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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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| Engagement Between the U.S. Sloop-of-War "Peacock" and H.B.M. Brig "L'Epervier" | c. 1814 | 1963.41a | |
| Sketch of a Town on the Hudson River; verso: landscape with a dam on a river | c. 1794-95 | 1958.47 | |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | c. 1554-1564 | 1889.10.2.35 | |
| Xmas Head; A Lesson in Wisdom | c. 1891-1900 | 1957.308.40 | |
| Decorative Panel Design | c. 1891-1900 | 1957.308.5 | |
| The Victory Fleet with the Skyline of Lower Manhattan, New York City | 1919 | 1945.540 | |
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Seamen's Retreat, Staten Island, New York City | 1832 | 1930.56 |
| Portrait of Rutger Bleecker Jewett (1867-1935) with Penguin Sketch | 1928 | 1990.1.64 | |
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Unidentified sitter | 1923.11 | |
| Fraktur: Certificate of the Birth and Baptism of Elisabetha in Berks County, Pennsylvania | c. 1802 | 1937.1808 |
