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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daniel Chester French  (American, Exeter, New Hampshire 1850–1931 Stockbridge, Massachusetts)

Date: 1879, cast 1906–7
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 9 in. (57.2 x 26 x 22.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1907
Accession Number: 07.101

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[Entrance to the Port of Boulogne]

[Entrance to the Port of Boulogne]

Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889)

Date: 1855
Accession Number: 1992.5000

Statue of Seated Imhotep

Statue of Seated Imhotep

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.852a, b

Arbeitslos

Arbeitslos

August Sander (German, 1876–1964)

Date: 1928
Accession Number: 1991.1232

Standing man

Standing man

Date: ca. A.D. 2nd century
Accession Number: 51.72.1

Funerary Mask

Funerary Mask

Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 1974.271.35

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