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Pencil drawing of men playing boules under fruit trees, with a woman, a girl and a dog watching beside a stone wall.

Petanque Players in Brittany

Charles Laval, 1890

Engraved bird's-eye view of a large country house with formal gardens, tree-lined avenues, a river and grazing deer.

Great Ribston, plate 61 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Engraved view of a formal country house with gardens, tree-lined avenues, and parkland under a cloudy sky.

Althrop in the County of Northampton, plate 27 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Engraved aerial view of Wimple estate with a central mansion, formal gardens, avenues of trees, and a coat of arms below.

Wimple in the County of Cambridge, plate 32 from Britannia Illustrata

Johannes Kip, published 1707

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red patterned robe with a staff, beneath bare plum branches.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Benkei in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the El…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man with an axe in a curved spandrel, with winged putti holding a wreath and palm.

Design for a Spandrel: A Roman Martyr and Two Putti-Saint Jude the Apostle

Livio Agresti, 1573/75

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded procession in a city square with a central figure, horsemen and classical architectur

Saint Charles Borromeo Entering the Town of Pavia: Design for a Wall Decoration

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and woven hat beside a wooden lattice, 1766.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at th…

Kitao Shigemasa, 1766

Lot's Daughters Fleeing Sodom

Lucas Vorsterman, 1615/20

Woodblock print of two women in kimono reading a letter beside a folding screen and blossoming cherry branch.

The Love Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono by a stony river with blossoms and a poem cartouche.

The Jewel River at Ide (Ide no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu Tamagawa)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a flowered kimono holding a hairpin, with calligraphy above.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as a woman holding a hairpin

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1760

Etched cover of Japonisme showing a heron, frog, dragon vase and scrolls with Japanese characters.

Cover to Japonisme

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1883

Engraving of a farmhouse interior with a hearth, children, spinning women, and men drinking at a table.

The Vigil at the Farm During Winter, Plate 16 from Pastorales

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 1667

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and white collar, printed in warm brown ink.

Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman

Christoffel Jegher, 1632/36

Etching of a steel bridge over a river with a rower in a canoe, moored boats, a shed and houses on the bank.

The Bridge at Gournay, from the Side

Gustave Leheutre, 1895

Woodblock print of an armored samurai on a red horse under a pine tree, with bow and arrows.

Warrior on Horseback

Katsukawa Shunsei, late 1780s or early 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with a carp kite and sword on his back, standing before a pa

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Ashikaga Motouji Disguised as Katagiri Yashichi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Pe…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor disguised as a beggar, in a straw cape and striped robe, holding a yellow bowl.

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I as Kudo Suketsune Disguised as a Beggar in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Perform…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with crossed arms and a grimacing expression, in a patterned robe before a floral screen.

The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding an axe and sword beside a pine tree, c. 1770.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo in the Play N…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in ornate robes and headdress standing beneath cherry blossom branches.

The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Gohiiki no Hana Aikyo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Th…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in green kimono holding a child beside a bamboo fence and wooden gate.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Lady Tokiwa (Tokiwa Gozen) (?) in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba (?), Perfo…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1791

Aged woodblock charm sheet with rows of Kannon figures in oval halos above lotus bases and vertical Japanese text.

Charm from Tanigumisan Kegonji Temple

Unknown artist, 1684

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword, wearing wooden geta sandals.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II

Ippitsusai Bunchō, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor drawing a sword, with autumn maple leaves and reeds behind him.

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Kamei Rokuro Disguised as the Servant Dadahei in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba,…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1791

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women, one kneeling with a temari ball, beside a lattice window overlooking a rice f

Playing Temari

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Engraving of sea gods and tritons battling in rippling water among reeds, with a horn blower and a sword-wielding figure.

Battle of the Sea Gods: Right Half of a Frieze

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, 1470/1500

Etching of a thatched cottage with smoke from its chimney, a large tree at right, and a grazing animal in a distant field.

Les Deux Chaumières

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1907

Etching of a narrow street with a domed church, bell tower, scaffolding and figures at street level, 1909.

The Salute

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Charcoal sketch of a courtroom with robed figures conferring over papers at a railing, and a uniformed officer standing at le

Legal Advice

Jean-Louis Forain, 1915

Pen and ink drawing of a seated shepherdess with a staff, with sheep grazing in a field and trees on the horizon.

The Shepherdess

Jean-François Millet, 1863