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Brown wash drawing of a sacrifice at a smoking altar in a forest, with a raised knife, soldiers and mourning women.

Death of Iphigenia (?)

Attributed to Benjamin West, possibly c. 1758/1759

Charcoal portrait sketch of a bearded man on brown paper, face lightly drawn and surrounded by dense crosshatched strokes.

Charles L. Freer (?)

Follower of James McNeill Whistler, late 19th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large tree over a path, with a tent and sleeping figures at lower left and hills beyond.

Landscape with Sleeping Peasants

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1605

Graphite and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing soft folds of cloth in light and shadow.

Drapery Study for "Mary and Elizabeth Royall"

John Singleton Copley, c. 1758

Chalk portrait drawing of a man in a high collar and white cravat, rendered in brown and white on tinted paper.

Dr. John Warren

Rembrandt Peale, c. 1806

Sheet of black-ink printed seated Buddha figures with halos in repeated rows on paper with torn edges.

Amida Buddha

Etching of a cavalry skirmish with sabers and fallen horses, a hilltop fortress at left and a large tree at right.

The Affair near Konigstein (L'Affaire pres de Koenigstein) [recto]

Gerhardus Emaus de Micault

Etching of Napoleon on horseback beside officers and a wounded man on a smoky battlefield, with soldiers in bearskin caps.

Napoleon I and Captain Elphinstone (Napoleon I et le Capitaine Elphinstone)

Gerhardus Emaus de Micault, 1859

Etching of cavalry soldiers and a grenade explosion in a village, with fallen men and horses in the foreground, dated 1854.

Explosion of a Grenade (L'Explosion d'une grenade)

Gerhardus Emaus de Micault, 1854

Etching of mounted soldiers charging through smoke in a village beside a church tower, with fallen men and horses in the fore

Capture of a Village (Prise d'un village)

Gerhardus Emaus de Micault

Brown-toned drawing of two small figures in a rocky landscape beside a stream, with hills and clouds in the distance.

Figures in a Landscape

William Hart, 1860

Chalk drawing of two women seen from behind, one raising a cup and the other lifting her arm, on grey paper.

Dionysian Revelers

Charcoal sketch of winding garden footpaths, a pavilion, trees and a rounded hill on tan paper.

Footpaths and Pavilion in the Dresden Grosser Garten

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, c. 1909

Pen and brown ink drawing of God the Father pointing with an outstretched arm, surrounded by angels and putti.

God the Father in Glory

Attributed to Andrea Boscoli after Michelangelo

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures and winged putti on clouds, seen from below, with red chalk accents.

Allegorical Figures Seen from Below

Domenico Maria Canuti

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with haloed saints, cherubs, and clouds above a distant town.

Madonna and Child with Saints John and Luke

Jean Cousin the Younger

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mustached man in a voluminous turban with a jeweled clasp and a bird-shaped ornament.

Oriental in a Fantastic Headdress

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1731/1732

Sepia drawing of a forest road with two walkers, rocky banks, and a distant village under clouds.

Road through the Woods near Kresselbach

Head of a Macedonian Soldier

Atelier Assistant of Charles Le Brun, c. 1668

Pastel drawing of an older bearded man with curly gray hair and a yellow garment against a pale blue-gray background.

Head of a Bearded Man

Benedetto Luti, 1715

Pen and ink sketch of several nude men in violent battle poses, with a shield and bearded heads, on buff paper.

Battle of Nude Men

Peter Paul Rubens

Brown wash drawing of a robed prophet gesturing beside a lion, a fallen man, and a donkey under a tree.

The Disobedient Prophet

Benjamin West, 1793

Ink drawing of a vaulted cloister arcade with ribbed arches, columns with carved capitals, and a paved walkway receding into

Koln, Maria-Capitol

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1892

Pencil drawing of a fort's stone walls and watchtower above a grassy moat, with small figures on a path.

Moat at Fort Marion, Florida

James Wells Champney, c. 1874

Sketch of a calm lake with sailboats, distant mountains, and evergreen trees on a grassy shore.

Newport Mountain from Bald Porcupine

George Henry Smillie

Ink and wash drawing of an elderly woman in a chair gazing upward while holding a small child on her lap.

The Grandmother

Honoré Daumier

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of three seated men, the central one leaning forward as if reading.

The Reading

Honoré Daumier

Black chalk drawing of a young man with curly shoulder-length hair and a draped cloak, turned toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Peter Lely, c. 1641

Etching of two horsemen on galloping horses, one striking at the other with a sword across a sketched landscape.

Two Horsemen Fighting

Pieter van Laer

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Roman triumphal procession passing the Colosseum, with soldiers, horsemen and crowds.

A Roman Triumph

Pen and wash drawing of an old water mill with a tiled roof, wooden waterwheel, and stream in the foreground.

An Old Water Mill

Cornelis Adamsz Willaerts

Pen and wash drawing of a door knocker design with a mythological triton and nereid, putti, and acanthus scrolls.

Door Knocker with Triton, Nereid, and Putti

Unknown artist, late 17th or early 18th century