
Sketch of a dog
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1300–1080 BCE · Limestone, ink
Cleared · Public Domain
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Sketch of a dog
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1300–1080 BCE · Limestone, ink
Cleared · Public Domain
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View of Rome from the Janiculum in the South-West; verso: Sketch of buildings and plants
Anthonis van den Wijngaerde (d. 1571)
ca. 1540–50 · Pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash, over black chalk, on three pieces of paper glued together
Cleared · Public Domain
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A Sketch from Nature
William Paulet Carey (d. 1839)
January 24, 1784 · Hand-colored etching and stipple, printed in brown ink
Cleared · Public Domain
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A Sketch from Nature
William Paulet Carey (d. 1839)
January 24, 1784 · Hand-colored etching and stipple
Cleared · Public Domain
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Study for the "City and Country Beaux"; Sketch of a Hound (from Sketchbook)
Francis William Edmonds (d. 1863)
ca. 1838 and after · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Orphans, from "Illustrated London News"
William Luson Thomas (d. 1900)
April 13, 1867 · Wood engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo 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.
Orphans–A Sketch in the City, from "The Graphic," vol. 6
Arthur Boyd Houghton (d. 1875)
October 26, 1872 · Wood engraving
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Williamsburg from the Bridge (Sketch)
Charles Adams Platt (d. 1933)
1889 · Etching and drypoint; only state
In copyright
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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 City Hall, plan, preliminary sketch
Harry Sternfeld (d. 1976)
1914 · Graphite, pen and black ink, gray and brown wash
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Sketch for "The Acrobats in the Circus"
Fernand Léger (d. 1955)
1918 · Oil on canvas
In copyright
liveNo 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.
Husha-Bye Baby, bakery card from the Mother Goose Toys series (D54), issued by the City Bakery
City Bakery
1922 · Commercial color lithograph
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Sketch Class
Raphael Soyer (d. 1987)
1937 · Etching
In copyright
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