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Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Black prepared paper cut-outs, laid on beige paper with graphite, brown ink and wash, and white gouache, laid on canvas
Artist/Maker: Auguste Edouart

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"View Opposite My Balcony" (Lungarno Corsini with the Ponte Santa Trinita), Florence Italy
1842
1956.72
"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
"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
"Yankee Doodle"
c. 1917
1936.948
'The Old Grapevine" Tavern, Sixth Avenue at 11th Street, New York City
1911
1945.593
(Edmond?) Debon at Easel
c. 1875
1935.85.2.49
10th Milestone, Kingsbridge Road, New York City
ca. 1870
1917.31
153rd Street, Harlem, New York, New York
1913
1982.101
160-162 East 92nd Street, New York City
1908
Z.2016.1d
163 East 90 Street (Vandewater Mansion), New York City, in 1897
1908
Z.2016.2a
166 East 92nd Street, New York City, About 1870
1908
Z.2016.1c
167 East 92 Street (Colman Residence), New York City
1868?
Z.2016.1i
1904 Gibbs Subway Car (End View)
1979
1980.3a
1904 Gibbs Subway Car (Side View)
1979
1980.3b
1914 Gibbs Standard 67-Foot Car (End View)
1979
1980.4a
1914 Gibbs Standard 67-Foot Car (Side View)
1979
1980.4b
1916 Lo-V Car (End View)
1979
1980.5a
1916 Lo-V Car (Side View)
1979
1980.5b
1948 R-10 Car (End View)
1979
1980.8a
1948 R-10 Car (Side View)
1979
1980.8b
1950 R-15 Car (End View)
1979
1980.9a
1950 R-15 Car (Side View)
1979
1980.9b
1963 R-33 Car (End View)
1979
1980.10a
Creative: Tronvig Group