Public-domain art from Art Institute of Chicago
200 public-domain plates · 57th century BCE to 14865th century · 5000 attributed
200 works from the Art Institute of Chicago open-access programme, each explicitly placed in the public domain by the museum and stored here with its rights field and verbatim rights statement spanning the 57th century BCE to 14865th century. Free to download and reuse. Of these, 5000 carry a named artist or maker.
Artists & makers in this set
- George Baxter 354
- James McNeill Whistler 239
- Paul Gauguin 209
- Ancient Greek 199
- Ancient Roman 185
- Ancient Egyptian 135
- China 113
- Italy 99
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Vinaigrette
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Snuffbox
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Nutmeg Grater
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Vinaigrette
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Nutmeg Grater
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Box
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Patchbox
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Vinaigrette
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Snuffbox
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Book-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Egg-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Nutmeg Grater
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Vinaigrette
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Nutmeg Grater
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Nutmeg Grater
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette with Harbor Scene
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette with View of Sir Walter Scott Memorial
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Vinaigrette with View of Kings College, Cambridge
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Vinaigrette with Harbor Scene
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Vinaigrette with View of Scarborough Spa Building
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Vinaigrette with View of St Bega's Priory, Cumbria
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Vinaigrette with View of Sir Walter Scott Memorial
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette with View of Windsor Castle
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Vinaigrette with View of St. George's Hall, Liverpool
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette with View of Abbotsford House
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Vinaigrette with Harbor Scene
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Vinaigrette with View of Windsor Castle
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Vinaigrette with View of Eley Cathedral
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Vinaigrette with View of Abbotsford House
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Vinaigrette
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Card Case with View of Oxford
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Vinaigrette
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Watch-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Watch-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Watch-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Watch-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Fish-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Fish-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Chatelaine
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Chatelaine
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Chatelaine
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Book-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette in the Form of a Scallop Shell
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette in the Form of a Book
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Vinaigrette
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Vinaigrette in the Form of a Padlock
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette
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Tobacco Box with Scene of Venus and Adonis
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Snuffbox with Scene of St. Michael Triumphing Over the Devil
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Vinaigrette
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Box in the Form of a Fish
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Traveling Writing Set
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Reliquary
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Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign
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Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, The Same Patient in 4 Different States: Melancholy, Excited, Convalescent, Well Untitled, 1849–60, from the George Cowper Album, assembled 1849–60
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Untitled
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Untitled
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Allegory on the Futility of Peace Talks with Spain
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Execution of Arminians in Leiden
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A Portrait of a Woman
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The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau
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A Portrait of a Man
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Fragment
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The Rape of Europa
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Lot's Daughters Fleeing Sodom
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Genealogical Tree of the Austrian Royal Family, plate 32 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)
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Stage in Memory of Isabella Clara Eugenia, plate 24 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)
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Philip IV Appointing Prince Ferdinand Governor of the Netherlands, plate 25 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)
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A Castle on a Crag in a Mountainous Landscape
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Saint Catherine in Prison Converting the Empress Faustina to Christianity, Flanked by Saints Saturnius and Simon
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Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt
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Saint Charles Borromeo Venerating the Relics
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Design for a Salt Cellar or a Table Fountain
