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Festive headdress with phoenixes and peonies, probably for an empress , probably 1850-1900 AD, metal, kingfisher feathers, jadeit, tourmaline, coral, pearls, glass, silk - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07843
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Figure, Kongo, Congo River area, northeastern Angola, c. 1860, wood, metal, leather, vegetable fiber, shell inlay - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08252
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Illustrated scroll of Tale of Warrior Obusuma Saburo, 1 of 5, Japan, Kamakura period, 1200s AD, color on paper - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC09338
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Dressing table, Nagasaki, Japan, c. 1878 AD, lacquer, mother-of-pearl, glass, copper - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07829
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Drinking horn, original by Cornelius Gross, Augsburg, c. 1660-1670, galvanic copy by C. Haas, Vienna, 1877, mounted horn, gilt copper - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03094
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Miraculous writing machine presented to Empress Maria Theresa, by Friedrich von Knaus, Austria, Vienna, iron, brass, bronze, paper, wood - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07112
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Manjushri from Rig Sum Gonpo (Lords of the Three Families), view 2, collected by Sven Hedin in 1930, Efi Khalkha temple, Chahar, Inner Mongolia - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09315
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Lady with spinning wheel, probably by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1760, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05180
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Our Lady of Characato, by Cipriano de Toledo y Gutierrez, Cuzco, Peru, 1771, oil on canvas, detail 1 - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08128
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Pair of nautilus cups by Bartel Jamnitzer, 2 of 2, Germany, Nuremberg, 1588, nautilus shell, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06917
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Two spherical clocks by George Seydell and unknown master, Germany, probably Brandenburg and Hesse, 1650-1700, gilt brass, silver, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07048
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Rendez-vous at the hunt, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1744, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05343
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Virgin and Child by Lucas Cranach the Elder (studio), detail, c. 1513-1514, oil on linden wood - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08141
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Siddhartha fasting, old reduced-size replica of original in Lahore Museum, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century AD, slate - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03816
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Saw clock by Isaac Ourry, Germany, Kassel, c. 1710, gilt brass, silver, steel, glass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07075
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Stele with Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future, Hebei province, Quyang, Northern Qi dynasty, 565 AD, rededicated 1516 AD, marble with traces of pigment - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05069
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Swans, 1 of 2, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1747, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05205
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The Maharajah of Kota, Members of Court, and the Englishman James Tod, India, Rajput style, Kota school, early 1800s, ink and color on paper - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01686
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Thistle, Frog, Snail, Butterfly, and Dragonfly, attributed to Sin Saimdang, Korea, Choson, dynasty, early 1600s AD, album leaf, ink and colors on silk - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01675
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Tomb statuette, Egypt, 13th dynasty, perhaps 1794-1645 BC, quartzite, K 56 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05306
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Tomb wall fragment, Egypt, 13th dynasty, 1794-1645 BC, limestone, H 35 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05322
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Still Life of Fuit on a Kraak Porcelain, detail, by Balthasar van der Ast, 1657, oil on panel - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07265
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Two Heads by Honore Daumier, c. 1858-1862, oil on wood - Museu de Arte de São Paulo - DSC07334
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The Virgin and Child in a Landscape, by Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, c. 1536-1537, oil on panel - Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University - DSC01876
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Portrait of Madame de Bourbon-Conti as Venus, by Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French, 1731, oil on canvas - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00792
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Astronomical clock with Orpheus frieze and astrolabe, Germany, probably Nuremberg, c. 1580, partially gilt brass, iron, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07069
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Dish handle with hunting scene, Rogers Fund 1906, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Severan age, early 3rd century AD, silver - Exhibit in the Colosseum - Rome, Italy - DSC01396
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Jeong Seonggeun at the age of 40, by Chae Yongsin (1850-1941), studio name Seokji, 1914, ink and colours on ramie - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09443
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Master of Animals finial, Iran, Luristan, 8th century BC, bronze - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01574
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Landscape with the Judgement of Paris, by Gillis van Coninxloo, late 1500s to early 1600s, oil on panel - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08459
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Madonna and Child with Angels, by Niccolo di ser Sozzo Tegliacci, c. 1360, tempera on wood panel - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08208
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Mosaic glass, Hellenistic, late 3rd to late 2nd century BC, 6-S. 44-45 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05907
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Our Lady of Characato, by Cipriano de Toledo y Gutierrez, Cuzco, Peru, 1771, oil on canvas, detail 2 - Blanton Museum of Art - Austin, Texas - DSC08130
