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

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Results for "History of Thomas Alva Edison, from the"12 records

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The infant Jones found in the bed of Mr. Allworthy, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The infant Jones found in the bed of Mr. Allworthy, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1792 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Sentinel Mistakes Tom Jones for an Apparition, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sentinel Mistakes Tom Jones for an Apparition, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1792 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tom Jones Refused Admittance by the Nobleman's Porter, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tom Jones Refused Admittance by the Nobleman's Porter, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1792 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tom Jones Rescues Mrs Waters from the Violence of Northerton, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tom Jones Rescues Mrs Waters from the Violence of Northerton, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1792 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Title page, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax" by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title page, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax"

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1822 · Letterpress

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Electric Light by Currier & Ives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Electric Light

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1880 · Lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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History of Thomas Alva Edison, from the Histories of Poor Boys and Famous People series of booklets (N79) for Duke brand cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

History of Thomas Alva Edison, from the Histories of Poor Boys and Famous People series of booklets (N79) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)

1888 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Thomas Alva Edison, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas Alva Edison, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)

1888 · Commercial color lithograph

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.

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick (d. 1828)

1792 · Wood engraving

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.

New York Island & Parts Adjacent, from Dr. Gordon's "History of the American War"

Thomas Conder (d. 1831)

ca. 1788 · Etching and engraving

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 General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick (d. 1828)

1807 · Wood engraving

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.

Thomas Alva Edison

Walter Scott Shinn (d. 1970)

1910–19, printed 1950s · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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