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Brown wash drawing of Venus presenting Cupid to Calypso in a wooded landscape with cherubs, doves and a chariot.

Venus Presents Cupid to Calypso, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 7

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of a young man leaning on a rock while a laurel-crowned bearded priest gestures beside him, with sheep and

Telemachus is Consoled by Termosiris, Priest of Apollo, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 2

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Sepia drawing of a seated youth playing panpipes for shepherds beneath palm trees, with cattle and a pyramid in the distance.

Telemachus Plays and Sings to the Shepherds in Egypt, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 2

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown watercolor of a laurel-crowned young man addressing bearded elders seated under trees before classical columns and a cr

Telemachus Describes How He Was Admitted into the Assembly in Crete, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 5

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned samurai robes holding a katana, with calligraphy at upper right.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Fuwa no Bansaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of thirteen haloed Buddhist figures in tiers among swirling clouds, with a patterned border.

The Thirteen Buddhas

Unknown artist, 16th century

Early Japanese woodblock print of a man and woman with a parasol below two women on a wooden veranda in patterned kimono.

On the Yoshida Highway

Attributed to Sugimura Jihei, c. 1685

Woodblock print of a procession of kimono-clad women and men with parasols walking past a lattice-fronted building.

A Parade of Courtesans

Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1690

Japanese woodblock print of people cooling off on a boat and riverbank beneath a moon and willow tree on a summer evening.

Cooling Off on a Summer Evening

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a fur-textured costume leaping with a sword, with calligraphy in the margins.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Fujiwara no Kanemichi in the play "Otomo no Matori," performed at the Nakamura Theat…

Tsunekawa Shigenobu, 1726

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono on a veranda beside bamboo and a stream.

The Actors Nakamura Takesaburō as Kewaizaka no Shōshō and IchikawaDanjurō II as Soga Gorō

Torii Kiyomasu I, 1715

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned yellow kimono standing beneath a cherry branch with calligraphy.

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a woman standing beneath a cherry tree

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1724

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono playing sugoroku, one standing and smoking a pipe.

Sugoroku Players

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1750

Engraved aerial view of a country estate with a large mansion, formal gardens, tree avenues, and fields, with a distant town.

Maddingley, plate 57 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Engraved aerial view of Melton Constable estate in Norfolk, with a manor house, formal gardens, canals and tree-lined avenue.

Melton Constable in the County of Norfolk, plate 51 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Charcoal and chalk studies of a female figure with raised arm on tan paper, by Edgar Degas.

Study of a Singer

Edgar Degas, 1878/80

Engraved bird's-eye view of Knole mansion with formal gardens, orchards, a deer park and a carriage on the drive.

Knowle in the Parish of Sevenoaks in Kent, plate 24 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Engraved bird's-eye view of Ingleby Manor, showing a central house, formal gardens, orchards, and surrounding hills.

Ingleby Mannor, plate 60 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with a samisen watching two attendants play with a ball beneath plum blossoms.

Courtesan Watching Her Attendants Playing with a Ball

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Bird's-eye engraving of Hampton Court palace with formal gardens, parkland avenues, river boats and a royal coat of arms.

Hampton Court, plate six from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Engraved bird's-eye view of a formal country estate with symmetrical gardens, orchards, fields, and a coat of arms below.

Acklam in Cleveland in the County of Yorke, plate 64 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks swimming near a blossoming plum branch above rippling water.

Mandarin Ducks Swimming under Plum Branch

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1764/75

Japanese print of a white and a brown rooster fighting beneath a branch of pink plum blossoms.

Cocks Fighting Under a Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770s

Woodblock print of three Japanese women in patterned kimono with ornate hairpins, one holding a pipe and another carrying a b

Tamazusa of Iedaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a chrysanthemum-patterned kimono with ornate hair pins, by Katsukawa Shunsho.

Courtesan Wearing a Chrysanthemum-Patterned Kimono

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of women and a child around a koto, with calligraphy in a cloud panel and bamboo at right.

Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quart…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blossom-patterned kimono beside a flowering tree and woven fence.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Osaku (?) in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theate…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in costume, one with a raised sword, under red maple leaves, c. 1774.

The Actors Ichikawa Raizo II as Kojiro Masahira (right) and Ichikawa Danzo IV as Doi no Yataro (left), in the Play Ka…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1774

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing by a pine tree and one seated in a green patterned kimono.

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), and Ichikawa Komazo I as Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana…

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1771

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a black hood and patterned kimono holding a fan, with calligraphy at

The Jewel River of Plovers (Chidori no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu Tam…

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a woman treading cloth in a stream while two sages sit on a rocky cliff above, one playing a flute.

Two Sages Gazing at a Beauty Treading Cloth (parody of Kume Sennin)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beneath a drooping willow tree, with a Japanese poem inscription at upper left.

Poem by Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75