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  • The Metlive

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

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

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Results for "A Workman"12 records

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Relief with a stooped workman by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Relief with a stooped workman

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1347–1330 BCE · Limestone, paint (mostly modern)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Workman in Red Flannel Shirt and Suspenders by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Workman in Red Flannel Shirt and Suspenders

Unrecorded maker

c. 1855–60 · Photograph, daguerreotype with hand-applied color

Cleared · CC0

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) by Sabouroff Painter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Sabouroff Painter

ca. 450 BCE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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Talatat: Men Hoeing the Earth by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Talatat: Men Hoeing the Earth

Unrecorded maker

c. 1353–1347 BCE · Sculpture, painted sandstone

Cleared · CC0

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Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unrecorded maker

520–510 BCE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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Half Pound: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Half Pound: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse)

Unrecorded maker

1558–1560 · Coins, gold

Cleared · CC0

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Vase Fragment by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vase Fragment

Unrecorded maker

1st century BCE–1st century CE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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Vase Fragment by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vase Fragment

Unrecorded maker

1st century BCE–1st century CE · Terracotta

Cleared · Public Domain

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Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch West Indiaman) by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch West Indiaman)

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1647 · Etching; first or second state of two, the plate shows wear and the sheet is cut where the number would have appeaered

Cleared · Public Domain

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[Workman Holding a Wrench and Hammer] by Unknown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Workman Holding a Wrench and Hammer]

Unknown

1860s · Tintype with applied color

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.

The Stonebreaker's Daughter

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (d. 1873)

February 1, 1844 · Mixed method engraving on chine collé; proof before title

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.

Creating a Sensation --The "Bully Boy" on a Bicycle

Thomas B. Worth (d. 1917)

1881 · Hand-colored lithograph with gum arabic

In copyright

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