Collection

Here are some highlights from our collections. Use the options above to explore all 187,846 objects.

Ancestor Head

Rock Tomb or Granary Door

Priest's Box

Box Lid with a Dragon-Snake (Aso)

Funerary Effigy (Tau Tau)

Dish

Aureus of Augustus, Emperor of Rome from Rome

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Ruler: Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.–A.D. 14, ruled 27 B.C.–A.D. 14

Aureus of Hadrian, Emperor of Rome from Rome

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Honorand: Vibia Sabina, Empress of Rome, ca. 88–137
Ruler: Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 76–138, ruled 117–38

Dupondius of Philip I, Emperior of Rome from Temenothyrae

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Temenothyrae
Ruler: Philip, the Arabian, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 204–249, ruled 244–49

Whose Sleeves? (Tagasode)

Artist, workshop of: Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, active 1600–1643)

King George I of Great Britain and Ireland

Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller (British, 1646–1723)

George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708) and Consort of Queen Anne of England (1665-1714)

Artist: J. Cooper (British, 1695–1754)

Anne, Queen of England (1665–1714)

Artist: J. Cooper (British, 1695–1754)

Reverend John Davenport (1597–1669/70)

Artist: Davenport Limner (American, active ca. 1670)

Governor Gurdon Saltonstall (1666–1724)

Artist: Unknown

Snuffbox

Maker: John Obrisset (British, active 1705–28)

Portrait of Elihu Yale (1648/49–1721)

Artist: Enoch Seeman the Elder (British, born ca. 1660)

Reverend Nehemiah Strong (1728/29–1807), B.A. 1755, M.A. 1758

Artist: Ralph Earl (American, 1751–1801)

Reverend Elisha Williams (1694–1755)

Artist: Reuben Moulthrop (American, 1763–1814)
Artist, copy after: John Smibert (American, born Scotland, 1688–1751)

Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (1710-1785), LL.D. 1779

Artist: John Trumbull (American, 1756–1843)

Chest with drawers

Maker, possibly by: Peter Blin (American, born England, died 1725)

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 M.A. (hon.) 1753

Artist: William Rush (American, 1756–1833)

General George Washington at Trenton

Artist: John Trumbull (American, 1756–1843)

The Bermuda Group (Dean Berkeley and His Entourage)

Artist: John Smibert (American, born Scotland, 1688–1751)

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