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An Enquiry Concerning the Clock Tax, 1797. Creator: Charles Ansell
An Enquiry Concerning the Clock Tax, 1797. British Prime Minister William Pitt writes with a tax pen'; on his list are Shoe Strings, Knee Strings, Hair Strings'

Portrait of Johnny Mercer, New York, N.Y. 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Johnny Mercer, New York, N.Y. 1946

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe de la Villette : Isaïe, c.1843
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe de la Villette : Isaie, c.1843. Sketch for the Church of Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe-de-la-Villette: Isaiah

La lecon de braille. On saitque le systeme d'ecriture, en points saillants, imagine... c1916. Creator: J Simont
La lecon de braille. On saitque le systeme d'ecriture, en points saillants, imagine par l'organiste Louis Braille, qui avait ete frappe lui-meme de cecite a l'age de trois ans

Portrait of Brick Fleagle in his home, New York, N.Y. 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Brick Fleagle in his home, New York, N.Y. 1946

G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918
G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Men in printing works

Herbert Meyers, Assistant to Secretary Lane, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Herbert Meyers, Assistant to Secretary Lane, between 1913 and 1917

Metropolitan Vocational High School, New York, N.Y. ca. July 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Metropolitan Vocational High School, New York, N.Y. ca. July 1947

Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing, c. 1769. Creator: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing, c. 1769

Opening of bids, Navy Dept. Bureau of Accts, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Opening of bids, Navy Dept. Bureau of Accts, between 1910 and 1920. USA

Saint Luke, second half 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Saint Luke, second half 16th century

Mabel Osgood Wright, c1900. Creator: James Osborne Wright
Mabel Osgood Wright, c1900. Photograph shows photographer Mabel Osgood Wright sitting in a gazebo(?) with a dog at her feet

Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington DC, July 19, 96. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington DC, July 19, 96. Place card for a special meal or event shows Frances Johnston holding a paint palette and leaning on a camera and tripod

A New Year's Greeting, 1839. Creator: Adolph Menzel
A New Year's Greeting, 1839

Initial D, 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initial D, 1430s

Initial L, 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initial L, 1430s

Initial U (?), 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initial U (?), 1430s

Initial D, 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initial D, 1430s

Initial N (?) with David in Prayer, 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initial N (?) with David in Prayer, 1430s

Initial I with David, 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initial I with David, 1430s

Initials with King David as Scribe, 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initials with King David as Scribe, 1430s

Initial I with David, 1430s. Creator: Master of the Cypresses
Initial I with David, 1430s

Initial T with a group of Benedictine monks singing before an altar from which issues water, 1430s

The Comte d'Artois and His Sister Mademoiselle Clotilde, 1767. Creator: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
The Comte d'Artois and His Sister Mademoiselle Clotilde, 1767

Title Page, 1784. Creator: Lydia Bates
Title Page, 1784

Annabella ('Tis Pity She's a Whore), 1894. Creator: Henry Bataille
Annabella ('Tis Pity She's a Whore), 1894

Zoar Fractur Drawing, c. 1937. Creator: John Wilkes
Zoar Fractur Drawing, c. 1937

Two poets, a lyre, and a laurel wreath, between 1735 and 1745. Creator: Unknown
Two poets, a lyre, and a laurel wreath, between 1735 and 1745

The Blind, Interiors of Library - Institute of The Blind, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
The Blind, Interiors of Library - Institute of The Blind, 1912. Reading braille

Portrait of Voltaire (1694-1778) in his study, between 1694 and 1778. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Voltaire (1694-1778) in his study, between 1694 and 1778

Gifford Pinchot, between c1890 and c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Gifford Pinchot, between c1890 and c1910. Half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left, writing. [Forester and politician

Portrait of a man from the revolutionary period, between 1789 and 1799. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a man from the revolutionary period, between 1789 and 1799

Chinese poem in cursive writing by the old man Kyosho, between 1800 and 1850. Creator: Nin Tachihara
Chinese poem in cursive writing by the old man Kyosho, between 1800 and 1850

Rakan, 1803. Creator: Unknown
Rakan, 1803

Mathematics class at Tuskegee Institute, 1906. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mathematics class at Tuskegee Institute, 1906. [Young black women learning maths]

Leaf 3 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 3 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275

Leaf 2 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 2 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275

Leaf 5 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 5 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275

Leaf 7 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 7 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275

Leaf 2 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 2 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275

Leaf 6 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 6 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275

Leaf 4 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 4 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275

Leaf 4 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 4 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275

Leaf 3 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 3 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275

Leaf 6 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 6 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275

Leaf 1 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 1 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275

Leaf 8 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 8 from an antiphonal fragment, c. 1275

Leaf 8 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275. Creator: Unknown
Leaf 8 from an antiphonal fragment (verso), c. 1275

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