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[Hypnotism] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Hypnotism]

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

ca. 1845 · Daguerreotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India

John I Smart (d. 1811)

1787 · Portrait Miniature, watercolor and gouache heightened with white gouache on paper

Cleared · CC0

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[Self-Portrait with Artist's Brother] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Self-Portrait with Artist's Brother]

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

1840s · Daguerreotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bookplate with Coat of Arms of John Adams by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bookplate with Coat of Arms of John Adams

Unrecorded maker

1783 · Print, engraving

Cleared · CC0

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[Two Elderly Men Conversing] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Two Elderly Men Conversing]

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

ca. 1850 · Daguerreotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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Landscape with Farmhouses by Boetius Adams Bolswert, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Farmhouses

Boetius Adams Bolswert (d. 1633)

1613–14 · Print, etching with burin

Cleared · CC0

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[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat]

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

early 1850s · Daguerreotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 126 "An Arbitrator" by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 126 "An Arbitrator"

Unrecorded maker

1872 · Print, color lithograph

Cleared · CC0

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[Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters] by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters]

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

1854 · Daguerreotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Moon by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Moon

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

1857–60 · Salted paper print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Moon by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Moon

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

1857–60 · Salted paper print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Moon by John Adams Whipple, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Moon

John Adams Whipple (d. 1891)

1857–60 · Salted paper print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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