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William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
1864.5
Marble
Related Person: William the Elder Pitt

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Anna Elizabeth Spies Engels (1740-1791): Silhouette
1760-1780
Z.2491
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna), Havell plate no. 425
1838
1863.17.425
Annie Adams: Silhouette
1859
Z.2633b
Anthony Bleecker: Silhouette
1805
Z.2564aaa
Architectural Detail, Sculpture of a Face
1890s
1935.85.3.116
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), Havell plate no. 250
1833
1863.17.250
Ariadne (after Vanderlyn): Preparatory Drawing for the Engraving
1833
X.502
Arthur Ingram Boreman (1823-1896), First and Wartime Governor of West Virginia
1863
1904.13
Asahel Wadsworth: Silhouette
1794
Z.2425
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Havell plate no. 213
1833
1863.17.213
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Atom Bombing of New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, 12-13
1950
1956.8
Attack on the American Privateer "General Armstrong" at Fayal (Faial), Azores, Portugal
1814
1925.140
Audubon Terrace
1998
2001.304
Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri), Havell plate no. 299
1826; c. 1835
1863.17.299
Augusta Brown
1879
1987.2
Augusta Hadley: Silhouette
1859
Z.2632a
Augusta Strange: Silhouette
1859
Z.2621a
Aym
1872
1969.40
Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis), Havell plate no. 165; studies of birds' tails
1832
1863.17.165
Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)
1863.18.12
Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii), Havell plate no. 185
1833
1863.17.185
Badger or Woodland Creature
1890s
1935.85.3.110
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
1820
1863.18.40
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 11
1822
1863.17.11
Creative: Tronvig Group