
The Thinker
1880 · Bronze
Musee Rodin
Artworks made 1800 to 1900. 42 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.

1880 · Bronze
Musee Rodin

c. 1800 · Brass movement
British Museum, London

19th century · Lead-glazed earthenware
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

19 June 1878 · Sequence of wet-collodion glass-plate...
Library of Congress

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

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

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

1860-02-27 · Wet-plate
Library of Congress

Nineteenth century · Gold
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1895 · Lithograph in black ink on wove paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1802 · Marble
Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, London
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