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Collection Highlights

The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak)
1844
1858.75
Oil on canvas (relined)
Artist/Maker: Asher Brown Durand

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"Paper"
1820-1850
1941.121
"Paradise Lost" by Hiram Powers
PR.122.2
"PART OF/THE WAY WITH/LBJ"
Z.3628
"Peaseware" container with lid
1850-1890
1937.1588ab
"Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
ca. 1800
1937.515
"Peony" Table lamp
c. 1900-1904
N84.87
"Peony" Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.88
"Put ZING in Your LIFE" Gal Friday MAGAZINE
ca. 1950
2003.68.18
"Roosevelt" Hide at Hyde!
INV.7269
"ROOSEVELT/FOR/EX/PRESIDENT"
Z.3632
"Sambo's Introduction to a Sub Marine Diver", Port Royal, South Carolina
December 1863
1945.580.18
"Senior Citizens Blow the Whistle on Crime"
1970s
2003.68.2
"Silk"
1820-1850
1941.95
"Skyscraper" hand mirror
ca. 1928
2006.10
"Sue" (Mrs. Albert Gould Jennings)
1890s
1935.85.3.119
"The Arc Light", Study for "Electricity", Columbian Exposition, Manufacturer's Building
1890s
1935.85.3.99
"The Blockade of Mobile -- Chasing a Blockade Runner at Night": Illustration for "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" (21 May 1864); verso: sketch
1864
1945.580.8
"The Chariot of Venus" mantel clock
ca. 1803-1810
INV.235
"The Declaration of Independence" after John Trumbull: Preparatory Drawing for the Engraving
1820
X.500
"The Domino", Sketch of a Woman in a Mask
1880s
1935.85.3.55
"The French Hold-up": Illustration for the Essay "Star of Hope"
ca. 1940-1942
2009.37
"The Funeral--Catafalque at Springfield, Illinois," President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in the Capitol: Illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (June 10, 1865)
1865
1945.580.51
"The Harper's Ferry Insurrection - The U.S. Marines Storming the Engine-House - Insurgents Firing through Holes in the Doors"
October 29, 1859
MSS.JohnBrown.1
"The House that Jack Built"
1844
1945.147
"The House that Jack Built"
1820-1850
1937.601
Creative: Tronvig Group