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[Portrait of a Man]

[Portrait of a Man]

Mathew B. Brady  (American, near Lake George, New York 1823?–1896 New York)

Date: ca. 1857
Medium: Salted paper print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 24.9 x 20.2 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005
Accession Number: 2005.100.85

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Silver-gilt bowl

Silver-gilt bowl

Date: ca. 725–675 B.C.
Accession Number: 74.51.4554

Americana

Americana

Charles Sheeler (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1883–1965 Dobbs Ferry, New York)

Date: 1931
Accession Number: 1992.24.8

Ensemble

Ensemble

Louis Vuitton Co. (French, founded 1854)

Date: fall/winter 1998–99
Accession Number: 1999.58a–d

Brasero

Brasero

Date: late 15th–early 16th century
Accession Number: 68.215.2

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Date: late 17th century
Accession Number: 1984.221

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