Artist/Maker
James Carroll Beckwith
(American, 1852 – 1917)
Figures Around a Fountain, Cadore, Italy
June 24, 1875
Graphite on ivory paper.
Sheet: 3 7/16 x 5 in. (8.7 x 12.7 cm)
Gift of the National Academy of Design
1935.85.2.124
DescriptionDrawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.Verso: Loose sketch, a copy from a painting(?), with color notations throughout. Below, a partial sketch (page excised)
InscribedRecto: Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "Cadore 24th Juin 75"; at lower left: "CB"
Verso: Color notations inscribed in graphite throughout: "gray & pink clouds"; "Blue"; "Scarlet"; "white yellow figures"; "[amur...?]"; "yellow / in shade"; "blue"; "Brown"; "gold / chain"; "green"; "yellow"; "gray"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
James Carroll Beckwith
ca. 1875
1935.85.2.108
James Carroll Beckwith
December, 1875
1935.85.2.153
James Carroll Beckwith
ca. 1875
1935.85.2.107