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Saint Charles Borromeo Entering the Town of Pavia: Design for a Wall Decoration
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Sleeve Pieces
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Saint Catherine Disputing with the Philosophers
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Fragment
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Fragment
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Seneca
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Wall Pocket (one of a pair)
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Ferdinand of Austria on Horseback
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Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633)
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Susanna and the Elders
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The Ruins of the Pirnaischer Suburb with the Palais Fürstenhof
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Bacchus and Drunken Silenus—The Dream of Silenus
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The Four Dead Ravens
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Jacob and Esau
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Tankard
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Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasses, plate four, from The Twelve Kings of Israel
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The Beach with the Large Tower
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Jehoram, Uzziah, Jotham, plate three, from The Twelve Kings of Israel
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Shunjo gidan mizuage cho
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Woman Haymaker at Éragny
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The Circumcision
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A View from the Palatine Hill, Rome, the Alban Hills in the Distance
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Portrait of Jean-Féry Rebel, Composer to the King
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View of Braubach
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Grotta Ferrata
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Moles
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On Stage I
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Portrait of Myself
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Marble Cañon, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1.200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone, No. 13 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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View in the Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, No. 12 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona. From its top a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level is 1.500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling, No. 15 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Apache Lake, Summit of Sierra Blanca Mountains, about 35 miles east from Camp Apache, Arizona, and 10.500 feet above sea-level. This lake is similar to many found in the western mountains, No. 30 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Cooley's Ranch, 10 miles east of Camp Apache, Arizona. A characteristic mountain "Park" and Apache Indian Farm. Here the Apaches grow corn, wheat and a few vegetables, No. 32 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Roman Catholic Church, Plaza of Guadaloupe, Guadaloupe Co., Colorado. Built not many years since of adobes. Dimensions, length 120 feet; width 60 feet; height 25 feet. Grave yard in the foreground surrounded by an abode wall about 6 feet in height, No. 34 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Apache Indians, as they appear ready for the war-path, No. 33 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Cañon, Valley of the Conejos River, looking south from vicinity of "Lost Lakes", No. 36 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Beaver Lake, Conejos Cañon, Colorado, 9.000 feet above sea-level, and 30 miles from mouth of Cañon, No. 35 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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One of the group of Pagosa Hot Springs, showing incrustation on the surface. Much prized by the Indians and miners on account of supposed healing qualities. Principal mineral element, Sulphate of Soda, No. 38 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Lost Lakes, head of Conejos Cañon, Colorado, in the Sierra San Juan range, near divide between Conejos and south fork of Alamosa Rivers, surrounded by forest of Douglass spruce, and approximately 11.000 feel above sea-level, No. 37 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Ute Braves, of the Kah-poh-teh band, Northern New Mexico, in "full dress", No. 40 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Pah-ge, a Ute Squaw, of the Kah-poh-teh band, Northern New Mexico, No. 39 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Shee-zah-nan-tan, Jicarilla Apache Brave in characteristic Costume, Northern New Mexico, No. 42 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Lagunas Caballo, or Horse Lakes, 14 miles, N. W. from Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. The water of the lakes is strongly mineral and not fit for men or animals to drink, No. 44 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Jicarilla Apache Brave and Squaw, lately wedded. Abiquiu Agency, New Mexico
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Baldy Peak, Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 14.234 feet above sea-level. Limit in altitude of vegetation about 11.000 feet, No. 46 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Alpine Lake, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado. One of a group of ten lakes at the main head of Ute Creek. 