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    283 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 "Illustration"12 records

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Illustration for Goethe by Leopold Schulz, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustration for Goethe

Leopold Schulz (d. 1873)

1842 · Watercolor, over graphite (?); three framing lines, the inner one in pen and brown ink, the outer two in graphite

Cleared · Public Domain

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Illustration (Typhoon) by Edward Alexander Wadsworth, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Illustration (Typhoon)

Edward Alexander Wadsworth (d. 1949)

1914–1915 · Print, woodcut

Cleared · CC0

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Illustration Nouvelle by François-Nicolas Chifflart, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustration Nouvelle

François-Nicolas Chifflart (d. 1901)

1876 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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And Now They Never Meet in Grove or Green by Arthur Rackham, The Cleveland Museum of Art

And Now They Never Meet in Grove or Green

Arthur Rackham (d. 1939)

1908 · Drawing, pen and black ink and watercolor with scraping and minute touches of white gouache on artist's illustration board

Cleared · CC0

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Illustration by (Thomas) Orlando Sheldon Jewitt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustration

(Thomas) Orlando Sheldon Jewitt (d. 1869)

19th century · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration by Muhammadi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration

Muhammadi

c. 1550–1600 · Manuscript, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

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.

Book illustration

Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (d. 1814)

n.d.

In copyright

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Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript by Riza-yi Abbasi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript

Riza-yi Abbasi

early 1600s · Manuscript, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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.

Le Charivari illustration

Aubert et Cie (d. 1929)

December 1, 1832 · Lithograph

In copyright

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Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji

Unrecorded maker

1600s · Bound Volume, Double-sided accordion-style album of 17 leaves; ink, light color, and gold on paper

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.

Illustration

Robert Frederick Blum (d. 1903)

1885 or 1888 · Etching

In copyright

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Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration by Shaykh Muhammad, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration

Shaykh Muhammad

c. 1545–1576 · Drawing, ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper

Cleared · CC0

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