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

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    528 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper'"11 records

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Christmas Eve (published "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863) by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christmas Eve (published "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863)

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

originally published 1863 · Relief print and electrotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880) by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

originally published 1880 · Relief print and electrotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880) by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

originally published 1880 · Relief print and electrotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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No 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.

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. III)

Winslow Homer (d. 1910)

December 24, 1859 · Wood engraving

In copyright

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No 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.

The Interior of Powers Studio, Florentine Sketches, from "Harper's Weekly," p. 869

Harper & Brothers (d. 1962)

October 4, 1873 · Wood engraving

In copyright

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No 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.

Christmas Comes But Once a Year. Therefore Let Us Be Merry (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 1, 1881)

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

originally published 1881 · Relief print and electrotype

In copyright

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No 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.

Harper’s Magazine Christmas, 1892

Eugène-Samuel Grasset (d. 1917)

1892 · Chromolithograph

In copyright

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No 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.

Harper's, Christmas

Edward Penfield (d. 1925)

1894 · Color lithograph

In copyright

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No 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.

A Merry Christmas

Anonymous

by 1909 · Commercial color process with embossment

In copyright

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No 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.

Martin Birnbaum wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Marcus Behmer (d. 1958)

1925 · Etching in brown ink

In copyright

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No 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.

A Merry, Merry Christmas, 1959

Best & Co. (d. 1969)

1959 · Illustrations: photomechanical process, some in color

In copyright

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