
John Adams
James Sharples (d. 1811)
ca.1796 · Pastel on gray (now oxidized) laid paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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155 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
656 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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John Adams
James Sharples (d. 1811)
ca.1796 · Pastel on gray (now oxidized) laid paper
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Two Elderly Men Conversing] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP332502.jpg)
[Two Elderly Men Conversing]
John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)
ca. 1850 · Daguerreotype
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DT2537.jpg)
[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat]
John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)
early 1850s · Daguerreotype
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP332536.jpg)
[Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters]
John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)
1854 · Daguerreotype
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Moon
John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)
1857–60 · Salted paper print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Moon
John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)
1857–60 · Salted paper print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Moon
John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)
1857–60 · Salted paper print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Moon
John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)
1857–60 · Salted paper print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Wisdom in Miniature; or the Young Gentleman and Lady's Magazine, Being a Collection of Sentences, Divine & Moral
John Adams (d. 1814)
1805 · Illustrations: wood engraving
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[John Couch Adams]
Sawyer and Bird (d. 1873)
ca. 1871–73 · Albumen silver print
In copyright
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