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Untitled: Four Etchings

Untitled: Four Etchings

Glenn Ligon  (American, born New York, New York, 1960)

Date: 1992
Medium: Portfolio of 4 etchings
Dimensions: 25 x 17-1/4 inches

Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1998
Accession Number: 1998.456.2a-d

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Heart Scarab of Hatnefer

Heart Scarab of Hatnefer

Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Accession Number: 36.3.2

The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room

The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room

Seymour Joseph Guy (1824–1910)

Date: 1866
Accession Number: 1992.128

Becca

Becca

David Smith (American, Decatur, Indiana 1906–1965 Bennington, Vermont)

Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1972.127

Scrapbook containing newspaper and magazine clippings, calling cards, sketches, photographs of paintings, and two sales catalogs of Harnett's (William Michael Harnett, 1848–1892) work

Scrapbook containing newspaper and magazine clippings, calling cards, sketches, photographs of paintings, and two sales catalogs of Harnett's (William Michael Harnett, 1848–1892) work

Author: William Ignatius Blemly (American)

Accession Number: 192H221 B61

Le Description de l'Egypte; ou, recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée francaise . . .

Le Description de l'Egypte; ou, recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée francaise . . .

Accession Number: 531 D451 Q

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