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  • Crow on a Bamboo Branch

    Crow on a Bamboo Branch

    Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 14.76.61.11

  • Gazelle of Ankhshepenwepet

    Gazelle of Ankhshepenwepet

    Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
    Accession Number: 25.3.203

  • They Were Strong and Good

    They Were Strong and Good

    Written by Robert Lawson (American, New York 1892–1957 Westport, Connecticut)

    Date: 1952
    Accession Number: 1995.188.2

  • Album 214, page 11

    Album 214, page 11

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: Burdick 214(11)

  • Bident Head

    Bident Head

    Date: 16th–19th century
    Accession Number: 36.25.1955

  • Harp

    Harp

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 89.4.2360

  • Netsuke of Boy with a Mask

    Netsuke of Boy with a Mask

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 10.211.1752

  • Fishing Vessels Near a Dock

    Fishing Vessels Near a Dock

    Sears Gallagher (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1869–1955 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: ca. 1911–55
    Accession Number: 2001.727.64

  • Evening dress

    Evening dress

    Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (French, founded 1961)

    Date: spring/summer 1963
    Accession Number: C.I.64.59.7a, b

  • Scrap of border

    Scrap of border

    Date: 16th century
    Accession Number: 08.180.446

  • Handkerchief

    Handkerchief

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 22.44.2

  • Toy Upright Piano

    Toy Upright Piano

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 13.139.2

  • Nude No. 56

    Nude No. 56

    Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)

    Date: 1949–50
    Accession Number: 2002.455.19

  • Walden Pond

    Walden Pond

    Engraved by Timothy Cole (American, London 1852–1931 Poughkeepsie, New York)

    Date: 1879
    Accession Number: 30.9.7

  • Skimmer spoon

    Skimmer spoon

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 97.2.214

  • Stringed Instrument

    Stringed Instrument

    Date: late 19th century
    Accession Number: 89.4.249

  • Illustrated book

    Illustrated book

    Accession Number: JIB174.12

  • Column

    Column

    Date: 5th–6th century
    Accession Number: 21.172.1

  • Plate

    Plate

    Date: ca. 1500
    Accession Number: 40.168.1

  • Kai

    Kai

    Lucian Freud (British (born Germany), Berlin 1922–2011 London)

    Date: 1991–92
    Accession Number: 2007.49.590

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  • Crow on a Bamboo Branch
    Crow on a Bamboo Branch

    Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 14.76.61.11

  • Gazelle of Ankhshepenwepet
    Gazelle of Ankhshepenwepet

    Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
    Accession Number: 25.3.203

  • They Were Strong and Good
    They Were Strong and Good

    Written by Robert Lawson (American, New York 1892–1957 Westport, Connecticut)

    Date: 1952
    Accession Number: 1995.188.2

  • Album 214, page 11
    Album 214, page 11

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: Burdick 214(11)

  • Bident Head
    Bident Head

    Date: 16th–19th century
    Accession Number: 36.25.1955

  • Harp
    Harp

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 89.4.2360

  • Netsuke of Boy with a Mask
    Netsuke of Boy with a Mask

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 10.211.1752

  • Fishing Vessels Near a Dock
    Fishing Vessels Near a Dock

    Sears Gallagher (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1869–1955 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: ca. 1911–55
    Accession Number: 2001.727.64

  • Evening dress
    Evening dress

    Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (French, founded 1961)

    Date: spring/summer 1963
    Accession Number: C.I.64.59.7a, b

  • Scrap of border
    Scrap of border

    Date: 16th century
    Accession Number: 08.180.446

  • Handkerchief
    Handkerchief

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 22.44.2

  • Toy Upright Piano
    Toy Upright Piano

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 13.139.2

  • Nude No. 56
    Nude No. 56

    Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)

    Date: 1949–50
    Accession Number: 2002.455.19

  • Walden Pond
    Walden Pond

    Engraved by Timothy Cole (American, London 1852–1931 Poughkeepsie, New York)

    Date: 1879
    Accession Number: 30.9.7

  • Skimmer spoon
    Skimmer spoon

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 97.2.214

  • Stringed Instrument
    Stringed Instrument

    Date: late 19th century
    Accession Number: 89.4.249

  • Illustrated book
    Illustrated book

    Accession Number: JIB174.12

  • Column
    Column

    Date: 5th–6th century
    Accession Number: 21.172.1

  • Plate
    Plate

    Date: ca. 1500
    Accession Number: 40.168.1

  • Kai
    Kai

    Lucian Freud (British (born Germany), Berlin 1922–2011 London)

    Date: 1991–92
    Accession Number: 2007.49.590

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