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

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Distant View of Syracuse and its Harbor by Claude Louis Châtelet, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Distant View of Syracuse and its Harbor

Claude Louis Châtelet (d. 1794)

late 18th century · Pen and pale brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; framing lines in pen and dark brown ink

Cleared · Public Domain

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Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou by Shen Zhou, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou (d. 1509)

after 1490 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Distant View of the Cedars of Lebanon by Francis Frith, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Distant View of the Cedars of Lebanon

Francis Frith (d. 1898)

ca. 1857 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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Landscape with a Distant Temple by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a Distant Temple

Unrecorded maker

1600s · Painting, hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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[Distant View of Landing, Belle Plain, Virginia] by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Distant View of Landing, Belle Plain, Virginia]

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (d. 1882)

1864 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang by Sesshū Tōyō, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

Sesshū Tōyō (d. 1506)

1460s to 1550s · Painting, Hanging scroll from a set of eight; ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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[Distant View of Arsenal, Washington, D.C.] by Unknown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Distant View of Arsenal, Washington, D.C.]

Unknown

1862–65 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng by Wang Hui, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng

Wang Hui (d. 1717)

1694 · Painting, Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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[Landscape with Distant View of Earthwork Fortifications] by Unknown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Landscape with Distant View of Earthwork Fortifications]

Unknown

1861–65 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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View of a Lake by Thomas Doughty, The Cleveland Museum of Art

View of a Lake

Thomas Doughty (d. 1856)

c. 1830s · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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[Distant View of Fort Brady, Virginia] by William Frank Browne, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Distant View of Fort Brady, Virginia]

William Frank Browne (d. 1867)

ca. 1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y. by Jasper F. Cropsey, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y.

Jasper F. Cropsey (d. 1900)

1843 · Drawing, pen and black ink, and brown wash heightened with white, over traces of graphite

Cleared · CC0

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