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Drawing, The Telephone and the Ticker, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
This is a Drawing. It was created by J. Carroll Beckwith. It is dated 1892 and we acquired it in 1915. Its medium is black chalk, graphite on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
J. Carroll Beckwith.
It is credited Gift of J. Carroll Beckwith.
- Drawing, Design for Sand-Blasted Glass Mural: Mercury Gathering Air Waves...
- brush and white gouache, black wash, graphite on tan paper.
- Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund.
- 2001-10-1
Its dimensions are
62.4 × 47.2 cm (24 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: Michallet
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "The Telephone / and the / Ticker-"; upper right: "solid gold leaf"; top center: "13 feet / 8 inches / from pendentive"; upper left: "12"; along left side, grid marked with numbers 1 through 10, descending; center left: "10 ft."; lower left, scale indicated and labeled: "scale of inches for 10 ft."; below, "4'4""; lower left: "38'8" [indistinct]; in V below figure, center line marked with descending numbers from 3 to 1; lower right, scale indicated and labeled: "scale of inches for 9 ft / not med."
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Telephone and the Ticker, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL; J. Carroll Beckwith (American, 1852–1917); USA; black chalk, graphite on off-white laid paper; 62.4 × 47.2 cm (24 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.); Gift of J. Carroll Beckwith; 1915-2-6
