The Morse Code, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
date: label: Date
content: 1891–92
name: label: Artist
content: J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917
label: For
content: World's Columbian Exposition
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Draped figure of a woman seated on a stool, seen from below level of ground line, turned half-way toward left. Across knees a folio, to left corner of which hand is held, while right hand rests on a telegraph key. Center line drawn through figure.
place: label: made in
content: USA
label: used in
content: Chicago, Illinois, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J.Carroll Beckwith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1915-2-4
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk and graphite on off-white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 62.5 × 47.6 cm (24 5/8 × 18 3/4 in.)