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Etching of a river view with a waterfront town, masted boats, smoking chimneys, and rowers in small boats in the foreground.

Tilbury

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Pencil elevation drawing of two building facades with arched windows and a central entrance archway on tan paper.

Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri, Front Elevation Study

Burnham & Root, c. 1887

Red and black chalk drawing of a nude woman fleeing right with outstretched arms and flowing hair, with faint secondary sketc

A Nude Female Figure Fleeing to the Right with Arms Outstretched, with Sketch of a Bust of Secondary Figure (recto);…

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600 (recto); 1598/99 (verso)

Loose charcoal-toned sketch of a man and a child seated together against a sketched background of foliage.

Father and Son

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Brown ink and wash sketch of a horseback rider, a dog, walking figures, trees, a dock and a boat in a park.

Figures Walking and on Horseback in a Park

French School, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling woman before a seated ruler with soldiers, framed by classical figures and putti.

Woman Kneeling Before a Ruler

Circle of Federico Zuccaro, 1566-67

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a green patterned kimono adjusting her hair with both arms raised.

A Dancer

Nishikawa Sukenobu, Late 17th to 18th century

Brown-toned drawing of the Virgin and Child in glory with angels above and three saints below in a landscape.

Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Sebastian, John the Evangelist, and Roch

Pasquale Ottino, c. 1610

Red chalk study of a seated muscular male nude looking upward, holding a staff, with arm and hand studies at right.

Hercules Seated, study for Hercules and Omphale

François Lemoyne, 1724

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a castle on a hill, an arched bridge, distant mountains and framing trees.

River Landscape with Castle

after Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Pencil architectural drawing with two arcaded building elevations and a floor plan below, on a tan sheet.

Design Projects, Building Elevation Studies and Plan

Carl J. Furst, c. 1860-1870

Woodblock print of a tengu-masked noh performer with red hair, patterned robe, and a white feather fan on green.

Kurama Tengu, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898/1903

Hand-colored Japanese print of the infant Buddha on a lotus, with two dragons pouring water and attendants below.

The Birth of the Buddha Sakyamuni

Kondo Kiyoharu, c. 1720

Watercolor of a mounted knight with spear leading three roped figures along a forest path toward distant rocky peaks at dusk.

The Giants are Captured

Gustave Doré, c. 1879

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palatial courtyard with arcades, columns, and a fountain with a sculpted figure.

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono by a bamboo fence, looking up at a blossoming plum tree.

Two Women Viewing Plum Blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Tan cloth portfolio cover with dark olive leather spine and corners, worn at the edges.

Portfolio Cover for Twelve Views in North Wales

Paul Sandby, 1776

Chalk drawing of a bearded figure with arms outstretched among clouds, identified as God the Father by Bernardino Campi.

God the Father

Bernardino Campi, 1567/70

Muted landscape with a thatched cottage, church spire, tall trees, and small figures with sheep on a path.

Wooded Landscape with Village Scene

Thomas Gainsborough, early 1770s (not later than 1772)

Pencil and white chalk portrait of an elderly woman in a lace bonnet and dark dress, hands folded, on tan paper.

Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Chandler

Eastman Johnson, 1847

Watercolor of a stone barn interior with a timber roof, chickens on the floor, and a church tower seen through the doorway.

A Barn Interior

William Henry Hunt, 1830/35

Woodblock print of a procession with palanquin, mounted riders, attendants with poles, and an ox-drawn carriage under a canop

Korean Embassy Parade

Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu, 1682

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono and striped hats beside a blossoming cherry branch.

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Tamazawa Rinya

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1715

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a busy street framed by a red gate, with crowds in kimono and shops with signs.

Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara

Attributed to Okumura Masanobu, n.d.

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on tan paper of a reclining female nude seen from behind, with a striped cloth beneath her.

Study of a Sleeping Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1867

Brown ink and wash drawing of three classical women spinning thread, with a Latin inscription tablet at lower right.

The Three Fates

Felice Giani, 1810/20

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded pilgrim in a shell-decorated hat, cloak, and staff, with a gourd at his side.

Saint Roch

called Il Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, n.d.

Soft pastel view of a proposed lakeside park with tree-lined paths, a bridge over a river, and a distant city skyline at suns

Plate 50 A from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Park on the South Shore Looking Northwest Towards…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Aerial perspective drawing of a proposed Chicago lakefront boulevard with gardens, city blocks, and sailboats on the water.

Plate 114 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Proposed Boulevard and Parkway on Michigan Avenue and Pine Street

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Etching of Westminster Palace and Big Ben across the Thames, with boats in the foreground and a decorative sketched border.

Westminster Palace, London

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1884

Study drawing of a praying Virgin with draped cloth and angels, in brown wash and chalk over red grid lines.

Study for the "Madonna of the Rosary"

Federico Barocci, c. 1589

Brown wash drawing of Christ bound to a column while figures with whips and armed soldiers surround him in a stone interior.

The Flagellation of Christ

Palma il Giovane, by 1594