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  • The Metlive

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

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

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Results for "African/American"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

[Profile of a Seated African American Man] by Thomas Eakins, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Profile of a Seated African American Man]

Thomas Eakins (d. 1916)

ca. 1884 · Gelatin silver print

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Power of Music by William Sidney Mount, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Power of Music

William Sidney Mount (d. 1868)

1847 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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[African American Family at Gee's Bend, Alabama] by Arthur Rothstein, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[African American Family at Gee's Bend, Alabama]

Arthur Rothstein (d. 1985)

1937 · Gelatin silver print

Cleared · Public Domain

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Indian Combat by Edmonia Lewis, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Indian Combat

Edmonia Lewis (d. 1907)

1868 · Sculpture, marble

Cleared · CC0

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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.

From the Sunny South series (N157) for Duke Honest Long Cut Tobacco

American Tobacco Company

1890 · Albumen photograph

In copyright

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Vale of Kashmir by Robert S. Duncanson, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Vale of Kashmir

Robert S. Duncanson (d. 1872)

1867 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

From the Sunny South series (N157) for Duke Honest Long Cut Tobacco

American Tobacco Company

1890 · Albumen photograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

From the Sunny South series (N157) for Duke Honest Long Cut Tobacco

American Tobacco Company

1890 · Albumen photograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

From the Sunny South series (N157) for Duke Honest Long Cut Tobacco

American Tobacco Company

1890 · Albumen photograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

From the Sunny South series (N157) for Kimball Sweet Lavender Tobacco.

American Tobacco Company

1890 · Albumen photograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

From the Sunny South series (N157) for Kimball Sweet Lavender Tobacco.

American Tobacco Company

1890 · Albumen photograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Solidarity with the African American People. August 18, 1968

Lázaro Abreu (d. 9999)

1968 · Offset

In copyright

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