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The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
Artist/Maker: Nicolino Calyo

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Woman Lying Down with Left Arm and Leg Raised
1880s
1935.85.3.68
Woman Playing a Mandolin
1878-1883
1935.85.1.90
Woman Seated at Vanity, Braiding Her Hair
1890s
1935.85.3.132
Woman Seated, Arm Extended Toward a Butterfly
1890s
1935.85.3.115
Woman Seated, Head Resting on Arm, a Small Animal (Mouse?) Below Her
1890s
1935.85.3.131
Woman Standing at a Table
1890s
1935.85.3.141
Woman Standing with Hands Behind Her Head
1880s
1935.85.3.8
Woman Standing, Grasping the Cloth of Her Dress
1880s
1935.85.3.21
Woman Standing, Seem From Behind
February 1, 1883
1935.85.3.18
Woman Walking on a Seaside Path,
1878-1883
1935.85.1.22
Woman Wearing a Hat
1878-1883
1935.85.1.66
Woman with a Dog
June 18, 1883
1935.85.3.60
Woman with Baby and Basin
1878-1883
1935.85.1.57
Woman With Dog (Margurite and Fan?)
August 14, 1883
1935.85.3.37
Woman's Feet and the Hem of her Dress
1882
1935.85.3.40
Woman's Head and Neck
1880s
1935.85.3.13
Women and Children on a Stairwell: Life Studies Related to "La Vie des Boh
1937
2009.36
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Havell plate no. 206
1821; c. 1825
1863.17.206
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), Havell plate no. 216
1821
1863.17.216
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), Havell plate no. 73
1822
1863.17.73
Wooded Landscape, Geneseo, New York
1859
1918.157
Wooded Stream, Keene, New York
1868
1918.202
Woodland Scene
2009.49
Works at McGown's Pass, New York City
1814
1889.14
World Trade Center Construction Site Diptych: View Drawn from the Upper Floor of the Hudson Terminal Building with the North Tower at the 40th Floor Level
1969
2002.43.4