Design for a window, 1902–3, Made in New York, United States, American, Watercolor, gouache, pen and metallic ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, Overall: 15 3/16 x 13 11/16 in. (38.5 x 34.8 cm), Drawings, Tiffany Studios (1902–32), In 1900, President William McKinley appointed the Pennsylvania lawyer James Montgomery Beck to the position of assistant attorney general. This heraldic window was probably intended for his new house at 1522 K Street, but in 1903, Beck suddenly left public office to join the New York law firm of Shearman and Sterling, leaving the Washington commission unrealized
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Design, window, 1902–3, New York, United States, American, Watercolor, gouache, pen, metallic ink, graphite, off-white wove paper, Overall, 15 3/16 x 13 11/16, 38.5 34.8 cm, Drawings, Tiffany Studios, 1902–32, 1900, President William, McKinley, appointed, Pennsylvania lawyer, James, Montgomery, Beck, position, assistant attorney, general, heraldic window, intended, new house, 1522 K, Street, 1903, Beck suddenly, left, public, office, join, law, firm, Shearman, Sterling, leaving, Washington commission, unrealized
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