TitleSketchbook of James Carroll Beckwith
Artist
James Carroll Beckwith
(American, 1852 - 1917)
Date1887-1900
MediumPencil, watercolor, and chalk on buff paper
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.
SignedSigned on front page: "J. Carroll Beckwith/Amsterdam. Augustus/10th/87"
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, Gift of the Artist
Object number1982.2544
Label TextDuring his lifetime, Beckwith's drawings were praised for their breadth, vigor, and technical brilliance. The artist and critic Earl Shin remarked that Beckwith's "hand is inimitably supple, firm and graceful . . . he draws with fine sweep and an unfailing sentiment of grace."
