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Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Artist/Maker (American, 1852 – 1917)

Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

1890–1893
Graphite, watercolor, pink pencil(?), and red ink on ivory paper.
Sheet: 10 7/16 x 8 1/4 in. (26.5 x 21 cm)
Gift of the National Academy of Design
1935.85.3.78
DescriptionSketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.

See J. Carroll Beckwith's Scrapbooks:
Volume 1, pp. 91-94
Volume 2, p. 119 verso
InscribedInscribed in graphite at lower center: "ELECTRICITY"; at loer right: "Carroll Beckwith"; red ink grid with numbering and lettering.
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Study For "The Telephone", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Study For "The Telephone", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
James Carroll Beckwith
1890-1893
1935.85.3.71
"The Arc Light", Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
"The Arc Light", Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
James Carroll Beckwith
1890–1893
1935.85.3.99
Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
James Carroll Beckwith
1890–1893
1935.85.3.98
Study for "Electricity" Mural, Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Study for "Electricity" Mural, Columbian Exposition, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
James Carroll Beckwith
1890–1893
1935.85.3.92
Portrait of a Woman, Study for "Cordelia"
Portrait of a Woman, Study for "Cordelia"
James Carroll Beckwith
January 13, 1883
1935.85.3.3
Clio
Clio
James Carroll Beckwith
1890s
1935.85.3.101
Study for "Sylvan Toilet" (1896)
Study for "Sylvan Toilet" (1896)
James Carroll Beckwith
1890s
1935.85.3.107
Head and Hair of a Woman (Study for "Dawn"?)
Head and Hair of a Woman (Study for "Dawn"?)
James Carroll Beckwith
August 22, 1892
1935.85.3.82
Image Not Available for Portrait of Maria [Fusco?] in Profile
Portrait of Maria [Fusco?] in Profile
James Carroll Beckwith
1876-1877
1935.85.2.281
Pan Playing Pipes and a Woman Dancing
Pan Playing Pipes and a Woman Dancing
James Carroll Beckwith
1880s
1935.85.3.27
"Model Asleep"
"Model Asleep"
James Carroll Beckwith
1890s
1935.85.3.139
Study for The Hamadryad
Study for The Hamadryad
James Carroll Beckwith
1890s
1935.85.3.134