Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Nude Male with Lantern: Study for an Illustration | 1878 | 1935.85.1.55 |
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Study of Floor Tiles from the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy; verso: sketch of same | 1861-62 | X.443f |
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Hunter College, New York City | 1953.95 | |
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Allegory of Simplicity | c. 1850-70 | 1979.44 |
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Tippoo | 1800 | 1956.172 |
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Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) and Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), Havell plate no. 354 | 1836-1837 | 1863.17.354 |
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Two Sketches from Travels in Egypt | Winter 1890 | 1935.85.3.155 |
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Miss Elliott: Silhouette | 1859 | Z.2616b |
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Augusta Brown | 1879 | 1987.2 |
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Havell plate no. 173 | 1832 | 1863.17.173 |
