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

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

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Results for "Sir Thomas More"12 records

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Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1788 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sir Thomas More

Hans Holbein the Younger (d. 1543)

1600s · Portrait Miniature, oil on wood in a gilt wood frame

Cleared · CC0

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Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son by Sir Thomas Lawrence, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son

Sir Thomas Lawrence (d. 1830)

1789 · Red and black chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Benjamin West by Thomas Lawrence, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Benjamin West

Thomas Lawrence (d. 1830)

1818 or later · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Benjamin Rouse Jr. by Sir Thomas Lawrence, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Rouse Jr.

Sir Thomas Lawrence (d. 1830)

1813 (?) · Graphite, black and red chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Hugh Hope by Henry Raeburn, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Hugh Hope

Henry Raeburn (d. 1823)

c. 1810 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Samuel Rogers by Sir Thomas Lawrence, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Samuel Rogers

Sir Thomas Lawrence (d. 1830)

August 16, 1822 · Stipple engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Crown of the Double Rose: Crowned Double Rose (obverse); Crowned Royal Arms (reverse) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Crown of the Double Rose: Crowned Double Rose (obverse); Crowned Royal Arms (reverse)

Unrecorded maker

1526–33 · Coins, gold

Cleared · CC0

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Lady Maria Conyngham (died 1843) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lady Maria Conyngham (died 1843)

Sir Thomas Lawrence (d. 1830)

ca. 1824–25 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Beaufort House, Chelsea by Johannes Kip, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Beaufort House, Chelsea

Johannes Kip (d. 1722)

1707–9 · Print, etching and engraving, hand colored

Cleared · CC0

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Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Morte d'Arthur

Sir Thomas Malory (d. 1471)

1893 · Illustrated book

Cleared · Public Domain

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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Supposed portrait of Thomas More

Lucas Vorsterman I (d. 1675)

1631 · Engraving; third state of four

In copyright

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