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Wladislaus IV, King of Poland, Peace with Russia, Sweden, and Turkey (View of Danzig), by Sebastian Dadler, 1642 - Bode-Museum - DSC02814
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Container, Mangbetu-Zande peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, lates 1800s to early 1900s, wood, back, plant fiber, string - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02366
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Plate with the coat of arms of Willem van Outhoorn, Japan, c. 1700 AD, lacquered wood, gold, silver - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07682
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Plate with pink Cereus, Chelsea porcelain, c. 1755, soft-paste porcelain - California Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA - DSC02957
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Pair of nautilus cups by Bartel Jamnitzer, 1 of 2, Germany, Nuremberg, 1588, nautilus shell, gilt silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06915
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Shallow bowl, probably Afghanistan, Sasanian period, 5th-7th century AD, silver, gilt - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - DSC05096
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Seated figure with globe, Chantilly factory, France, c. 1735, soft-paste porcelain with colored enamels over tin glaze, gilt bronze, 2004.361.3 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07447
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge at age 42, copy by James Curnock (1812-1862) after the original by Washington Allston, 1814 - Coleridge Cottage - Nether Stowey - Somerset, England - DSC01168
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Torque-style necklace, China, probably Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 1700s-1800s AD, gold alloy, kingfisher feathers, semiprecious stones, pearl, glass, silk - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07914
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The Harp Lesson, a portrait of Louise Marie Adelaide Eugenie de Bourbon d'Orleans, daughter of the Duc d'Orleans, by Jean Antoine Theodore Giroust, 1791, oil on canvas - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC05249
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The Black-Feathered Hat, by Gustav Klimt, 1910, oil on canvas - California Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA - DSC02724
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Two spherical clocks by George Seydell and unknown master, Germany, probably Brandenburg and Hesse, 1650-1700, gilt brass, silver, steel - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07049
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Robe, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, late 1800s AD, silk, metal-wrapped silk, view 1 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09904
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Wild Man Candleholder, artist unknown, Germany, c. 1525-1550, bronze with modern socket - Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University - DSC01035
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Order of the Golden Fleece, owned by Frederick Augustus II, Vienna, 1741, jacinth stones, diamonds, gold, silver - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06966
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Marie Antoinette Queen of France, c. 1774 - Wedgwood Museum - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England - DSC09712
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Male and female pheasant, 1 of 2, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1735, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05431
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Mummy portrait of a bearded man, Egypt, Fayum, c. 300 AD, H 2196 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05325
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Slides for magic lantern zappler clock by Matthias Gaill, including portraits of Emperor Leopold I and his wife Claudia Felicitas - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07080
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Baluster-form jar, Cambodia or northeastern Thailand, Buriram Province, 1000s-1100s AD, stoneware, iron glaze - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - DSC05248
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Automaton in the form of a monk, probably Spain, possibly circle of Juanelo Turriano, c. 1550, hardwood, enamel, leather, metals, paint - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07103
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Child's anorak, Inuit people, Greenland, sealskin, No. 1933.25.0018 - Etnografiska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01263
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Four-gallon crock, J. & E. Norton Pottery, decorator probably John Hilfinger, 1855-1859, salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt decoration - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC09005
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Half-length portrait of a man, JHA, oil on copper - Villa Vauban - Luxembourg City - DSC06484
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Fragment from a curtain, Spain, Granada, Nasrid dynasty, late 14th century AD, silk, view 2 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09859
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Finials, 1 of 2, excavated in Luristan, Iran, late 2nd to early 1st millenium BC, bronze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08566
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Chair of power (kiti cha enzi), Swahili peoples, Lamu Island, Kenya, late 1800s, ebony, ivory, string - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02357
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Face of Dzunukwa feast dish cover, Kwakwaka'wakw, Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, c. 1900, red cedar, paint - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC08748
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J. Elie Delaunay, painter, Apollo and the Muse, by Jules-Clement Chaplain, undated - Bode-Museum - DSC02837
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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wedgwood Museum - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England - DSC09703
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Arts and Crafts by Joseph Panzetta and Thomas Dubbin, Coade Stone Factory, 1819, based on designs by John Bacon (1740-1799) - Bank of Montreal Main Montreal Branch - Montreal, Canada - DSC08502
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Allegory of Medicine, for Rudolf Virchow on his 70th birthday, by Anton Scharff and Karl Waschmann, 1891 - Bode-Museum - DSC02847
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Swans, 2 of 2, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1747, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05207
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Relief by Richard W. Bock - Prince Lucien Campbell Memorial Courtyard - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09572
