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The Peale Family
1773-1809
1867.298
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Charles Willson Peale

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"Uncle Sam Sesquicentennial" Commemorative Medal
1962
1962.56
"Use with Good Judgement, Obama Condoms"
2009
2009.32.1
"Venetian" desk lamp
1910-1920
N84.28
"View of the City and Harbor of New York Taken from Mount Pitt, The Seat of John R. Livingston, Esqre.": Preparatory Drawing for the Etching
1794
1909.45
"View Opposite My Balcony" (Lungarno Corsini with the Ponte Santa Trinita), Florence Italy
1842
1956.72
"Voluntary Relief" ledger
1861
MSS.BV.War1861-1865.UnionDefen
"Vote NO Questions 1&2"
ca. 1970
2009.25.1
"Washington as Commander-in-Chief": Design for a Proposed Statuary Group, Washington Memorial Arch, New York City
c. 1890
1924.153
"Washington as President": Design for a Proposed Statuary Group, Washington Memorial Arch, New York City
c. 1890
1924.152
"Washington the Father of Our Country" Commemorative Medal
1800-1900
INV.3176
"Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?"
c. 1914
1936.887
"Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?"; verso: fragmentary sketch of same scene
1955.294
"Why Don't You Speak For Yourself John?" (replica)
1974
INV.266
"Why Don't You Speak For Yourself, John?"
1884
1936.660
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
1926.36
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
1958.14a
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
PR.031.3
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
ca. 1800
1941.96
"Win with Stevenson" hat
1952
INV.6311
"Wood's Series" Washington Monument Medal
1876
INV.3221
"Wood's Series" Washington Monument Medal
1875
INV.3183
"Workbox" school desk
2000
2003.90
"Yankee Doodle"
c. 1917
1936.948
"You Are A Spirit, I Know: When Did You Die?"
1885
1932.99
"You Are A Spirit, I Know: When Did You Die?"
April 1885
1936.646