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

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

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Garden of the Inept Administrator by Wen Zhengming, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Garden of the Inept Administrator

Wen Zhengming (d. 1559)

1551 · Album of eight leaves; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Celestial globe with clockwork by Gerhard Emmoser, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Celestial globe with clockwork

Gerhard Emmoser (d. 1584)

1579 · Case: partially gilded silver, gilded brass; movement: brass, steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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The suicide of Ajax by Giovanni Battista Foggini, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The suicide of Ajax

Giovanni Battista Foggini (d. 1725)

ca. 1690 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Passage from “A Modern-Day Wen Xuan: Selections of Refined Literature” by Morikawa Kyoriku (Kyoroku) 森川許六, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Passage from “A Modern-Day Wen Xuan: Selections of Refined Literature”

Morikawa Kyoriku (Kyoroku) 森川許六 (d. 1715)

after 1705 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tobacco box by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tobacco box

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Brass

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Visit to the Doctor by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Visit to the Doctor

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

1809–12? · Hand-colored etching; reprint

Cleared · Public Domain

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We will be at your door at noon without fail, from "Little Miseries of Human Life" by J. J. Grandville, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

We will be at your door at noon without fail, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville (d. 1847)

1843 · Wood engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cabinet by Melchior Baumgartner, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cabinet

Melchior Baumgartner

ca. 1655–59, engraved decorations ca. 1825–50 · Oak, pine, walnut, cedar, ebony, and rosewood; ivory veneer and silver veneer; silver; silver-gilt moldings; gilded yellow-metal mounts; the drawers lined with aquamarine-colored silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Omnibus Life in London, from "Illustrated London News" by William Maw Egley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Omnibus Life in London, from "Illustrated London News"

William Maw Egley (d. 1916)

June 11, 1859 · Wood engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Harvesters, illustration to "The Leather Bottèl" by Edwin Austin Abbey, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Harvesters, illustration to "The Leather Bottèl"

Edwin Austin Abbey (d. 1911)

1887 · Pen and ink

Cleared · Public Domain

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Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod by Smith & Wesson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod

Smith & Wesson (d. 9999)

ca. 1893 · Steel, silver, ivory, textile (chamois), wood (California laurel)

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

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The Royal Mail, without Opposition

Isaac Robert Cruikshank (d. 1856)

June 3, 1827 · Hand-colored etching

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