American artist George Catlin's painting, Catlin and Indian Attacking Buffalo, 1861/1869, oil on card mounted on paperboard Photograph: Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art/APEd Ruscha's 1983 oil on canvas painting, I think I'll ... Photograph: National Gallery of Art/APRichard Diebenkorn's 1955 painting, Berkeley No 52Photograph: Estate of Richard Diebenkorn/AP
Flower to Teacher by William H Johnson, 1944 Photograph: Smithsonian Institution/CorbisSamuel FB Morse's 1849 patent model of his electric telegraphPhotograph: Smithsonian Institution, John Dillaber/APHenry Williams's 1877 patent model for his feathering paddle-wheel for steamboatsPhotograph: Smithsonian Institution, John Dillaber/AP
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