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[Subway Passenger, New York City: Elderly Woman]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: April 28, 1938
Accession Number: 1994.253.520.1
Amulet Case

Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.8.79
Chalcedony ring stone

Date: 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
Accession Number: 41.160.903
Button

Date: ca. 1780
Accession Number: 50.231.1–.6
Figures/Landscape (formerly titled Laversine)

François Rouan (French, born Montpellier 1943)
Date: 1978
Accession Number: 1999.363.75
Terracotta head of a woman

Date: 4th century B.C.
Accession Number: 96.18.174
Plaque, Fragment

Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 17.190.669
Mico Lo Giudice-Berbiredolu "Il mago del mandolino"

Wilhelm von Gloeden (Italian, born Germany, 1886–1931)
Date: 1890s–1900s
Accession Number: 1983.1201.8
Iwai Kiyotaro in a Shosa Act, Holding a Kine (Pestle)

Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Date: ca. 1789
Accession Number: JP159
Scarab

Date: ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 23.3.269
Fujikawa

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: ca. 1840
Accession Number: JP788
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier

Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, Zwolle 1617–1681 Deventer)
Date: ca. 1658
Accession Number: 14.40.617
Worker Shabti of Henettawy (C), Daughter of Isetemkheb

Date: ca. 990–970 B.C.
Accession Number: 25.3.19.37
Capuchin

Date: ca. 1810
Accession Number: 36.64.3
Jug

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 16.154.6
Evening dress

House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)
Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1974.237.2
Coat

Claude Montana (French, born 1949)
Date: ca. 1993
Accession Number: 2006.74.22
Piece

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 36.90.2845
Mlle. Pelisola, 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: 63.350.203.45.402
Ceiling and Cove Designs for Stairway, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897)
Date: 1850–1910
Accession Number: 67.827.120

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[Subway Passenger, New York City: Elderly Woman]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: April 28, 1938
Accession Number: 1994.253.520.1
Amulet Case
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.8.79
Chalcedony ring stone
Date: 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
Accession Number: 41.160.903
Button
Date: ca. 1780
Accession Number: 50.231.1–.6
Figures/Landscape (formerly titled Laversine)
François Rouan (French, born Montpellier 1943)
Date: 1978
Accession Number: 1999.363.75
Terracotta head of a woman
Date: 4th century B.C.
Accession Number: 96.18.174
Plaque, Fragment
Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 17.190.669
Mico Lo Giudice-Berbiredolu "Il mago del mandolino"
Wilhelm von Gloeden (Italian, born Germany, 1886–1931)
Date: 1890s–1900s
Accession Number: 1983.1201.8
Iwai Kiyotaro in a Shosa Act, Holding a Kine (Pestle)
Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Date: ca. 1789
Accession Number: JP159
Scarab
Date: ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 23.3.269
Fujikawa
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: ca. 1840
Accession Number: JP788
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier
Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, Zwolle 1617–1681 Deventer)
Date: ca. 1658
Accession Number: 14.40.617
Worker Shabti of Henettawy (C), Daughter of Isetemkheb
Date: ca. 990–970 B.C.
Accession Number: 25.3.19.37
Capuchin
Date: ca. 1810
Accession Number: 36.64.3
Jug
Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 16.154.6
Evening dress
House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)
Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1974.237.2
Coat
Claude Montana (French, born 1949)
Date: ca. 1993
Accession Number: 2006.74.22
Piece
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 36.90.2845
Mlle. Pelisola, 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: 63.350.203.45.402
Ceiling and Cove Designs for Stairway, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897)
Date: 1850–1910
Accession Number: 67.827.120