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Essay

The Lansdowne Dining Room, London

May 1, 2009

By William Rieder and Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

With its stately facade, handsomely proportioned rooms of varying shapes, and Neoclassical decoration of great refinement, it was regarded as Adam’s finest London house.
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Tracing the Rise of Thomas Chippendale, from Hometown Hero to London Lion

September 12, 2018

By Alyce Perry Englund

Assistant Curator Alyce Perry Englund recounts her travels throughout England to visit sites related to the celebrated English designer and furniture maker Thomas Chippendale Sr.
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Essay

Rare Coins from Nishapur

October 1, 2019

By Abdullah Ghouchani and Sheila Canby

The coins found at Nishapur reflect the rise and fall of dynasties in the early Islamic period.
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Arles and The Camargue: In Van Gogh's Footsteps

October 10, 2013

By Daphne Birdsey

We've spent the last few days of our trip in and around the city of Arles. The nearby region of the Camargue, also known as the Rhone Delta, is where the Rhone River ends and the Mediterranean Sea begins. Its salty marshland is renowned for its wild, white horses and pink flamingos.
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Roman Copies of Greek Statues

October 1, 2002

By Department of Greek and Roman Art

Although many Roman sculptures are purely Roman in their conception, others are carefully measured, exact copies of Greek statues, or variants of Greek prototypes adapted to the taste of the Roman patron.
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Renaissance Fashion and Dress Codes

March 5, 2012

By Evelin

Teen Advisory Group Member Evelin writes about dress codes in fifteenth-century Italy.
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African Crest (Tsesah) | Met Collects

November 17, 2017

By Alisa LaGamma

"Can an invention remain new?": Alisa LaGamma on the tsesah crest.
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Past Exhibition

Cruel Radiance: Photography, 1940s–1960s

November 22, 2021–May 1, 2022
Cruel Radiance: Photography, 1940s–1960s focuses on extraordinary recent gifts to The Met—especially those made in celebration of the Museum’s 150th anniversary in 2020. The show explores the flourishing of photography as a medium between World War…
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Wearing Coins in Late Antiquity

January 23, 2024

By Stephanie Caruso

Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?
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Curiosity Carries Within

April 3, 2013

By Evelin

Teen Advisory Group Member Evelin discusses Henri Matisse's Seated Nude Asleep and an aspect of the work that particularly intrigues her.
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Hunters in a Landscape

Anonymous, 16th century

Date: ca. 1575–95
Accession Number: 2009.280

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The Theory and Practice of Gardening : Wherein is Fully Handled all that Relates to Fine Gardens, Commonly called Pleasure-Gardens, as Parterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens &c. ....

Antoine Joseph Dézallier d'Argenville (French, Paris 1680–1765 Paris)

Date: 1712
Accession Number: 250 T34

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Wedding Cup in case

Robert Hennell III (British, 1794–1868)

Date: 1864
Accession Number: 2024.48a–c

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Whalers

Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)

Date: ca. 1845
Accession Number: 96.29

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The Saithwaite Family

Francis Wheatley (British, London 1747–1801 London)

Date: ca. 1785
Accession Number: 2009.357

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Cries of London (modern replicas)

Francis Wheatley (British, London 1747–1801 London)

Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 33.83(7–19)

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Cries of London: No.1: Buy a Trap, a Rat-Trap

Henri Merke (Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820)

Date: January 1, 1799
Accession Number: 59.533.581

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Turnips & Carrots ho

Thomas Gaugain (British, London 1756–ca. 1810 London)

Date: 1797
Accession Number: 46.129.13

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Turnips & Carrots ho

Thomas Gaugain (British, London 1756–ca. 1810 London)

Date: 1797
Accession Number: 62.691.13

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A New Love Song, Only ha'Penny a Piece

Anthony Cardon (British, Brussels 1772–1813 London)

Date: 1796
Accession Number: 62.691.11