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

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

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Results for "The Whale Fishery "Laying On""10 records

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Lamp by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lamp

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1860 · Pressed glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Lamp by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lamp

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1860 · Pressed glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Whale Fishery: Attacking a "Right Whale" --and "Cutting In" by Currier & Ives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Whale Fishery: Attacking a "Right Whale" --and "Cutting In"

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

ca. 1860 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line by Robert Charles Dudley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line

Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)

1865–66 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)

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 Whale Fishery "Laying On"

Nathaniel Currier (d. 1888)

1852 · Hand-colored lithograph

In copyright

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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.

Album containing prints clipped from American and British periodicals

Illman and Sons (d. 1900)

1815–60 · Hand-colored etching, engraving, lithograph, mezzotint

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 Whale Fishery: The Sperm Whale "in a Flurry"

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

ca. 1860 · 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.

On the Shore, from "Picture Poesies"

John William North (d. 1924)

first published 1867, reissued 1874 · Wood engraving

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.

Whale Fishery: Sperm Whale "In a Flurry"

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1877–1894 · Hand-colored lithograph, 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.

Fragment of a Pendant (Marremarre Lagelag or Buni)

Unrecorded maker

19th century or earlier · Tridacna shell

In copyright

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