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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daniel Chester French  (American, Exeter, New Hampshire 1850–1931 Stockbridge, Massachusetts)

Date: 1879, cast 1906–7
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 9 in. (57.2 x 26 x 22.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1907
Accession Number: 07.101

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The Abduction of Rebecca

The Abduction of Rebecca

Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)

Date: 1846
Accession Number: 03.30

Evening dress

Evening dress

Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (French, founded 1961)

Date: 1969–70
Accession Number: 1983.619.1a, b

Tête-à-tête

Tête-à-tête

Attributed to John H. Belter (1804–1863)

Date: ca. 1850–60
Accession Number: 57.130.7

Mosque Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aydakin al-'Ala'i al-Bunduqdar

Mosque Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aydakin al-'Ala'i al-Bunduqdar

Date: shortly after 1285
Accession Number: 17.190.985

Ennanga

Ennanga

Ganda

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.926

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