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  • The Metlive

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

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

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Results for "The Lightning Express"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

The Express Train by Charles Parsons, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Express Train

Charles Parsons (d. 1910)

1859 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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The MetSimilar

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 Express Train

Charles Parsons (d. 1910)

1859 · Lithograph, printed from two stones, hand-colored

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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 "Lightning Express" Trains: "Leaving the Junction"

Frances Flora Bond Palmer (d. 1876)

1863 · Hand-colored lithograph, coated selectively with gum arabic

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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 "Lightning Express" Trains: "Leaving the Junction"

Frances Flora Bond Palmer (d. 1876)

1863 · Hand-colored lithograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

American Railroad Scene: Lightning Express Trains Leaving the Junction

Parsons & Atwater (d. 1900)

1874 · Lithograph, printed in color

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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 Lightning Express

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1871–94 · Hand-colored lithograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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 Lightning that Struck Rufo Barcliff

Carroll Cloar (d. 1993)

1955 · Tempera on composition board (Masonite)

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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 Lightning Testimonies

Amar Kanwar (d. 9999)

2007 · Eight-channel digital video installation, black-and-white and color, sound, 32 min., 31 sec.

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Lightning and the Rock

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili (d. 2023)

2014 · Earth pigments on bark

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Lightning and the Rock

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili (d. 2023)

2014 · Earth pigments on bark

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Lightning and the Rock

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili (d. 2023)

2014 · Earth pigments on bark

In copyright

live
The MetSimilar

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.

Lightning and the Rock

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili (d. 2023)

2014 · Earth pigments on bark

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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