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Plan and Elevation of the Bridge known as Quattro Capi (Dimostransi nella Tav. presente la Pianta, ed Elevazione del Ponte, oggi detto Quattro Capi...), from Le Antichità Romane

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date: 1756
Accession Number: 2012.136.862.3
Joli Gilles, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: 63.350.203.45.271
Weight

Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Accession Number: 62.70.71
Chair

Date: mid-17th century
Accession Number: 08.181.14
Ring with scarab

Accession Number: 74.51.4203
"La Jungle" (The Jungle)

Raoul Dufy (French, Le Havre 1877–1953 Forcalquier)
Date: 1922
Accession Number: 23.14.4
Sealing

Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Accession Number: 14.3.264a, b
Cocktail dress

House of Dior (French, founded 1947)
Date: ca. 1953
Accession Number: C.I.61.54.20
Incense Burner on Stand

Accession Number: 21.175.45a–c
Glass beaker

Date: 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Accession Number: 74.51.5819
Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre

Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Accession Number: 20.3.1035
Teapot

Joel Sayre (1778–1818)
Date: ca. 1810
Accession Number: 33.120.537
Stencil

Accession Number: 53.101.13
Piece

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 09.50.781
Family Supper (Saying Grace)

Horace Pippin (American, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1888–1946 West Chester, Pennsylvania)
Date: 1946
Accession Number: 1982.55.4
John Francis Coleman, Right Field, Pittsburgh, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Issued by Goodwin & Company
Date: 1887
Accession Number: Burdick 214, N172.921
Piece

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 20.148.1163
Design for Davidow, New York: Dress of White, Blue and Green with Border of Sea Ripples and Fish at Hips and Sleeves and a Hat

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (French (born Russia), St. Petersburg 1892–1990 Paris)
Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 67.762.31
[76 Views of Washington, D.C., for Fortune Article "Imperial Washington"]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1951
Accession Number: 1994.259.7.1-76
Cover

Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 17.11.2

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Plan and Elevation of the Bridge known as Quattro Capi (Dimostransi nella Tav. presente la Pianta, ed Elevazione del Ponte, oggi detto Quattro Capi...), from Le Antichità Romane
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date: 1756
Accession Number: 2012.136.862.3
Joli Gilles, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Date: ca. 1888
Accession Number: 63.350.203.45.271
Weight
Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Accession Number: 62.70.71
Chair
Date: mid-17th century
Accession Number: 08.181.14
Ring with scarab
Accession Number: 74.51.4203
"La Jungle" (The Jungle)
Raoul Dufy (French, Le Havre 1877–1953 Forcalquier)
Date: 1922
Accession Number: 23.14.4
Sealing
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Accession Number: 14.3.264a, b
Cocktail dress
House of Dior (French, founded 1947)
Date: ca. 1953
Accession Number: C.I.61.54.20
Incense Burner on Stand
Accession Number: 21.175.45a–c
Glass beaker
Date: 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Accession Number: 74.51.5819
Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Accession Number: 20.3.1035
Teapot
Joel Sayre (1778–1818)
Date: ca. 1810
Accession Number: 33.120.537
Stencil
Accession Number: 53.101.13
Piece
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 09.50.781
Family Supper (Saying Grace)
Horace Pippin (American, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1888–1946 West Chester, Pennsylvania)
Date: 1946
Accession Number: 1982.55.4
John Francis Coleman, Right Field, Pittsburgh, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Issued by Goodwin & Company
Date: 1887
Accession Number: Burdick 214, N172.921
Piece
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 20.148.1163
Design for Davidow, New York: Dress of White, Blue and Green with Border of Sea Ripples and Fish at Hips and Sleeves and a Hat
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (French (born Russia), St. Petersburg 1892–1990 Paris)
Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 67.762.31
[76 Views of Washington, D.C., for Fortune Article "Imperial Washington"]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1951
Accession Number: 1994.259.7.1-76
Cover
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 17.11.2