
The Life Line
Winslow Homer (d. 1910)
1884 · Copper plate, etched and steel-faced
Cleared · Public Domain
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510 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
368 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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The Life Line
Winslow Homer (d. 1910)
1884 · Copper plate, etched and steel-faced
Cleared · Public Domain
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A Vignette of Life on the Frontier
Jiao Bingzhen (d. 1726)
c. 1717–22 · Painting, Folding fan; ink and color on paper
Cleared · CC0
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The Life Line
Winslow Homer (d. 1910)
1884 · Etching, printed in dark green ink
Cleared · Public Domain
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Wash Line
Edwin Kaufman (d. 1939)
1927 · Print, etching
Cleared · CC0
liveNo 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.
Harry Davis from Sporting Life Cabinets (W600)
Sporting Life (d. 1924)
1902 · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
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Allegory of Life
Giorgio Ghisi (d. 1582)
1561 · Print, engraving
Cleared · CC0
liveNo 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.
John Thoney from Sporting Life Cabinets (W600)
Sporting Life (d. 1924)
1903 · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
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The Life of Christ: The Nativity
Martin Schongauer (d. 1491)
c. 1480–90 · Print, engraving
Cleared · CC0
liveNo 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.
Louis McAllister from Sporting Life Cabinets (W600)
Sporting Life (d. 1924)
1903 · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
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Trompe l'Oeil Still Life
Jacobus Cornelis Meyer
c. 1754 · Drawing, pen and ink, point of brush and black ink wash, watercolor and gouache
Cleared · CC0
liveNo 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.
Mordecai Brown from Sporting Life Cabinets (W600)
Sporting Life (d. 1924)
1904 · Commercial photolithograph
In copyright
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Wineglass and a Bowl of Fruit
Willem Kalf (d. 1693)
1663 · Painting, oil on canvas
Cleared · CC0
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