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    3896 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (d. 1805)

late 1780s · Oil on wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles by Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles

Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 (d. 1837)

1830s · Folding album; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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California News by Gabriel Harrison, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

California News

Gabriel Harrison (d. 1902)

ca. 1850 · Daguerreotype

Cleared · Public Domain

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From the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 4) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes by Allen & Ginter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 4) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter

ca. 1888 · Albumen photograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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From the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 5) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes by Allen & Ginter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 5) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter

ca. 1888 · Albumen photograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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[Group of 14 stereographs of Africa and Actors] by Kilburn Brothers, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Group of 14 stereographs of Africa and Actors]

Kilburn Brothers (d. 1892)

1850s–1910s · Albumen silver prints

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.

Portraits of actors and playwrights [School piece or Penmanship sheet]

Garnett Terry (d. 1817)

ca. 1773 · Etching and engraving with pen and ink

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.

[Album of Carte-de-visite Portraits of Actors]

Gilbert Brothers (d. 1869)

1860s · Albumen silver prints and tintype

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.

Fashion Designs for Women and Girls (recto); Portraits of British Actors and Actresses (verso)

A. Foa (d. 1918)

1915–18 · Recto: pen and black ink, brush and wash, gouache (bodycolor) Verso: lithograph

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.

Lunt & Fontanne (Alfred Lunt, 1892–1977, and Lynn Louise Fontanne, 1887–1983)

Mary Sully (d. 1963)

ca. 1920s–40s · Colored pencil, wax crayon, ink, and graphite on paper

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