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Adam by Auguste Rodin (Art Gallery of Western Australia)
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“Street in Venice” by John Singer Sargent
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“The March to Valley Forge” by William B. T. Trego
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“Mother and Children” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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“Max Schmitt in a Single Scull” by Thomas Eakins
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Bronze Age Shield -1200-800 BC
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Americas Museums
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American Landscapes by Albert Bierstadt
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Henry VIII’s Writing Desk
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First African American Women Poet to be Published
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Cardiff Museums
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