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Image Not Available for Sketch of a Tiger's Face (Probably in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France)
Sketch of a Tiger's Face (Probably in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France)
Image Not Available for Sketch of a Tiger's Face (Probably in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France)
Artist/Maker (American, 1852 – 1917)

Sketch of a Tiger's Face (Probably in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France)

1875
Graphite on ivory paper.
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (6.4 x 9.4 cm)
Gift of the National Academy of Design
1935.85.2.143
DescriptionDrawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.

Verso: Partial (excised) sketch, unknown subject, scribbled out.
InscribedInscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Tiger in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France
James Carroll Beckwith
1875
1935.85.1.115
Portrait of Mélanie, Andé, France
James Carroll Beckwith
August 23, 1882
1935.85.3.48
James Carroll Beckwith
ca. 1875
1935.85.2.114