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    159 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 "Portrait of Thomas Carlyle"12 records

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Portrait of George Graham by Thomas Hudson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of George Graham

Thomas Hudson (d. 1779)

ca. 1739 · Red chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Large Portrait of Thomas Carlyle by Alphonse Legros, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Large Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

Alphonse Legros (d. 1911)

c. 1857–1911 · Print, etching and aquatint

Cleared · CC0

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Portrait of the Artist by Thomas Sully, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of the Artist

Thomas Sully (d. 1872)

1821 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Small Portrait of Thomas Carlyle by Alphonse Legros, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

Alphonse Legros (d. 1911)

1875 · Print, aquatint

Cleared · CC0

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Thomas Carlyle by Julia Margaret Cameron, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas Carlyle

Julia Margaret Cameron (d. 1879)

1867 · Carbon print

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Thomas Nast by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

1870–80 · Wood engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of the Artist by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of the Artist

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

ca. 1884 · Lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bust-length Portrait of Thomas Nast by Thomas Nast, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust-length Portrait of Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast (d. 1902)

ca. 1888 · Photograph

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.

Portrait of Thomas Wright

Thomas Frye (d. 1762)

April 18, 1737 · Mezzotint

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.

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

Walter Greaves (d. 1930)

1860–70 · Brush and black ink wash, over graphite

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.

Carlyle

Ralph Bartlett Goddard (d. 1936)

1893 · Bronze

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.

Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

Henry Wolf (d. 1916)

1904 · Wood engraving on chine flotant

In copyright

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