Date
1878
Medium
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions
Overall: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm)
Description
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Verso: Portrait of a woman, in graphite
Credit Line
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number
1935.85.1.26
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "Coming Home S.S. Switzerland Sept. '78"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
