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Card 871, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: 63.350.203.45.1026
Cow amulet

Date: ca. 2700–2600 B.C.
Accession Number: 62.70.65
Plate

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 08.181.6
Bronze ring with carnelian scarab

Date: 6th–5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 74.51.4205
Ashtray

Herman A. Kähler (Danish, 1846–1917)
Date: 1922
Accession Number: 22.228.1
Title Page for Livre pour apprendre à dessiner: Two Children

Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Date: ca. 1649
Accession Number: 67.684.6
Dress

House of Dior (French, founded 1947)
Date: spring/summer 1963
Accession Number: C.I.65.33.8a–c
Grüsse aus Sachsen! Wo die hübschen Mädchen auf den Bäumen wachsen!

Unknown
Date: ca. 1910
Accession Number: 2010.295
Cup

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 02.18.882
Glass perfume bottle

Date: 1st–2nd century A.D.
Accession Number: 74.51.5790
Laughter, from Le Brun Travested [sic], Or Caricatures of the Passions

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Date: January 21, 1800
Accession Number: 59.533.700
Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre

Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Accession Number: 20.3.1026
Teapot

Date: 1770–1800
Accession Number: 41.43.1a, b
Stencil

Accession Number: 53.101.3
Piece

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 09.50.769
Candlestick

Professor Andreas Moritz (German, Halle 1901–1983 Würzburg)
Date: designed 1929, manufactured1960
Accession Number: 1982.51.4
Thomas "Tom" Tarlton Brown, Center Field, Pittsburgh, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Issued by Goodwin & Company
Date: 1887
Accession Number: Burdick 214, N172.914
Piece

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 20.148.1107
Landscape with a Haybarn and a Flock of Sheep

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Date: 1652
Accession Number: 65.690.2
[46 Views of Massachusetts Resort Hotels for Fortune Article "Summer North of Boston"]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1949
Accession Number: 1994.259.2.33-78

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Card 871, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: 63.350.203.45.1026
Cow amulet
Date: ca. 2700–2600 B.C.
Accession Number: 62.70.65
Plate
Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 08.181.6
Bronze ring with carnelian scarab
Date: 6th–5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 74.51.4205
Ashtray
Herman A. Kähler (Danish, 1846–1917)
Date: 1922
Accession Number: 22.228.1
Title Page for Livre pour apprendre à dessiner: Two Children
Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Date: ca. 1649
Accession Number: 67.684.6
Dress
House of Dior (French, founded 1947)
Date: spring/summer 1963
Accession Number: C.I.65.33.8a–c
Grüsse aus Sachsen! Wo die hübschen Mädchen auf den Bäumen wachsen!
Unknown
Date: ca. 1910
Accession Number: 2010.295
Cup
Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 02.18.882
Glass perfume bottle
Date: 1st–2nd century A.D.
Accession Number: 74.51.5790
Laughter, from Le Brun Travested [sic], Or Caricatures of the Passions
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Date: January 21, 1800
Accession Number: 59.533.700
Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Accession Number: 20.3.1026
Teapot
Date: 1770–1800
Accession Number: 41.43.1a, b
Stencil
Accession Number: 53.101.3
Piece
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 09.50.769
Candlestick
Professor Andreas Moritz (German, Halle 1901–1983 Würzburg)
Date: designed 1929, manufactured1960
Accession Number: 1982.51.4
Thomas "Tom" Tarlton Brown, Center Field, Pittsburgh, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Issued by Goodwin & Company
Date: 1887
Accession Number: Burdick 214, N172.914
Piece
Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 20.148.1107
Landscape with a Haybarn and a Flock of Sheep
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Date: 1652
Accession Number: 65.690.2
[46 Views of Massachusetts Resort Hotels for Fortune Article "Summer North of Boston"]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1949
Accession Number: 1994.259.2.33-78