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    1084 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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

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Results for "Samuel Adams"12 records

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The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Massachusetts by John Norman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Massachusetts

John Norman (d. 1817)

1781–83 · Engraving and stipple

Cleared · Public Domain

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Ceylon Views to Adam's Tooth by Samuel Bourne, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ceylon Views to Adam's Tooth

Samuel Bourne (d. 1912)

c. 1880s · Photograph, albumen print from collodion negative

Cleared · CC0

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John Adams Conant by William Dunlap, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Adams Conant

William Dunlap (d. 1839)

1829 · Oil on wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sauceboat by William Adams, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sauceboat

William Adams (d. 1861)

ca. 1856 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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CATTSKILL/ MOUNTAIN HOUSE/ U.S. by William Adams & Sons, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

CATTSKILL/ MOUNTAIN HOUSE/ U.S.

William Adams & Sons (d. 2063)

ca. 1834–ca. 1864 · Earthenware, transfer-printed

Cleared · Public Domain

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Samuel F. B. Morse by Byron M. Pickett, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Samuel F. B. Morse

Byron M. Pickett (d. 1907)

ca. 1870 · Bronze

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.

Samuel Adams

Samuel Okey (d. 1780)

April 1775 · 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.

An Impartial History of the War in America, Between Great Britain and Her Colonies, from the Commencement to the end of the year 1779

J. Milliken (d. 1800)

1780 · Illustrations: engraving

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.

His Excellency Samuel Adams, Esq-r., L.L.D. & A.A.S., Governor and Commander in and over the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

George Graham (d. 1813)

May 17, 1797 · 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.

Sacred Allegories

Rev. William Adams (d. 1848)

1856 · Illustrations: wood engraving

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.

The Watchfires of '76 by Samuel Adams Drake

Clifton Johnson (d. 1940)

1895 · 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.

Alexander Hamilton

Samuel Arlent Edwards (d. 1938)

1909–10 · Mezzotint on chine collé

In copyright

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