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

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

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Results for "The Nile"12 records

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View on the Nile near Cairo by Thomas Seddon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View on the Nile near Cairo

Thomas Seddon (d. 1856)

ca. 1855 · Watercolor over graphite with stopping out, heightened with gouache (bodycolor)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Torso of Amenpayom by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Torso of Amenpayom

Unrecorded maker

probably 200–100 BCE · Sculpture, granodiorite

Cleared · CC0

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Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile by John Singer Sargent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile

John Singer Sargent (d. 1925)

1890–91 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Head of Sekhmet by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Sekhmet

Unrecorded maker

c. 1391–1353 BCE · Sculpture, granodiorite

Cleared · CC0

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River God, The Nile by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

River God, The Nile

Unrecorded maker

probably 19th century · Bronze, wood, gilt bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Squat Jar with Lug Handles by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Squat Jar with Lug Handles

Unrecorded maker

2950–2573 BCE · Vessels, pegmatitic hornblende diorite

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.

Mourners Crossing the Nile

Hugh R. Hopgood

1914–1916; original ca. 1386–1330 BCE · Tempera on paper

In copyright

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Palette in the Form of a Fish by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Palette in the Form of a Fish

Unrecorded maker

c. 3500–2950 BCE · Tools and Equipment, graywacke

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 Nile

Etienne Delaune (d. 1583)

1569 · Engraving

In copyright

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Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head

Unrecorded maker

664–525 BCE · Funerary Equipment, travertine

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.

[Cataracts on the Nile]

Francis Frith and Company

ca. 1857, printed 1870s · Albumen silver print from glass negative

In copyright

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Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head

Unrecorded maker

664–525 BCE · Funerary Equipment, travertine

Cleared · CC0

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