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Results for "The Canal"12 records

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On the Canal in Vienna by Johann Christoph Erhard, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the Canal in Vienna

Johann Christoph Erhard (d. 1822)

1819 · Etching; second state

Cleared · Public Domain

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Saint-Mammès, Loing Canal by Alfred Sisley, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint-Mammès, Loing Canal

Alfred Sisley (d. 1899)

1885 · Painting, oil on fabric

Cleared · CC0

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On the Canal in Vienna by Johann Christoph Erhard, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the Canal in Vienna

Johann Christoph Erhard (d. 1822)

1819 · Etching; second state

Cleared · Public Domain

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Views:  The Canal Lock at Dolo by Antonio Canaletto, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Views: The Canal Lock at Dolo

Antonio Canaletto (d. 1768)

1735–46 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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Vitré: The Canal by James McNeill Whistler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vitré: The Canal

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1893 · Transfer lithograph with stumping, printed on black ink on ivory laid paper; only state (Chicago)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Canal in Autumn (Gisors) by Henri Le Sidaner, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Canal in Autumn (Gisors)

Henri Le Sidaner (d. 1939)

1913 · Painting, oil on canvas

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.

The Canal

Louis Philibert Debucourt (d. 1832)

1810 · Aquatint, fourth state

In copyright

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Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou by Shen Zhou, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou (d. 1509)

after 1490 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper

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.

Sunday on the Canal, from "Harper's Weekly"

Paul Frenzeny (d. 1902)

October 18, 1873 · Wood engraving

In copyright

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A Canal, Venice by James Holland, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Canal, Venice

James Holland (d. 1870)

1800–1870 · Drawing, graphite and watercolor, heightened with white on buff paper

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.

Four Boats

John Henry Twachtman (d. 1902)

1881–5 · Etching (posthumous Keppel impression)

In copyright

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Inclined Plane F, Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. by Thomas H. Johnson, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Inclined Plane F, Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.

Thomas H. Johnson

c. 1860 · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

Cleared · CC0

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