
Scene (from McGuire Scrapbook)
John Rubens Smith (d. 1849)
1834 · Graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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225 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
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Scene (from McGuire Scrapbook)
John Rubens Smith (d. 1849)
1834 · Graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Scene with Dogs (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Alvan Fisher (d. 1863)
1836 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Pier with Boats (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Shepard Alonzo Mount (d. 1868)
1840 · Graphite on off-white heavy-weight wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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River Scene (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Thomas Doughty (d. 1856)
1840 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Landscape with Tower (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Thomas Cole (d. 1848)
1848 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Soldier's Farewell (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Emanuel Leutze (d. 1868)
1859 · Ink and graphite on thin off-white laid letterpress paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Dog (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Francis William Edmonds (d. 1863)
1863 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Girl with Rabbit (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Emanuel Leutze (d. 1868)
1868 · Graphite on off-white Bristol board
Cleared · Public Domain
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Landscape with Figure (from McGuire Scrapbook)
William Sidney Mount (d. 1868)
1868 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Ophelia (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Cephas Giovanni Thompson (d. 1888)
1888 · Graphite with white-chalk heightening on embossed grey green paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Dogs (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Graphite on off-white laid paper
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
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Landscape with Boats (from McGuire Scrapbook)
R. H. (d. 9999)
1840 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
In copyright
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