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Historical Art Essay
"Cinncinati Enquirer" by William M. Harnett
"The Cincinnati Enquirer" (1888), by William M. Harnett (1848-1892). Oil on canvas. Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. (1978)
 
"Liberty" (1869), by Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880). Oil on canvas. Gift of the Shaklee Corporation. (1981) "Union" (1869), by Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880). Oil on canvas. Gift of the Shaklee Corporation. (1981)
"City of Washington From Beyond the Navy Yard" (1833), by George Cooke (1793-1849). Oil on canvas. Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1976. "Morning on the Seine, Good Weather" (1897), by Claude Monet (1840-1926). Oil on canvas. Gift of the family of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in memory of President Kennedy, 1963.
"Amerigo Vespucci" (modeled c. 1790-94, carved c. 1815), by Giuseppe Ceracchi (1751-1801). Marble. United States government purchase. "Martha Dandridge Custis Washington" (1878), by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835-1915). Oil on canvas. United States government purchase.
"Continental Congress" (19th century), by Waterman Lilly Ormsby. Engraving based on John Trumbull painting. "The Cincinnati Enquirer" (1888), by William M. Harnett (1848-1892). Oil on canvas. Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. (1978)

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