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Mezzotint portrait of Captain Thomas Baillie seated at a desk, pointing to an open book, with a sword behind him.

Captain Thomas Baillie. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1779, after N. Hone

Nathaniel Hone the Elder

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a dark coat beside a table with an inkwell and quill, with an engraved caption below.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1801

John Raphael Smith

Dark painting of a reclining nude figure with glowing skin against a shadowy background, with a second figure at left.

Stuck The sin

Franz von Stuck

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark coat with brass buttons and white cravat, against a black background.

Captain James Cook, 1728-79

William Hodges, 1744

Portrait of a man in a dark coat with gold buttons and white cravat against a black background, inscribed as Captain James Co

Captain James Cook, 1728-79

William Hodges, 1775

Dark painted landscape of a glacier under a thunderstorm, with a lightning bolt striking rocks and churning water below.

Caspar Wolf - Gewitter am Grindelwaldgletscher - um 1774-75 - Aarau

Caspar Wolf, 1774

Kneeling woman in black mourning dress prays in a dim church while a child in white sits in light beside a wooden rail.

The Widow's Prayer

Frederic Leighton, 1864

Oval portrait of a young man in a dark blue coat with gold braid and red lining against a brown background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727

Oil portrait of a seated young girl in a red bodice and white blouse against a dark background, hands folded in her lap.

Franz seraph von lenbach, contadinella bavarese, 1860 (cropped)

Franz von Lenbach, 1860

Detail of a painted portrait of a young man with tousled hair, chin resting on his hand, in a dark coat.

Arthurrimbaud

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872

Painting of a crowned woman and a turbaned man in a courtyard, with a bearded man in an arched doorway behind them.

Jezabel and Ahab

Frederic Leighton, 1863

Poster of a draped figure raising one arm beneath a red cross on a dark background, titled The Roll Call, A Masque of the Red

The roll call, a masque of the Red Cross, by Percy MacKaye LCCN2002712336

Arnold Genthe, 1918

Poster of a red-haired child riding a flying ostrich past trailing mint candies, with 'Pfefferminz Dr Hillers' in red letters

Pfefferminz Dr Hillers

Jean d' Ylen, 1927

Oskar Schlemmer Ex Libris

Oskar Schlemmer

Painting of a young girl with wavy brown hair, hands clasped on a blue cushion, gazing upward against a dark background.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Prayer (1865) (cropped)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1825

Poster with blue lettering on black urging purchase of the new government war loan at 4½ percent, framed by orange and blue b

Speed the "silver bullet." Buy the new government war loan - 4 1-2 per cent per annum LCCN2003675388

Unknown artist, 1915

Painted portrait of a young woman in a dark hat and dress, resting her arms on a red chair against a dark background.

Franz von Stuck Bildnis der Tochter Mary

Franz von Stuck

Young woman with dark hair holding yarn beside a spinning wheel in a dim room, wearing a teal skirt and white blouse.

Dévideuse

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Oil portrait of a seated man with grey hair in a black coat and yellow waistcoat before a red curtain.

Captain James Neish

George Chinnery, 1774

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and frilled cuffs, seated with hands folded, labelled William Prowting

William Prowting. Mezzotint by C. Townley, 1797, after L. Abbott

Lemuel Francis Abbott

Seated nude bearded man with head bowed beside a lyre and scroll, draped in blue cloth against a dark background.

(Cahors) Orphée - Henri Martin - Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin

Half-length portrait of a young man in a powdered wig, grey coat with blue lining and gold buttons, against a dark background

John Gainsborough (1711-1772)

Thomas Gainsborough, 1731

Painting of a nude woman holding a sword beside a reclining figure, set against dark and red background.

Judith und Holofernes

Franz von Stuck, 1927

Painting of red gladioli in a dark glass vase on a table against a dark red background, with one yellow flower.

Vase with Red Gladioli

Vincent van Gogh

Oil self-portrait of a young man with dark hair, white collar and red tie, gazing at the viewer against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Edgar Degas, ca. 1855-56

Watercolor of a smiling woman in Dalecarlian folk dress with striped skirt and red scarf, against a dark background.

Dalecarlian girl from Rättvik

Anders Zorn, 1883

Painted bouquet of pink roses, yellow carnations and white blossoms on black, with a blue ribbon and insects.

Blumenbouquet mit Insekten

Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1721

Red devils in flames beside a quotation about the Lusitania, on a black Barron Collier patriotic series poster from 1918.

Chums

Barron Collier, 1918

Painting of a bouquet of yellow roses and red tulips in a blue glass vase against a dark background.

Fleurs dans un vase

Francis Picabia

Painted portrait of a young woman in a red headscarf holding prayer beads at a table beside a folding fan.

Emile Bernard Irène 1926

Émile Bernard, 1926