11.000 feet above sea-level. Cerro Blanco Peak rises 14.269 feet abov the sea, lying to the westward, No. 45 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. Gorge and natural bridge, in the fore-ground, No. 50 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, Main Fall, 210 feet from upper to lower level, width of fall, 800 feet from upper to lower level; Height of Cañon wall at the falls, 1.000 feet. A number of minor falls, Islands, and boulder rocks above the main fall add beauty to the lonely majesty of this scene, No. 48 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Alpine lakes, and mountain scenery, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 13.000 feet above sea-level, No. 47 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Navajo Brave and his Mother. The Navajo were formerly a warlike tribe until subdued by U.S. Troops, in 1859-60. Many of them now have fine flocks, and herds of horses, sheeps and goats, No. 29 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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View down Black Cañon, from Mirror Bar. The walls repeated by reflection, No. 3 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Ruins in Cañon de Chelle, N. M., in a cavity in the wall, 60 feet above present bed of Cañon. Height of walls about 700 feet. The present race of Indians know nothing of the age of these buildings of who occupied them, No. 21 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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War Chief of the Zuni Indians, No. 20 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Circle Walls, Cañon de Chelle. Here the Cañon bends from an easterly direction nearly due north, the walls maintaining a perpendicular height of about 1.200 feet, No. 22 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Central portion of Canñon de Chelle, New Mexico. This Canñon is one of the most remarkable in the west, and is noted for its beauty. The walls are of Red Sand-stone, nearly perpendicular, and at this point are 1.200 feet in height, No. 24 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Explorers Column, Cañon de Chelle, Arizona. This shaft is the work of nature, and is about 900 feet in height; base about 70 by 110 feet. It stands near the center of the Cañon, and it is almost impossible to believe that it is not the work of human hands, No. 23 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Navajo Indian Squaw, and Child, at their home, in Cañon de Chelle, No. 27 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Camp Beauty, Canñon de Chelle; walls 1.200 feet high, width of Cañon at this point about one fourth of a mile. This view shows the perpendicular effect wrought by the action of floods. The Artist of the Expedition, Mr. Wyant, of New York, made a study of this scene with the intention to paint it as a characteristic Canon view, No. 25 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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The northern wall of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado, near the foot of To-ro-weap valley. The rounded rocks of the foreground are sand-stone, No. 14 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians, Cañon de Chelle, New Mexico. Squaw weaving blankets. The native loom. The blankets made are of the best quality, and impervious to water, No. 26 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Zuni Indian Girl, with water olla, No. 17 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Gardens surrounding the Indian Pueblo of Zuni, in which are raised a variety of vegetables, such as peppers, onions, garlic &c, No. 18 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Mouth of the Paria, Colorado River; walls 2.100 feet in height, No. 11 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Indian Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; view from the interior. The "Pueblo" or town, encloses a quadrangular area within which are the ruins of a church built under the direction of the Jesuit missionaries. The houses are built one above the other to the height of five or six stories. The entrances are mostly from the top, the ascent and descent being made by ladders, No. 16 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Types of Mojave Indians. This tribe inhabits the region of the lower Colorado, or western Arizona.Physically, they are the finest specimens in all the West, many of the males attaining to the height of 6 feet, No. 5 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Mountain transportation. Pack mule, Pack and Packers, No. 7 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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The Cañon of Kanab Creek, near its junction with the Grand Cañon of the Colorado. In the foreground is a dripping spring affording a shower bath. Temperature, 69° Fahr, No. 8 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Characteristic ruin, of the Pueblo San Juan, New Mexico, on the north bank of the San Juan River, about 15 miles west of the mouth of Cañon Largo. The present race of Indians know nothing of when or by whom these buildings were constructed. The ruin is about 350 feet square, and built of natural stone, joined together by a mud cement, No. 43 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Coyotero Apache Scouts, at Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Mountains, Arizona. Two members of the Expedition in the back-ground, No. 31 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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"The Bath," a dripping spring in Kanab Cañon. Temperature, 69° Fahr, No. 9 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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View across Black Cañon. The grand walls in perspective, No. 2 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Happy Gouda
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The Virgin and Child with Saint Clare and Saint Francis
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Female Head Study Looking Up to Right (recto); Study of Two Figures Supporting an Object (verso)
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Suffer the Little Children
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Judith and Holofernes and Other Studies (recto); Diana and Endymion (verso)
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The Presentation in the Temple
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Study for Female Head (verso); Head of Christ (recto)
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Standing Saint in Portico
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Untitled (Mother with Dead Child)
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Saint John the Baptist
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A Sunlit Path through a Wood
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Lobby Details
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Portraits of One-hundred Poets (Soga hyakunin isshu) (0008)
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Saint Willibrord
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Madonna and Child, a Warrior Saint (Michael?), and a Group of Worshippers
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Umegonomi neya no utsuriga (Lingering plum scent in the sleeping chamber)(0017-0019)
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Oatsurae Kujiraobi
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