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Brown ink and wash drawing of cherubs among clouds with handwritten staff lines and a dedication to Edith.

A Poem without Words

Henry Mosler, 1886

Brown ink drawing of a feathered female figure in a chariot drawn by two unicorns, with an armadillo in the foreground.

America

Maerten de Vos, c. 1585

Watercolor of a tall medieval tower on a misty Rhine riverbank with moored sailing boats and a hilltop castle.

Oberwesel on the Rhine

David Roberts, 1831

Brown wash drawing of women finding an infant in a basket on a riverbank, with classical buildings and clouds in the distance

The Finding of Moses

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, c. 1685/1690

Brown wash drawing of a winged figure descending above falling, contorted bodies among clouds, on an octagonal sheet.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Palma il Giovane, c. 1585

Engraving of the Betrayal of Christ with soldiers, torches and halberds crowding the central figure, and a kneeling figure pr

The Betrayal

Unknown artist, 15th century

Woodcut oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, framed by flowers, above a printer's imprint and a mermaid border.

John Day, Printer

Attributed to John Bettes, 1562

Engraved equestrian portrait of an armored rider on a rearing horse, with a battle scene and fortified town behind.

Maurice, Prince of Orange on Horseback

Egbert van Panderen

Engraved portrait of a woman in a patterned gown, ruff, pearls and feathered headdress, with verse text below.

Anne of Denmark

Attributed to Cornelis Boel

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a tall hat and ruff, with cherubs and a coat of arms above.

Henricus Percye (Henry Percy, Ninth Earl of Northumberland)

Francis Delaram

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a ruff collar holding a baton, framed by scrolls and a coat of arms.

William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke

Simon de Passe after Paulus van Somer I

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curled hair and a lace collar, inside an ornate scrolled frame.

Francis Hawkins, Jesuit

John Payne, published 1654

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark cap and white ruff collar, with an inscription below naming Lancelot Andrew

Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester

David Loggan, 1675

Cubist still life drawing of a bottle and wine glass on a table, rendered in graphite and white chalk on brown paper.

Still Life

Roger de La Fresnaye, probably 1920

Engraving of a bearded faun and nude woman seated under a tree with a child, a dog, and a distant town with a tower.

Faun Family

Giovanni Battista Palumba, c. 1507

Two sailing boats on a sandy beach with figures and a cart near the water, under a pale grey sky.

Blankenberge No.3

William Stanley Haseltine, 1875

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family in a skiff with two angels, one winged figure at the bow and another soaring above.

The Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family and Two Angels in a Skiff

Giustino Menescardi

Gold-printed endpaper on rose paper showing many animals, small human figures and a central tree in rows.

Endpaper with Animals and Figures

Four haloed saints in colored ink on parchment, one holding a palm frond, with inscriptions naming them above.

Saints Cyprian, Vitus, Stephan, and Cornelius

Unknown artist, third quarter 12th century

Engraving of villagers in a wooded landscape, with a figure in a feathered hat and a woman with flowing hair in the foregroun

The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1570

Etching of a dense cluster of trees on a rise beside a small figure, with hatched sky and distant hills at left.

Hermit's Woods (Le Bois de l'ermite)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1858

Etching of a veiled woman in an ornate chair under a canopy, surrounded by bearded men and halberd-carrying guards.

Margaret of Austria Being Carried in a Chaise

Raffaello Schiaminossi, 1612

Pen and ink drawing of a seated nude warrior with a sword, skull, lion, and classical ruins, by Maerten van Heemskerck.

Simeon the Patriarch

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1549

Brown ink drawing of God the Father on clouds with angels playing harp and lute and putti below.

God the Father and Angels on Clouds

Raffaello Motta

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of the Virgin rising among clouds, with angels above and reaching figures below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Unknown artist, mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a large tree over a meadow with a resting shepherd, two cows, and birds in a hatched sky.

Meadow with a Shepherd and Cows

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1617

Chalk drawing of an elderly woman with wrinkled face and gray head scarf, with red shawl visible at shoulders.

Bust of an Old Woman Wearing a Head Scarf

Lagneau, c. 1625

Etching of the Nativity with Mary and the infant Christ, God the Father and dove of the Holy Spirit above, and angels.

The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Spirit

Salvatore Castiglione, c. 1645

Etching of peasants brawling outdoors near a tree, with scattered playing cards and a village in the background.

Peasants Fighting

Anton Joseph Prenner after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1728/1735

Red chalk drawing of a gentleman lounging in a carved rococo chair with legs stretched out before him.

Gentleman Lounging in a Chair

Charles André van Loo

The Angel of the Annunciation

Guercino, c. 1638/1639

Woman's Head