Public-domain art from American
200 public-domain plates · 17th century to 20th century · 682 attributed
200 public-domain works from American spanning the 17th century to 20th century, drawn from museum open-access programmes and released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag. Free to download and reuse. Of these, 682 carry a named artist or maker.
Artists & makers in this set
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Port Havey (?) (from Sketchbook)
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Portrait of a Gentleman
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Saucer
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World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal
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Crater Lake Aug 23, 1885 (from Sketchbook X)
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Bathing suit
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Creamer
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Candlestick
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Caster
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Water Pitcher
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Christ and Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (from Sketchbook)
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Covered Potpourri Jar
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Library Table
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Figure Study (from Sketchbook)
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Figure Dish
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Fishkill Mountain, 1871 (from Sketchbook)
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Conversation Piece
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Pitcher
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Standing lion
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Bessie Springs Smith White (Mrs. Stanford White)
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Thomas Storm
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Clarinet in B-flat
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Ewer
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Principa Falls
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Button
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Condiment Dish
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Study for The Pleiades
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Vase
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The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 4
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The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 1
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Rio della Verona, Venice
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William Popham
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Nets-and-bubbles textile
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Portrait of a Lady
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Vase
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The Vigilant Stuyvesant's Wall Street Gate
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Spoon
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Cordial
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Tankard
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Landscape
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Camp with Ambulance
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Border Tile
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Marsh Grass
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William Shakespeare
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Tankard
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Plate
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Mandolin
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Banjo
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The Rajah Starting on a Hunt
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Creampot
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Sofa
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Man Speaking (from Sketchbook)
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Sky
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Pine Cliff, Mohonk, 1871 (from Sketchbook)
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Mrs. George P. Burne
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Saltcellar
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Sunset on the Sea
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Finger Bowl
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Tomb, Plain of Sharon, 1904 (from Sketchbook)
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View of Brattleboro, Vermont
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Dwarf tall clock
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Cup Plate
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Sugar Bowl
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Sampler
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Decanter
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Clock
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Cage crinoline
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Teapot
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Award of National Export Exposition
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Tumbler
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Mother and Baby; Sketch of a Tree (from Sketchbook)
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Campanile San Stefano, Venice
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Creampot
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Philadelphia Sanitary Fair
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Hot Water Plate
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Canale del Squero, Venice
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Syrian Goats and Bird
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Christiana Stille Keen
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Anthony Bleecker
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Harmony in Yellow and Gold: The Gold Girl—Connie Gilchrist
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Console Table
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Sketch of Clouds and Terrain (from Sketchbook VII)
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Flintlock Longrifle
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Pair of Candelabra
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View of Mount Suskan (from Sketchbook)
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Farmington
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Portrait of a Gentleman
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Spring
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Tile
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Shoes
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Spoon
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Portrait of a Gentleman
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Embroidered sampler
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Spanish Midday, Aranjuez
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Clasp
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Tumbler
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Shipyard (Mill Scene?) in Connecticut (from Sketchbook)
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Dinner dress
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Vase
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Spanish Landscape
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Greek Girls Bathing
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The Ship "Macon"
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Quilt, Flying Geese pattern
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Dress
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Spats
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Tumbler
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Water Goblet
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Tumbler
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Girl with Rabbit (from McGuire Scrapbook)
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Mrs. Nathaniel Bowen (Margaret Blake)
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Study of Seated Male Figures for Sculpture Base (from Sketchbook)
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Liberty cup and saucer
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Cann
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Four sketches (from Sketchbook)
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Portrait of an Old Gentleman
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The Death of the First Born
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Torre dei Schiavi, The Roman Campagna (from Cropsey Album)
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Old Man with Staff (from Sketchbook)
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The Magnolia Vase
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Portrait of a Lady
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Girl with Parasol (from Sketchbook)
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Flintlock Longrifle
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Candlestick
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Goblet
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Sketch of Arm and Sketch of Two Hands
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The Crossing Sweeper
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Saucer
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Woman with Basket
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Vase
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Demitasse Cup and Saucer
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Tumbler
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Embroidered coverlet
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Punch Glass
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Deer—Sketch from Nature
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The Croquet Players
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Prescribed by the New York City to the Mexican Volunteers
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George Washington and William Lee (George Washington)
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Cup and Saucer
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Major John Biddle
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Ladle
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Ancient Walls, 1904 (from Sketchbook)
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Lake George
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Purgatory Cliff
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Bracelet
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Jug
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Elizabeth Freeman Duran
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Covered Punch Bowl
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The Temple of Dendur, showing the Pylon
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Plaque
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Coffee Cup and Saucer
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Stony Clove, June 26, 1870 (recto, from sketchbook)
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Cowboy Singing
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George Washington before the Battle of Trenton
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Cann
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Five Figure Studies (from Sketchbook)
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Celery Vase
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Studio of William S. Mount (from McGuire Scrapbook)
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Sampler made at the Westtown Quaker School
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Woman’s Rights Quilt
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Salt Caster
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River Scene (Columbia _______?) (from Sketchbook)
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Scene at Napanoch
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Porringer
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A Rocky Coast
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Pitcher
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Slop Bowl
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Creampot
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Beaker
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Mrs. James Clinton Griswold
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Sauce Dish
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Mustard Pot
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Benjamin Franklin
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Turkey
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Samuel Gardiner
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Comb
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Vase
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Birds
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Sailboats on Lake
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A Study of Trap Rock (Buttermilk Falls)
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Charcoal Boat, Venice
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Woman Seated on a Barrel (from Sketchbook)
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Study from Life: Nude Male
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The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 4
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Shoes
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Tankard
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Wholecloth whitework quilt
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Erato
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Side chair
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Palmettos
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Plaque
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Man at Bar (from McGuire Scrapbook)
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Master Rees Goring Thomas
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Tumbler
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Purple marble glass compote
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Perfume decanter
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Cordial Glass
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Portrait of a Woman (from McGuire Scrapbook)
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Piping Pan
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Sphinx in the Louvre
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Trees (from Sketchbook)
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