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  • Two Children, (painting)

    Date
    19th c
  • Jemima Gorsuch Barry, (painting)

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    1810-1820
  • William Wood Crump, (painting)

    Date
    1824
  • The narrative of Robert Adams : an American sailor who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months in the City of Tombuctoo ; with a map, notes and an appendix

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    1820
  • Silverplated flatware, an identification & value guide / by Tere Hagan ; drawings by Alfred J. Hagan

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    1984
    C1984
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    20th century
  • Ulu knife handle

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    probably 1700–1870
  • Nihon bijutsu no 19-seiki : kaikan 20-shūnen kinen tokubetsuten / henshū Hyōgo Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Gakugeika

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    1990
    C1990
    19th century
  • Shi qing hua yi : Ming dai ti hua shi di shi hua dui ying nei han / Zheng Wenhui zhu

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    1995
    Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
    Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
  • Sisters of St. Augustine, Florida, (painting)

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    19th c

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