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The Hand
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Germain G. Glidden Norwalk Connecticut sold (through [Selendy Associates New Canaan Connecticut]); to Fogg Art Museum 1979.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gifts for Special Uses Fund through Enos Curtin Robert A. Escher Ruth W. Finch A.L. Glidden Ruth N. McFadden Gladys T. Perkin and Mary B. Rousseau
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A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy d
A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy d
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Woman's open gown of cotton and linen, hand-painted and woven in India, sewn in Great Britain, 1795-1800. Woman's open gown of hand-painted Indian cotton and linen. Hand-woven and hand-sewn. Mordant dyed. Cut without a waist seam, and constructed from two
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Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
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On one side: the Athenian hero Theseus visits his divine father Poseidon. Theseus’s mother was Aethra, and ancient sources sometimes consider him to be the son of her husband, Aege...
Nestoris (two-handled jar) with Mythological Scenes
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Magical Stele
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Neck Amphora (storage jar): Medea Boiling a Ram
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Fashion plate showing women's costume. Hand-coloured engraving, France, 1790s. Colour print showing women's costume. A woman, her hair about her shoulders, is shown wearing a blue dress and holding a black hat, with feathers, in her right hand and a cane
Fashion plate showing women's costume. Hand-coloured engraving, France, 1790s. Colour print showing women's costume. A woman, her hair about her shoulders, is shown wearing a blue dress and holding a black hat, with feathers, in her right hand and a cane
Fashion plate showing women's costume. Hand-coloured engraving, France, 1790s. Colour print showing women's costume. A woman, her hair about her shoulders, is shown wearing a blue ...