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

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

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Results for "An Essay on Light and Shade; on Colours,"12 records

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Marble cinerary urn in the form of a tree stump with leaves and grapes by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marble cinerary urn in the form of a tree stump with leaves and grapes

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1st century CE · Marble

Cleared · Public Domain

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Daoist Sage and Hawk by Soga Nichokuan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Daoist Sage and Hawk

Soga Nichokuan (d. 1700)

mid-17th century · Pair of fan-shaped paintings mounted on two-panel folding screen; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Trees by an entrance to a park by Theodosius Forrest, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trees by an entrance to a park

Theodosius Forrest (d. 1784)

1760–75 · Graphite, brush and green and ochre wash or watercolor

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: An Essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: An Essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture

Unrecorded maker

1851 · Paper, board, cloth

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: An Essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: An Essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture

Unrecorded maker

1851 · Paper, board, leather

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sunset by John Frederick Kensett, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sunset

John Frederick Kensett (d. 1872)

1872 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Crucifix on a Golgotha base by Giuseppe de' Levi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crucifix on a Golgotha base

Giuseppe de' Levi (d. 1614)

ca. 1590–1600 (base), later 17th century (corpus), 19th century (cross) · Corpus: bronze, fire-gilt; cross and base: bronze

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.

An Essay on Light and Shade; on Colours, and on Composition in General

Mary Gartside (d. 1819)

1805 · Illustrations: stipple engraving with hand coloring

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.

An Essay on a species of Mosaic Pavement, formed of right-angled triangles of different colours

Nathaniel John Larkin (d. 1900)

1818 · Illustrations: engraving

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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.

Design for a "Poppy" Lampshade

Louis C. Tiffany (d. 1933)

ca. 1900 · Watercolor, ink, and graphite 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.

Cartoon for "Snowball" Lampshade

Louis C. Tiffany (d. 1933)

1902–10 · Watercolor, carbon transfer, and graphite 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.

Dolls on the Balcony

László Moholy-Nagy (d. 1946)

1926 · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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