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Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers in patterned aprons, one beside a black bear and bamboo leaves.

Sumo Wrestlers of the Western Group: (right) Kashiwado Kandayu from Edo, (left) and Inagawa Masaemon from Osaka

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1784

Ink and pencil sketches on tan paper: a standing man with folded arms and wide hat, beside faint studies of a group of figure

Two Sketches: Standing Man with Arms Folded and Group of Figures

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, n.d.

Etching of storm clouds swirling over a rugged alpine hillside, rendered in dense hatched lines.

Storm in the Alps, Switzerland

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1908

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a draped woman in a turban leaning on a table, by James McNeill Whistler.

Draped Model

James McNeill Whistler, 1866/69

Etching of a hilltop town with tall medieval towers above terraced orchards and trees in the foreground.

The City of Towers

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Woodblock print of farmers planting rice in flooded paddies, with a man carrying seedlings on a pole among rocks and pines.

Summer: Planting Rice (Natsu: taue no zu), No. 2 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1730s

Hand-colored print of people waving and raising hats in rowing boats on a crowded harbor with ships.

Needle Box decorated with The Regal Set

George Baxter, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a standing figure at a door while a woman looks down from a brick building window; a well and birds at

Saint Peter and Rhoda

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen drawing of ornamental plaster pilaster details with floral bracket and fluted panels, Auditorium Building, Chicago.

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ornamental Plaster Work, Pilaster Details

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman dancing with a fan before a bald man and two seated women in a gold-screened room.

Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Drawing of a young boy with short dark hair in a brown jacket and white collar, labeled Joseph Joachim, 1845.

Joseph Joachim

Wilhelm Girtner, 1845

Narrow Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono standing beside a decorated folding screen.

Taking Leave

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Red chalk drawing of a seated female nude leaning on a ledge, with a faint graphite sketch of a second figure at upper left.

Two Sketches of Seated Female Nude

Attributed to Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of nude putti battling peacocks while others play trumpets and musical instruments in a frieze.

Putti with Peacocks and Musical Instruments

Workshop of Lattanzio Gambara, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with large trees, a stream, small figures, distant ruins, and hills under a warm sky.

Landscape with Figures by a Stream

Johannes Glauber or school of, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of four peasant men in hats gathered at a table, two smiling over a bowl, in a tavern-like interior.

Four Peasants at Table

After Adriaen Brouwer, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders, turned upward, with white highlights and a draped collar.

Divine of Reformation Time

Pieter van Lint, n.d.

Red and black chalk sketch of Orpheus playing a lyre in a boat beside a ferryman, with a winged figure above.

Orpheus on the River Styx

Antoine Coypel, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of Christ beside a nude sick man among onlookers, with tall Corinthian columns and an arcade behind.

Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda

after Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed seated woman in a prison, with a bearded man holding a dish and a winged angel.

Saint Peter Visiting Saint Agatha in Prison and Healing her Wounds

Anton Raphael Mengs, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a frieze of Roman figures, a man with a sword confronting a seated ruler amid soldiers.

Mucius Scaevola Crossing the Tiber, Intending to Assassinate Porsenna but Killing his Treasurer by Mistake

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded man beside a steaming bowl, with a standing robed figure behind him.

Magician Healing Sick Man

Attributed to Felice Giani, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of shepherds adoring the Christ child beneath classical architecture, with a donkey and a statue in a nich

Adoration of the Shepherds: Upper Half

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two horsemen with a falcon and hunting dogs beneath trees and clouds.

Falcon Hunt

Possibly after Bernard van Orley, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and fan walking beside a boy carrying a hobby horse, in striped robes.

Boy on Hobby Horse Followed by Woman Holding Umbrella

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Grey wash study of an elderly robed man bending to rescue a youth on the ground, with a boat and sea behind.

Study for Saint Philip Neri Rescuing a Drowning Youth

Cristoforo Roncalli, 1596/99

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red costume with a sword, beside plum blossoms and a lattice window.

Onoe Kikugorō I as Izumi no Saburō in the Play Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1769

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono reading a letter at a low writing table with brushes and books.

Courtesan Seated at a Writing Table

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. late 1790s

Five-panel woodblock print of a crowded arched bridge over a river, with boats and strollers in kimono.

Cooling Off at Ryōgoku Bridge in Edo, a Pentaptych (Edo Ryôgoku suzumi no zu, gomai tsuzuki)

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1811

Triptych print of court ladies in kimono seated in a palace interior with crane screens and drummers.

Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 1790s

Woodblock print of a thatched boat in reeds with Mount Fuji rising across the water under a dark sky.

Fuji from Ushibori, Province of Hitachi

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849

Black chalk and white highlight study of a greyhound, a reclining dog, and birds on brown paper.

Studies of Animals

Edwin Landseer, 1873