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Portrait of Madame Marie-Henriette Berthelot de Pleneuf, by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1739, oil on canvas - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08595
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The Judgment of Moses by Pierre Reymond and Jean de Court, French, Limoges, 1546, painted enamel on copper, view 2 - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06542
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The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and an Angel Before a Window, by Sandro Botticelli, detail, c. 1490s, tempera on panel - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09413
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Two oil or vinegar cruets by Johann Joachim Kandler, 2 of 2, Meissen, Germany, c. 1737, porcelain, 1982.60.328ab - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07721
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Cap, East Greenland, probably fur of unborn seals, No. 1883.10.0001 - Etnografiska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01267
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Centerpiece by Raoul Larch, Siot-Decauville foundry, Paris, before 1894, gilt bronze - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00937
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Paul Viaud Dressed as an Admiral of the 18th Century (The Admiral Viaud), by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1901, oil on canvas - Museu de Arte de São Paulo - DSC07406
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Persons from a Holy Kinship, 1 of 2, Swabia, c. 1500-1510, linden wood - Bode-Museum - DSC03311
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Ganymede and the Eagle, by Adamo Tadolini, 1823, marble - Sculpture Gallery, Chatsworth House - Derbyshire, England - DSC03474
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Dragon-handled jug, Afghanistan, probably Herat, Timurid period, late 15th to first quarter of 16th century AD, brass, silver, gold, 91.1.607 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07255
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Madonna and Child with Angels, by Niccolo di ser Sozzo Tegliacci, detail, c. 1360, tempera on wood panel - University of Arizona Museum of Art - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08210
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Village Wedding by Jan Steen, 17th century, oil on panel - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08491
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ROCAF TF-104G 4147 as Gate Guardian in F-104 Star Fighter Park 20111112a
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St. Nicolas with Sts. Catherine, Lucy, Margaret, and Apollonia, detail, by Francesco Botticini, before 1471, tempera on panel - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08069
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Hair Ornament for Common Class Women on Ceremony, Okinawa Main Island, Second Sho Dynasty, Ryukyu Kingdom, 19th century, tortoiseshell - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05399
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Grape picker, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1740-1745, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05185
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Grotesque wild boar, Caspar Beutmuller the Elder, Germany, Nuremberg, 1603-1609, coconut, gilt silver, cold paint - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC06942
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Fathali Shah Qajar, artist unknown, Iran, Tehran, early 19th century AD, oil on canvas - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC07113
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Looking North from Mount Washington, by Nicolay Tysland Leganger, 1865, oil on canvas - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07110
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Male and female pheasant, 2 of 2, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1740, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05436
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Magical stele with images of Bes, Horus the Child, and Taweret, Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty 26-31, 664-332 BC, limestone - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DDSC01856
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Italian sketchbook, Inigo Jones, Rome, 1614 - State Music Room, Chatsworth House - Derbyshire, England - DSC03211
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Mirror with the Judgement of Paris, Etruscan, 1st half of the 3rd century BC, bronze, ZA 64 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05727
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No. 11 & 12 from the series Primary Education, Manners for Women, explained in Pictures, by Adachi Ginko, Japan, Meiji period, c. 1882 AD, woodblock print - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01708
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Mechanical painting with scene changes (tableau changeant), attributed to Antoine Watteau, France, 1710, oil on paper on brass - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City - DSC07121
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Cotton Merchants in New Orleans, by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, 1873, oil on linen - Fogg Museum - Harvard University - DSC01689
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Durga mahisasura mardini, India, Kulu-Kangra-Chamba regional, Himachal Pradesh, 14th-16th century AD, yellow metal - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03825
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Temple of Hathor (of Euergetes II), pronaos and Small temple of Hathor, propylon and Same building, sanctuary. Grand temple of Isis, at the bottom of the sanctuary from Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie (1835–1845) by Jean François Champollion (1790–1832).
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Oriental turtle dove ♀ (Streptopelia orientalis) illustrated by the von Wright brothers. Digitally enhanced from our own 1929 folio version of Svenska Fåglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Sten Ritade.
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Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla [budytes] flava) illustrated by the von Wright brothers. Digitally enhanced from our own 1929 folio version of Svenska Fåglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Sten Ritade.
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Rose-hill Parakeet (Platycercus eximius) illustrated by Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841) for John Gould’s (1804-1881) Birds of Australia (1972 Edition, 8 volumes). Digitally enhanced from our own facsimile book (1972 Edition, 8 volumes).
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Owen Jones famous 19th Century Grammar of Ornament. One of the finest graphic design books ever produced. From our own original antique chromolithographic version of the famous book we have created a high resolution digitally enhanced copy for you.
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