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

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    423 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Rocks"12 records

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Rocks by Yosa Buson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rocks

Yosa Buson (d. 1783)

late 18th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fish and Rocks by Bada Shanren, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fish and Rocks

Bada Shanren (d. 1705)

mid- to late 1600s · Painting, Handscroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Study of Rocks by John William Casilear, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of Rocks

John William Casilear (d. 1893)

ca. 1850–60 · Graphite on off-white Bristol board

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bamboo, Rocks, and Lonely Orchids by Zhao Mengfu, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo, Rocks, and Lonely Orchids

Zhao Mengfu (d. 1322)

1271–1368 · Painting, Handscroll; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Seal Rocks by Carleton E. Watkins, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seal Rocks

Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)

1868–69, printed ca. 1876 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies by Ike Taiga, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies

Ike Taiga (d. 1776)

mid-1700s · Painting, Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Newport Rocks by John Frederick Kensett, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Newport Rocks

John Frederick Kensett (d. 1872)

1872 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Orchids and Rocks by Yi Ha-eung, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Orchids and Rocks

Yi Ha-eung (d. 1898)

1897–98 · Painting, Eight-panel folding screen; ink on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Rocks and Weeds by John Atherton, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rocks and Weeds

John Atherton (d. 1952)

1951 · Gouache and black ink on coated board (scratch board)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Dish with Autumn Grasses and Rocks by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dish with Autumn Grasses and Rocks

Unrecorded maker

late 1500s–early 1600s · Ceramic, Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide slip and incised designs (Mino ware, Shino type)

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.

Appin Rocks

Sir David Young Cameron (d. 1945)

1913 · Drypoint; fifth state of seven

In copyright

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Cathedral Rocks and Reflections, Yosemite by Charles Leander Weed, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cathedral Rocks and Reflections, Yosemite

Charles Leander Weed (d. 1903)

1864 · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

Cleared · CC0

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