The Telephone and the Ticker, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
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Object Details
- Artist
- J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917
- For
- World's Columbian Exposition
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Outline of a pendentive with draped female figure. The figure's left arm is raised, holding a telephone receiver to her ear. In the background, a ticker, from which come two strands of tape wrap around the figure and end in the basket to the left. The composition is scaled and marked for transfering the image. Squared for enlargement.
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Carroll Beckwith
- 1892
- Accession Number
- 1915-2-6
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Black chalk, graphite on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 62.4 × 47.2 cm (24 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
- made in
- USA
- used in
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1915-2-6
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4583babd9-b648-471e-9932-cfc7242f32af
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