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

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Results for "Study for "Sparking" (from Sketchbook)"12 records

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Study for "Sparking" (from Sketchbook) by Francis William Edmonds, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "Sparking" (from Sketchbook)

Francis William Edmonds (d. 1863)

ca. 1838 and after · Brown ink, graphite, on off-white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for a Bust Portrait of a Young Man (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Bust Portrait of a Young Man (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Graphite on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for a Memorial (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Memorial (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Graphite on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for a Vase (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Vase (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Graphite on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for Full-length Male Statue (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Full-length Male Statue (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Graphite on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for Treaty with Native Americans (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Treaty with Native Americans (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Graphite on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for Victory (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Victory (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Graphite on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for Victory (from Sketchbook) by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Victory (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)

ca. 1860 · Graphite on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for the "City and Country Beaux"; Sketch of a Hound (from Sketchbook) by Francis William Edmonds, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for the "City and Country Beaux"; Sketch of a Hound (from Sketchbook)

Francis William Edmonds (d. 1863)

ca. 1838 and after · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Nature Study (from Sketchbook X) by William Trost Richards, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nature Study (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards (d. 1905)

1885 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Ship Study (from Sketchbook X) by William Trost Richards, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ship Study (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards (d. 1905)

1885 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for Seascape (from Sketchbook) by Albert Bierstadt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Seascape (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)

ca. 1891 · Graphite on wove paper with gilt edges, bound in a leather cover

Cleared · Public Domain

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