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    1158 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Confederate Method of Destroying Rail Roads at McCloud Mill, Virginia by Andrew Joseph Russell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Confederate Method of Destroying Rail Roads at McCloud Mill, Virginia

Andrew Joseph Russell (d. 1902)

1863 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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[Major General William Tecumseh Sherman Wearing Mourning Armband] by Brady & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Major General William Tecumseh Sherman Wearing Mourning Armband]

Brady & Co. (d. 1889)

1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

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Sherman at Savannah, Georgia by Otto Botticher, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sherman at Savannah, Georgia

Otto Botticher (d. 1866)

1865 · Lithograph with tint stone

Cleared · Public Domain

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The True Peace Commissioners by Currier & Ives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The True Peace Commissioners

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1865 · Lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign by George N. Barnard, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign

George N. Barnard (d. 1902)

1860s

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A Short History of General William Tecumseh Sherman, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Short History of General William Tecumseh Sherman, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)

1888 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Josephine Shaw Lowell by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Josephine Shaw Lowell

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (d. 1907)

1899; carved 1901 · Marble

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Victory by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Victory

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (d. 1907)

1892–1903; this cast, 1914 or after (by 1916) · Bronze, gilt

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Head of Victory by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Victory

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (d. 1907)

1897–1903; cast 1907 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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General William Tecumseh Sherman by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

General William Tecumseh Sherman

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (d. 1907)

1888, cast 1910 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation at the White House

Major & Knapp (d. 1888)

1865 · Lithograph

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