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14,970 works

Rose Coghlan as "The Watermelon," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Chromolithograph trading card of Minnie Maddern as The Charmer, a woman with a green snake coiled around her neck and head.

Minnie Maddern as "The Charmer," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Madge Bannister as "The Fisher Maiden," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of Miss McNulty as The Duchess, wearing a pink dress and a blue shield headpiece with red trim.

Miss McNulty as "The Duchess," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Trading card of Josie Hall in a lampshade hat with a candle on her pink costume, titled Light and Shade, 1889.

Josie Hall as "Light and Shade," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a young woman with a bugle on her red cap, captioned Corinne as The Bugler.

Corinne as "The Bugler," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Portrait of L. F. Prault

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1787

Portrait of Jean Racine

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1800

Engraving of a rustic cabin interior with a reclining nude woman, attended figures, and a servant at a table with jugs.

Vignette of the first volume, page 165: Usage des Russes après le Mariage et avant la Noce, from Voyage en Sibérie fa…

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Chromolithograph card of a woman in a morning glory flower hat and matching bloom, captioned Agnes Stone as The Morning Glory

Agnes Stone as "The Morning Glory," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Chromolithograph trading card of Josie Baker in a green turtle-shaped hat with red flowers, red collar and green shawl.

Josie Baker as "The Terrapin," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of Geraldine Ulmer as The Huntress, wearing a hunting horn and ivy in her hair.

Geraldine Ulmer as "The Huntress," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Chromolithograph of Violet Cameron with curly hair, wearing a costume of colorful fireworks and firecrackers on a light blue

Violet Cameron as "The Glorious Fourth," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Hand-tinted daguerreotype portrait of a woman in a blue plaid dress holding an accordion, within a gilt mat.

Woman with an Accordion daguerreotype

Ron Fasand, 1840s

Poster for Philadelphia Sunday Press showing a man reading a newspaper beside a woman against a night skyline.

Philadelphia Sunday Press, February 23, 1896

George Reiter Brill, 1896

Watercolor of a woman with a basket on rocks, with sailboats and rowboats on stormy, choppy water beneath a grey sky.

Inside the Bar

Winslow Homer, 1883

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617

Pen and wash drawing of a praying man in a cloak flanked by two women inside a circular frame with rosette arch.

Design for a Wall Monument

Francesco di Giorgio, ca. 1490

Pencil and chalk study of a sword-bearing man striding left beside two figures with raised arms, on blue-grey paper.

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Admiral De Winter Raisi…

John Singleton Copley, 1798

Charcoal and chalk study of three male figures with raised arms on blue paper with a red grid.

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising t…

John Singleton Copley, 1798

Watercolor of two women in white dresses seated on a brown patterned bench, facing each other in conversation against a green

Two Ladies

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil study of an angel marking a kneeling haloed woman, with two draped figures floating above in an arched frame.

Angel Sealing the Servants of God (Study for the Anna, Margaret Sherman and Gertrude Van Dalfsen Memorial Window, Tri…

John La Farge, 1889

Watercolor of a hazy mountain valley with a man in a dark coat standing on a path beside a meadow.

Franconia Notch, New Hampshire

William Trost Richards, 1872

Graphite portrait study of a young man with curly hair, ruffled collar and clasped hands, looking upward.

Hugh Mercer, Jr. (Study for "The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, Janury 3, 1777")

John Trumbull, 1791

Seated young woman in a pale gown before a dark garden with a classical urn, drawn in chalk.

Elizabeth Maria Church

John Vanderlyn, 1799

Chalk portrait of a woman in a white gown holding a toddler who gazes outward, against a dark background.

Mrs. Daniel Strobel, Jr. (Anna Church Strobel) and Her Son, George

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1799

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young woman in a white dress seated before a tree and landscape.

Sarah Russell Church (daughter of Edward Church)

John Vanderlyn, 1799

Seated man in a dark coat and white cravat with a powdered wig, resting a gloved hand on a chair arm.

Daniel Strobel, Jr.

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1799

Watercolor of an elderly bearded man in spectacles reading a large book beside a fireplace and broom.

Reading the Scriptures

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1874

Portrait of an elderly man with white hair, white cravat and dark coat with gold buttons, against a brown background.

Captain Abraham Vorhees

Micah Williams, ca. 1803-5