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  • Voyage au Kordofan

    Date
    1863
    19th century
  • Where liberty dwells : 19th-century art by the American people : works of art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou / catalogue by Peter H. Tillou ; introd., Robert P. Buck, Jr

    Date
    1976
    C1976
    19th century
  • Mirror of olden time border life : embracing a history of the discovery of America, of the landing of our forefathers at Plymouth and of their most remarkable engagements with the Indians, in New England, from their first landing, in 1620, until the final subjugation of the natives, in 1679 : also, history of Virginia, embracing its first settlement, the progressive movements of civilization and the establishment of civil government, and a narrative of the long continued and bloody struggle between the white settlers and Indians in north-western Virginia, Kentucky, &c., &c., including accounts of all the battles from the beginning to the decisive blow by Gen. Wayne, and consequent peace : also, history of the early settlement of Pennsylvania : Penn's treaty with the Indians, and the subsequent warfare which marked the efforts to settle the interior with devastation, blood and suffering until the final establishment of peace : to which are added, personal narratives of captivities and escapes, of strange and thrilling adventures, personal prowess, &c., &c. : together with numerous sketches of frontier men, the remarkable achievements and incidents in their career, with numerous miscellaneous sketches of daring deeds, remarkable events, &c., &c. / compiled from authentic sources by J. Pritts

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    1849
    1849 [c1848]
    1750-1815
    Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Cascadeurs et cascadeuses : album de 60 caricatures / par Cham

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    1819
    1879
    [18--]
  • 1700-1880 Furniture and objets d'art : french, english, german, italian, and russian

    Date
    1990
    18th century
    19th century
  • buckles, shoe, pair of

    Date made
    1750 - 1800
  • Ut pictura rhetorica : the oratory of the visual arts in the early republic and the formation of American cultural values, 1790-1840 / by Annie V. F. Storr

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    1992
    18th century
    19th century
  • stereograph

    date made
    mid-late 1800s
  • Woman of Brasher Family

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    c. 1804
  • The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role

    Date
    1790
    Period
    Edo period

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