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The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: John Durand

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"Sue" (Mrs. Albert Gould Jennings)
1890s
1935.85.3.119
"Teviot", Tivoli, New York
1869
1950.368
"The Arc Light", Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufacturer's Building
1890s
1935.85.3.99
"The Blockade of Mobile -- Chasing a Blockade Runner at Night": Illustration for "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" (21 May 1864); verso: sketch
1864
1945.580.8
"The Declaration of Independence" after John Trumbull: Preparatory Drawing for the Engraving
1820
X.500
"The Domino", Sketch of a Woman in a Mask
1880s
1935.85.3.55
"The Fate of a Coward", The Drumming-Out of Patrick Cronin of the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers, New Berne, North Carolina
1861-65
1945.580.73
"The French Hold-up": Illustration for the Essay "Star of Hope"
ca. 1940-1942
2009.37
"The Funeral--Catafalque at Springfield, Illinois," President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in the Capitol: Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (June 10, 1865)
1865
1945.580.51
"The Italian Model", Sketch of a Woman
August 7, 1875
1935.85.2.134
"The Model", Portrait of a Woman
November 19, 1874
1935.85.2.46
"The Much Lov'd Sea-Boy Sleeps", Folio no.18 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
1827
1944.371
"The New Sign": Washington visits the Newly Named "Gen'l Washington" Inn
1936.920
"The Old Beekman" Restaurant, New York City
c. 1900-10
1915.30
"The Old Beekman," New York City
1917
1921.67
"The Reprimand": George Washington and Benedict Arnold, Morristown, April 6, 1780
1936.914
"The Return of Rip Van Winkle": Study for Plate V in "Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle"
c. 1848
1949.107
"The Voices of the Woods", A Woman with a Violin (Study for "Studying The Voices of Nature")
1880s
1935.85.3.30
"The Washington Coach was a Familiar Sight on Colonial Roads"
c. 1930
1936.1003
"This Is a Time to Try Men's Soles!"
ca. 1826-28
1979.31a
"Tide Out", Townscape, Mont Saint-Michel, France
c. 1874
1935.85.2.61
"Toppy" McGuire's Club House, Harlem, New York City, with Architectural Details and Map
1872
1912.31
"Town Spring" or Reservoir, Winchester, Virginia
1864
1945.580.39
"Travelling in- Cog--"
ca. 1826-28
1979.32b
"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