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Fletcher

This catalog gathers 55 public-domain works acquired through the Fletcher fund. Every work is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  1. Mrs. Gabriel Manigault Mrs. Gabriel Manigault Jeremiah Theus · 1757
  2. Mrs. Gabriel Manigault (Margaret Izard) Mrs. Gabriel Manigault (Margaret Izard) Walter Robertson · 1795
  3. Untitled Untitled Shiva and Dayal · 1744
  4. Untitled Untitled Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 · 1870
  5. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady Eliza Goodridge · 1829
  6. Untitled Untitled 600
  7. Untitled Untitled Zhuwu Jushi · 1883
  8. Self-portrait Self-portrait Thomas Gimbrede · 1805
  9. Untitled Untitled 797
  10. Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory) Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory) George Catlin · 1830
  11. Untitled Untitled Chotu · 1865
  12. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman William Russell Birch · 1794
  13. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman Nathaniel Rogers · 1815
  14. Johnathan Trumbull Johnathan Trumbull James Peale · 1792
  15. Stephen Hooper Stephen Hooper Henry Pelham · 1773
  16. Dr. Samuel A. Bemis Dr. Samuel A. Bemis Alvan Clark · 1840
  17. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman 1815
  18. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady 1835
  19. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady James Peale · 1791
  20. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman Moses B. Russell · 1847
  21. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman Ezra Ames · 1788
  22. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady 1820
  23. Alice Cushman Alice Cushman George Hewitt Cushman · 1856
  24. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady William Harrison Scarborough · 1840
  25. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman 1830
  26. Lazarus M. Goldsmith Lazarus M. Goldsmith William Lewis · 1833
  27. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady 1835
  28. Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia) Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia) Richard Morrell Staigg · 1849
  29. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman William P. Sheys · 1821
  30. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman 1835
  31. Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady 1838
  32. George Henry Loring George Henry Loring Richard Morrell Staigg · 1849
  33. Hannah P. Moore Hannah P. Moore 1835
  34. Untitled Untitled 600
  35. Portrait of a Boy Portrait of a Boy George W. Stevens · 1845
  36. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman 1835
  37. Ann King Ann King Richard Morrell Staigg · 1849
  38. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman 1842
  39. Untitled Untitled 1834
  40. 清 張宗蒼 山水 冊 紙本|Miniature landscapes 清 張宗蒼 山水 冊 紙本|Miniature landscapes Zhang Zongcang · 1752
  41. Portrait of a Boy Portrait of a Boy John Alexander McDougall · 1852
  42. Portrait of a Gentleman Portrait of a Gentleman James Whitehorne · 1835
  43. David Howe David Howe Samuel Wallin · 1839
  44. Untitled Untitled 1700
  45. Untitled Untitled 1834
  46. Dorothea Hart Dorothea Hart Ellen Wallace Sharples · 1809
  47. 東洲斎写楽画 三世坂田半五郎の藤川水右衛門 『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Sakata Hangorō III as Fujikawa Mizuemon in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga" 東洲斎写楽画 三世坂田半五郎の藤川水右衛門 『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Sakata Hangorō III as Fujikawa Mizuemon in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga" Tōshūsai Sharaku · 1794
  48. Untitled Untitled Tōshūsai Sharaku · 1794
  49. 源氏物語図屏風「御幸」・「浮船」・「関谷」|“An Imperial Excursion” (Miyuki), “A Boat Cast Adrift” (Ukifune), and “The Barrier Gate” (Sekiya) 源氏物語図屏風「御幸」・「浮船」・「関谷」|“An Imperial Excursion” (Miyuki), “A Boat Cast Adrift” (Ukifune), and “The Barrier Gate” (Sekiya) Tosa Mitsuyoshi · 1592
  50. Untitled Untitled Katsukawa Shunchō · 1785
  51. Untitled Untitled Utagawa Kunisada · 1844
  52. 歌川国芳画　「大物の浦平家の亡霊」|Ghosts of the Taira at Daimotsu Bay 歌川国芳画　「大物の浦平家の亡霊」|Ghosts of the Taira at Daimotsu Bay Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 1845
  53. Untitled Untitled Katsukawa Shunchō · 1790
  54. Untitled Untitled Torii Kiyotsune · 1768
  55. Untitled Untitled Chōkōsai Eishō · 1800

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Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.