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Black chalk drawing of a reclining female nude resting her arm on a rock, legs stretched diagonally across the sheet.

Study of a Female Nude

William Hogarth

Study of a Cow

Thomas Gainsborough, 1755

Pen and wash drawing of agitated figures in a classical colonnade, with raised arms and a central standing man in a toga.

The Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans

James Jefferys, 1777

Brown watercolor of Ouse Bridge in York with boats on the river, a church spire, and figures on the bank.

Ouse Bridge, York

Thomas Girtin, 1800

Pencil and wash drawing of a Romanesque church interior with arches and columns leading to an altar with a lectern.

East End of the Abbey Church of Saint-Georges de Boscherville, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Sepia wash drawing of a wooded landscape with trees, a seated shepherd, sheep grazing, and a distant view.

Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep

Thomas Gainsborough, 1765

Brown wash drawing of a carriage pulled by two horses, with a coachman on top and standing figures in the foreground.

A Carriage and Pair, with Coachman

Paul Sandby, 1774

Pencil and chalk drawing of two draped standing figures with a staff, plus a small head sketch and inscription at right.

Study of Figures for "A View of the Campagna"

Richard Wilson, 1755

Pencil sketch of Rome with St. Peter's dome, a bell tower, distant domes, walking figures and a donkey in the foreground.

Rome from San Spirito

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing young man in a tricorn hat, seen in three-quarter view.

Full-length Study of a Young Man

Pen drawing of tall cypress and leafy trees in a garden grove, with a small statue among the trunks, on tan paper.

Trees in the Villa Negroni Planted by M. Angelo

John Flaxman Jr.

Pencil and chalk drawing of a bearded man in a tall cap with a brooch, gazing upward against grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Oriental

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1752

Sketch of a dim foundry interior with a large iron beam, dark furnace opening, and machine parts scattered on the floor.

West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, New York

John Ferguson Weir, 1864

Trade circular with numbered colored illustrations of 1830s furniture and a central view of Meeks & Sons' New York factory.

Joseph Meeks & Sons' Manufactory of Cabinet and Upholstry Articles: Circular No. 6

Endicott & Swett, 1833

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling mountains and a valley under cloudy sky, with a stone wall in the foreground.

The Vale of Ambleside, Wansfell

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pastel study of a young woman with long flowing red hair and a pale white garment against a dark background.

Study for the Head of Ophelia, in The Play Scene, in Hamlet

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897

Loose brown wash landscape of rolling hills with faint pencil figure sketch in the sky area.

Landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink and wash drawing of rearing horses and a fallen figure in a dramatic mythological scene.

Hippolytus

Abraham Bloemaert

Sketch of a woman in a yellow dress with a brown veil over her face, drawn in chalk and graphite on tan paper.

Study, Woman in yellow dress with brown veil over face

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of female figures with raised arms and flowing drapery in dancing poses.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Light" mural in the rotunda of the Pennsylvania state capitol building, Harrisburg, 1…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a muscular male nude falling diagonally with outstretched arms and legs.

Falling Figure

Joseph Parrocel

Watercolor of women in a gilded 18th-century dressing room, one arranging another's hair beside a mirror.

The Tradeswoman in the Dressing Room

Nicolas Lavreince, 1782

Pastel sketch of a narrow courtyard with an archway, hanging laundry, shuttered windows and small figures.

Corte del Paradiso

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a house, one pounding grain with a pestle while the other kneels by a tub.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kenkaya Gorouemon and Segawa Kikunojo I as Osen in the play "Hatsugoyomi Akinai Soga…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1732

Japanese woodblock print of a long-tailed bird flying beside yellow hibiscus flowers against a green background.

Long-tailed bird and hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Two-part Mexican broadside with engraved portraits of General Zaragoza and General Porfirio Díaz and printed Spanish text.

The Battle of May 5, 1862: The Great Triumph of Mexico over France!

José Guadalupe Posada, 1888/1910

Brown ink drawing of a sun chariot in clouds above a seated woman, a pointing youth, and a classical landscape with buildings

Study for the Omen of the Future Greatness of Augustus: Left Portion

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a man with curly hair and an open white collar, on tan paper, with an inscription in the upper left.

Anthony van Dyck

Possibly after Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stone interior, with an angel above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Style of Johann von Aachen, n.d.

Sketch of the Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the infant John the Baptist in a niche, drawn in graphite on toned pa

The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant John the Baptist

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a couple embracing before a classical city with domes, soldiers, a ship, and a crowd.

Dido and Aeneas Embracing before Gates of Carthage

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman with an orange parasol beside a willow and stream, with a frog in the water below.

Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu in the Play Geiko Zashiki Kyogen

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776