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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
Artist/Maker: Daniel Chester French

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"The Voices of the Woods", A Woman with a Violin (Study for "Studying The Voices of Nature")
1880s
1935.85.3.30
"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
"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
55-59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York
1851
1910.35
A Brook in the Woods
c. 1854
1918.129
A Buffalo Surround in the Pawnee Country (c. 1837)
1840
1949.273
A Hillside Path in Union Hill, New Jersey
1865
2008.44.3
A Mermaid [Nereid], Fontana di Nettuno, Bologna, Italy
1878-1883
1935.85.1.13
A Reclining Woman, Copy after a painting by Delacroix, Louvre, Paris, France
1878-1883
1935.85.1.161
A Southwest View of Kingston, Ulster County, New York
mid-eighteenth century
1855.2
A Theological Dispute (Une Dispute Theologique)
S-74
A View from the Lines and Fort of Ticonderoga
1759
1954.1
A View of Verplanck's Place, East Fishkill, New York
1783
1971.3
A Woman Braiding Her Hair, Seen From Behind
1890s
1935.85.3.140
A Woman Reading
1880s
1935.85.3.22
A Woman's Arms Folded
1882
1935.85.3.44
A Woman's Face
December, 1895
1935.85.3.94
A Woman's Head
1880s
1935.85.3.29
A Woman's Head
1880s
1935.85.3.9
A Woman's Head, After Veronese's "Cain as a Fugitive with his Family", Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
August 26, 1880
1935.85.3.1
A Young Girl [Sadie Keenan?]
1878-1883
1935.85.1.40
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
c. 1826
1931.61
Aaron Vail (1796-1878)
1835
1968.38
Creative: Tronvig Group