
Third Imperial Easter Egg
1886-1887, delivered for Orthodox Easter 1887 · Gold
Private collection, owner not named
Artworks made 1800 to 1900. 37 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

1886-1887, delivered for Orthodox Easter 1887 · Gold
Private collection, owner not named

1857 · Woodblock print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division...

Conceived 1880 for The Gates of Hell · Bronze
Musee Rodin

c. 1800 · Brass movement
British Museum, London

second half 19th century · Lead-glazed earthenware
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, European Sculpture and...

19 June 1878 · Sequence of wet-collodion glass-plate...
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division...

1888 · Gelatin silver print from a dry-plate glass...
Museum of the City of New York, New York

1813 · Wool bunting
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution...

1828-1832 · Ebony
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1830-32 · Woodblock print
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1863-1865, signed and dated 1864 · Oil on canvas
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

1830/33 · Colour woodblock print
Art Institute of Chicago
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