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Image for Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy

Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy

Muhammad Hilmi Afandi Scribe
1219 AH/AD 1804-1805 (Ottoman)
W.674
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Image for Radha's Tryst with Krishna

Radha's Tryst with Krishna

Indian Artist
ca. 1825
W.879
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Qur'an

Iranian Artist
1230 AH/AD 1814-1815 (?)
W.567
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Image for Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte Author
1815-1821
W.849
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Image for Albert Durer's Designs of the Prayer Book

Albert Durer's Designs of the Prayer Book

Rudolph Ackermann Publisher
1817
92.1316
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Treatise on Elephants

Thai Artist
1824 (Rattanakosin)
W.893
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Image for Wedding Procession

Wedding Procession

Indian Artist
1825-1850
W.883
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Image for Single Leaf of a Portrait of the Emperor Jahangir

Single Leaf of a Portrait of the Emperor Jahangir

Indian Artist
13th century AH/AD 1825-1875 (Mughal)
W.705
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Image for Portrait of a Nobleman

Portrait of a Nobleman

Indian Artist
mid 19th century
W.942
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Image for Krishna and the Cowherds

Krishna and the Cowherds

Indian Artist
mid 19th century
W.941
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Phra Malai

Thai Artist
mid 19th century
W.833
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Cosmic Shiva

Indian Artist
1825-1850
W.901
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Emblematical Figures, Representations and Etc. to Please the Eye

Justus Dalee (American, 1793-1878) Artist
1826-1827
37.2518
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Image for Durga slaying the buffalo demon; Illustration;perhaps to markendaya puran

Durga slaying the buffalo demon; Illustration;perhaps to markendaya puran

Indian (?) Artist
1835-1865
W.798
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Image for Picture Book of New Patterns for Various Trades

Picture Book of New Patterns for Various Trades

Japanese Artist
1836 (Edo period (1615-1868))
92.1368
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Image for Cours de la Théorie concernant la Fabrication des Étoffes de Soie . . . élève… de J. B. La Serve.

Cours de la Théorie concernant la Fabrication des Étoffes de Soie . . . élève… de J. B. La Serve.

Michel Alphonse Cartier Author
1838-1845
1946.316.1
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The Book of the Eighty Rishis

Thai Artist
1838
W.831
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Image for Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux: Etudes des moeurs contemporains; volume II

Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux: Etudes des moeurs contemporains; volume II

Jean-Jacques Grandville (French, 1803-1847) Author
1842
92.888.2
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Image for Livre d'heures d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale [Color facsimile]

Livre d'heures d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale [Color facsimile]

Engelmann and Graf Publisher
1846
92.124
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Image for Oeuvres Choisies de Gavarni: Etudes de Mœurs Contemporaines (Le Carnaval à Paris, Paris le matin, Les Etudiants de Paris)

Oeuvres Choisies de Gavarni: Etudes de Mœurs Contemporaines (Le Carnaval à Paris, Paris le matin, Les Etudiants de Paris)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866) Author
1847
92.866.1
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The Lights of Canopus

Husayn Va'iz Kashifi (died 1504-1505) Author
1264 AH/AD 1847 (Qajar)
W.599
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Image for Oeuvres Choisies de Gavarni: Etudes de Mœurs Contemporaines: La Vie de Jeune Homme, Les Débardeurs

Oeuvres Choisies de Gavarni: Etudes de Mœurs Contemporaines: La Vie de Jeune Homme, Les Débardeurs

1848
92.866.2
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Two Hundred Illustrations of Arms and Armor

Japanese Artist
1848 (Edo period (1603-1868))
92.1373
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Image for Single Leaf of an Outdoor Scene in the Safavid Style

Single Leaf of an Outdoor Scene in the Safavid Style

Iranian (?) Artist
late 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid)
W.812
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Image for Statutes of the order of the holy ghost; Ms. copy after paris, b.n., ms. fr. 4274

Statutes of the order of the holy ghost; Ms. copy after paris, b.n., ms. fr. 4274

Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (French, 1825-1893) Artist
1853
W.791
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Qur'an

Muhammad Salih ibn 'Umar Scribe
1269 AH/AD 1853 (Ottoman)
W.743
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Book on Horses

Ahmed 'Ata Tayyarzade (died 1294 AH/AD 1877) Author
1271 AH/AD 1854-1855 (Ottoman)
W.661
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An Illustrated History of Japan

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861) Artist
1858 (Edo period (1615-1868))
92.1362
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In "Londres et les Anglais illustrés par Gavarni"

Henry Vizetelly (British, 1820-1894) Engraver (Printmaker)
1862
92.664
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Image for Voyages de Gulliver par Swift, traduction de L'Abbé-Desfontaine Revue, corrigée et précedée d'une introduction par M. Jules Janin. Illustrations de Gavarni

Voyages de Gulliver par Swift, traduction de L'Abbé-Desfontaine Revue, corrigée et précedée d'une introduction par M. Jules Janin. Illustrations de Gavarni

Jonathan Swift (British, 1667-1745) Author
1862
92.665
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Qur'an

Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish) Scribe
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
W.577
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Image for A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson

A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903) Artist
1878
92.1090
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