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

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A Sketch from Nature by William Paulet Carey, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Sketch from Nature

William Paulet Carey (d. 1839)

January 24, 1784 · Hand-colored etching and stipple, printed in brown ink

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Sketch from Nature by William Paulet Carey, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Sketch from Nature

William Paulet Carey (d. 1839)

January 24, 1784 · Hand-colored etching and stipple

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch of a Hound (from Sketchbook) by Francis William Edmonds, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch of a Hound (from Sketchbook)

Francis William Edmonds (d. 1863)

ca. 1838 and after · Graphite on off white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch from Nature by Asher Brown Durand, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch from Nature

Asher Brown Durand (d. 1886)

ca. 1855 · Graphite on gray-green wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Brittany Beadle—Sketch from Nature by John La Farge, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Brittany Beadle—Sketch from Nature

John La Farge (d. 1910)

1856 · Watercolor and gouache with graphite on brown wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch of a Male Torso; Sketch of a Full-length Male Figure (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch of a Male Torso; Sketch of a Full-length Male Figure (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch of a Country Scene (from Sketchbook) by Thomas Hewes Hinckley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch of a Country Scene (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Hewes Hinckley (d. 1896)

ca. 1860–ca. 1864 · Graphite on beige paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch of a Man Seated; Sketch of a Dead Deer (from Sketchbook) by Thomas Hewes Hinckley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch of a Man Seated; Sketch of a Dead Deer (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Hewes Hinckley (d. 1896)

ca. 1860–ca. 1864 · Graphite on beige paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Sketch from Billingsgate (From Billingsgate) by James McNeill Whistler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Sketch from Billingsgate (From Billingsgate)

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1878 · Drypoint, printed in black ink on ivory laid paper; seventh state of eight (Glasgow)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch of a Rowboat (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch of a Rowboat (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)

ca. 1891 · Graphite on wove paper with gilt edges, bound in a leather cover

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch of a Ship's Stern (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch of a Ship's Stern (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)

ca. 1891 · Graphite on wove paper with gilt edges, bound in a leather cover

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sketch of a House (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards (d. 1905)

1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

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