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The Bulls and Bears in the Market
1879
1971.104
Oil on linen
Artist/Maker: William Holbrook Beard

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Bronx Concourse, New York
1899
Z.2016.12d
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), Havell plate no. 207
1832
1863.17.207
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) and Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), Havell plate no. 415
c. 1836
1863.17.415
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus), Havell plate no. 275
1832
1863.17.275
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Havell plate no. 251
1832
1863.17.251
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Havell plate no. 421
1821
1863.17.421
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), Havell plate no. 116
1829
1863.17.116
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), Havell plate no. 99
1824
1863.17.99
Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla), Havell plate no. 125
1829
1863.17.125
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), Havell plate no. 265
c. 1834-35
1863.17.265
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Havell plate no. 325
1833
1863.17.325
BUGGIN
1992
2003.38.7
Bull's Ferry, New Jersey, on the Palisades of the Hudson River
1856
1918.147
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis), Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria), and Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius), Havell plate no. 433
c. 1836
1863.17.433
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor), and Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), Havell plate no. 388
1836-37
1863.17.388
Burning of the Bowery Theatre, New York City
1845
1936.983
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432
1838
1863.17.432
Bust Portrait of an Unidentified Man in the Clouds
1937.325
Buttonwood Trunks, Catskill Clove, New York; verso: sketch of trees
1848
1918.82
Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior
c. 1804-06
1860.90
Cafe Scene, Margellina, Naples, Italy
1878-1883
1935.85.1.4
Caldera of Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Italy
1841
1918.114
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus), Havell plate no. 426
1838
1966.42
California Quail (Callipepla californica), Havell plate no. 413; sketch of a spider
1837
1863.17.413
Calligraphic Horse
c. 1850
1937.1723
Creative: Tronvig Group