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Collection Highlights

Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
L.1927.1
Outer case of painted pine; inner till of mahogany with ivory and brass.
Artist/Maker: Duncan Phyfe

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"Le Pisan", Sketch of a Woman's Head

"Le Pisan", Sketch of a Woman's Head
Title
"Le Pisan", Sketch of a Woman's Head
Date 
c. 1876
Related People 
Artist/Maker: James Carroll Beckwith
Medium 
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions 
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (15.1 x 9.5 cm)
Description 
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Credit Line 
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number 
1935.85.2.177
Inscriptions 
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: ""Le Pisan" / [Busti?] per Carolus Duran"; at lower center-right: "CB"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.