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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Havell plate no. 201 | c. 1821; 1833 | 1863.17.201 |
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Portrait of Peter of Buffalo, Tonawanda, New York, possibly chief Tall Peter, or Peter Blacksnake | 1807 | 1953.220 |
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Study of an Angel after Goya, San Antonio de la Florida, Madrid; Sketch of Armour | 1880 | 1935.85.1.50 |
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City Hotel, Broadway, New York City: Study for Plate 1A of "Bourne's Views of New York" | c. 1831 | 1881.3 |
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View at Fort Clinton, McGown's Pass, New York City | 1814 | 1889.11 |
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Portait of James F. Kemp (1859-1926); verso: Portrait of Mario Chamlee (1892-1966) | 1925 | 1990.1.21 |
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Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), Havell plate no. 66 | c. 1825-1826 | 1863.17.66 |
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Townscape, Lago d'Orta, Italy | 1890s | 1935.85.3.148 |
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Jane M. Oakley: Silhouette | 1859 | Z.2631 |
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Nathaniel Prime Mansion, Hell Gate near Yorkville, New York | 1854 | 1943.488 |
