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

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

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Results for "A message to the citizens of Connecticut"12 records

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Message Case with Landscape by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Message Case with Landscape

Unrecorded maker

mid-18th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki‑e and togidashimaki‑e, with gilded mounts

Cleared · Public Domain

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Hartford./ Connecticut./ JACKSONS WARRANTED by Job & John Jackson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hartford./ Connecticut./ JACKSONS WARRANTED

Job & John Jackson (d. 1835)

ca. 1831–ca. 1835 · Earthenware, transfer-printed

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bringing the Message of Victory to Dongshan by Wang Su, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bringing the Message of Victory to Dongshan

Wang Su (d. 1877)

1862 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Ichnographs from the Sandstone of Connecticut River by James Deane, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ichnographs from the Sandstone of Connecticut River

James Deane (d. 1858)

published 1861 · Salted paper prints

Cleared · Public Domain

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Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut by John Frederick Kensett, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut

John Frederick Kensett (d. 1872)

1872 · Oil on canvas

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 Monkey Prince Angada delivers Rama’s message to Ravana; folio from the Siege of Lanka series

Manaku (d. 1770)

ca. 1725 · Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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.

Movable card: Young girl in a field of flowers, moving the tab lifts her arm to reveal a message.

Anton Berka (d. 1838)

ca. 1815 · Heavy card stock, lithography, watercolor, thread

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 message to the American people

Anonymous, American, 20th century (d. 1999)

1918 · Commercial 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 message to the citizens of Connecticut from Governor Marcus H. Holcomb

Anonymous, American, 20th century (d. 1999)

ca. 1917 · Commercial 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.

The Beauty Message

Lillian Bassman (d. 2012)

1965 · Gelatin silver print

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.

I Just Kept Pecking At It

Patrick Oliphant (d. 9999)

November 10, 1989 · Pen and India ink with black chalk

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.

Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

Arthur Jafa (d. 9999)

2016 · Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 7 min., 25 sec.

In copyright

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