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Waterfront by Frank Wilcox, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Waterfront

Frank Wilcox (d. 1964)

c. 1923 · Print, etching

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Hulks by Orville Houghton Peets, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hulks

Orville Houghton Peets (d. 1968)

c. 1929 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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View of Ste-Adrese Beach with the Dumont Baths by Gustave Le Gray, The Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Ste-Adrese Beach with the Dumont Baths

Gustave Le Gray (d. 1884)

1856 · Photograph, albumen print from collodion negative

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Skyline by Edwin Kaufman, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Skyline

Edwin Kaufman (d. 1939)

1926 · Print, drypoint

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Album of Seasonal Landscapes by Zha Shibiao, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Album of Seasonal Landscapes

Zha Shibiao (d. 1698)

1684 · Painting, Album of twelve leaves; ink or ink and light color on paper

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Untitled (View on the Praya, looking east, Hong Kong) by William Pryor Floyd, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled (View on the Praya, looking east, Hong Kong)

William Pryor Floyd (d. 1900)

1866–73 · Photograph, albumen print

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Landscape Album in Various Styles: Spring Plowing by Zha Shibiao, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape Album in Various Styles: Spring Plowing

Zha Shibiao (d. 1698)

1684 · Painting, Album leaf; ink and light color on paper

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Landscape Album in Various Styles: Landscape after Mi Fei by Zha Shibiao, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape Album in Various Styles: Landscape after Mi Fei

Zha Shibiao (d. 1698)

1684 · Painting, album leaf, ink and light color on paper

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Landscape Album in Various Styles: Traveling in Autumn Mountains by Zha Shibiao, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape Album in Various Styles: Traveling in Autumn Mountains

Zha Shibiao (d. 1698)

1684 · Painting, album leaf, ink and light color on paper

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Landscape Album in Various Styles: Pleasure in a Mountain Brook by Zha Shibiao, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape Album in Various Styles: Pleasure in a Mountain Brook

Zha Shibiao (d. 1698)

1684 · Painting, album leaf, ink and light color on paper

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