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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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Aaron Wright, Jr.: Silhouette
1794
Z.2426
Abigail Adams Smith House, New York City
1917
1921.41
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), Havell plate no. 144
1829
1863.17.144
Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967)
1882
1941.1038
Adeline Arden Hamilton (1795- c. 1873): Silhouette
c. 1807
Z.2388
Adirondacks (View Near Lake Tear-in-the Clouds, Headwaters of the Hudson River, New York)
1992
1992.9
After Annibale Carracci, El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
August 27, 1880
1935.85.3.5
After Annibale Carracci, El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
July 7, 1880
1935.85.3.4
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Afternoon Rainbow. Boston Common from Charles Street Mall. Boston, Massachusetts
1829-34 or 1850s
1952.411
Albert Smith, M.D. (1798-1884): Silhouette
1820-1840
Z.2482
Album (spine labeled "SCRAP BOOK")
1846-47
1920.142
Album of Watercolors, 42 Folios, 12 blank, 1 loose watercolor (5 English, 26 American and Canadian) and Journal
1831
1948.621
Alexander Cumming McWhorter (c. 1762-1808)
c. 1800
1895.11
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
1805
1957.39
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804): Silhouette
c. 1800
Z.2459
Alexander James Wall (1884-1944)
1936
1936.796
Alexander McWhorter, D.D. (1734-1807)
c. 1795-1800
1895.6
Alexander McWhorter, D.D. (1734-1807): Silhouette
c. 1790-1800
Z.2375
Allegory of New Amsterdam or New York in America: Study for the Engraving "N: Amsterdam, ou N: Iork in Ameriq--:"
c. 1700
1949.45
Allegory of Simplicity
c. 1850-70
1979.44
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Havell plate no. 318
1821
1863.17.318
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), Havell plate no. 337
1832-33
1863.17.337
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
ca. 1821
1863.18.18
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes), Havell plate no. 302
c. 1832-34
1863.17.302
Creative: Tronvig Group