# The Bud and the Blossom \[recto\]

- By: Paul Lacroix (American, 1827 - 1869)
- Date: 1831
- Medium: graphite on wove paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: image: 33.66 × 21.27 cm (13 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.) ; sheet: 40.96 × 27.94 cm (16 1/8 × 11 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1965)
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.181030.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/108e9eea-ee5e-489e-b255-6943c4c6e52a/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)