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204 results found.

  1. 01.C.51 - Bell

    Fragment of a clock bell

    Record Type: Object

    Bell fragment
  2. 01.C.72 - Compass

    Vernier Compass

    Record Type: Object

    Vernier Compass
  3. 01.C.79 - Plate, Printing

    Printing Plate for Lewis and Clark Map Illustration

    Record Type: Object

    Printing Plate for Lewis and Clark Map Illustration
  4. 01.C.80 - Plate, Printing

    Printing Plate for Lewis and Clark Map Illustration

    Record Type: Object

    Printing Plate for Lewis and Clark Map Illustration
  5. 01.C.81 - Plate, Printing

    Printing Plate for Lewis and Clark Map Illustration

    Record Type: Object

    Printing Plate for Lewis and Clark Map Illustration
  6. 1978.4 - Painting

    Portrait of John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder

    Record Type: Object

    Portrait of John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder
  7. 2009.13 - Sculpture

    Head of William Ezra Lingelbach

    Record Type: Object

    Head of William Ezra Lingelbach
  8. 2009.29 - Medal, Commemorative

    The Premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan

    Record Type: Object

    The Premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan, reverse
  9. 2009.30 - Medallion

    Medallion with Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt

    Record Type: Object

    obverse
  10. 2010.1 - Medal

    Albert Einstein Gold Medal Award

    Record Type: Object

    Albert Einstein Gold Medal Award - obverse
  11. 2010.11 - Engraving

    Fairmount Gardens, With the Schuylkill Bridge

    Record Type: Object

    Fairmount Gardens, With the Schuylkill Bridge
  12. 58.P.32 - Painting

    Portrait of John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder

    Record Type: Object

    Portrait of John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder
  13. 58.P.35 - Drawing

    Portrait of Delaware (Lenape) Indian (possibly Montgomery Montour)

    Record Type: Object

    Portrait of Delaware Indian
  14. 58.P.47 - Painting

    Portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz

    Record Type: Object

    Portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
  15. 58.P.48 - Painting

    Portrait of Robert Patterson

    Record Type: Object

    Portrait of Robert Patterson
  16. 58.S.14 - Bust

    Bust of Nicholas Biddle

    Record Type: Object

    Bust of Nicholas Biddle
  17. 58.S.42 - Bas-Relief

    Bas-Relief with Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

    Record Type: Object

    Bas-Relief with Portrait of Thomas Jefferson
  18. 59.S.1 - Statue

    Statue of Benjamin Franklin

    Record Type: Object

  19. M-P38-2 - Medal

    Medal with Portrait of William Penn

    Record Type: Object

    obverse
  20. PH-LC 1 - Specimen

    Acer circinatum

    Record Type: Object

    PH-LC 1

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