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Watercolor drawing of a violinist and villagers gathered outside a rustic ale house with a tankard, children, and a dog.

Strolling Violinist at an Ale House Door

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Pen and wash drawing of two officers meeting before soldiers, flags and a city gateway, in a circular composition.

Captain de Bours handing over the Keys to the Citadel of Antwerp to the Estates General

Maerten de Vos, mid-16th-early 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a black-robed saint with a torch and cross triumphing over fallen figures beneath an angel.

An Allegory of the Triumph over Heresy, with St. Domenic to the Fore

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1650-60

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods gathered on clouds, with a bearded central figure gesturing and putti below.

Council of the Gods

Giacomo Zoboli, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd of muscular figures gesturing beneath classical arches and an elevated platform.

Ecce Homo

Maarten van Heemskerck, 16th century

Japanese woodblock print of a man in striped winter robes and a straw hat, with a sword and basket, in a snowy bamboo grove.

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man in Winter Apparel

Katsukawa Shunkō, dated 1788

Woodblock print of a young man in a checkered kimono and floral robe, looking down and holding a folded letter.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a Young Man Holding a Folded Letter

Nishimura Shigenaga, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono climbing a ladder to reach a flowering branch with green leaves.

Young Woman Climbing a Ladder

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Small etching of a bearded man with lowered eyes, head covered by a hood, rendered in loose cross-hatched lines on brown pape

Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Sepia drawing of a semi-nude woman and a winged cupid on a crescent moon boat drifting through clouds.

La Folie l'égare (Folly Adrift)

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, ca. 1808

Side-view design drawing of a black brougham carriage with red spoked wheels on a grey background.

Brougham #3477b

Brewster & Co., 1878

Side-elevation drawing of a black brougham carriage with yellow pinstriping and spoked wheels on grey paper.

Brougham #3606

Brewster & Co., 1880

Drawing of a bearded clergyman in an oval medallion framed by allegorical figures, putti, and a coat of arms.

Portrait of Johann Schweickhardt von Kronberg, Archbishop of Mainz

Gerhard Brück, early 17th century

Side-view drawing of a black brougham carriage with green wheels and trim, numbered 3734, on grey paper.

Brougham #3734

Brewster & Co., 1882

Side view drawing of a cabriolet carriage numbered 3560, with blue spoked wheels and a red-brown body on tan paper.

Cabriolet #3560

Brewster & Co., 1879

Ink and wash design drawing for a square ornamented tile with a central radiating motif, zigzag border and blue corner rosett

Design for Ornamented Tile

Stuttgart Carl Faber, 19th century

Side view drawing of a red and blue victoria carriage with spoked wheels on a grey background.

Victoria #3750

Brewster & Co., 1882

Side-view watercolor drawing of a black wagonette carriage with yellow wheels, labeled No. 3703 at top.

Wagonette Break #3703

Brewster & Co., 1881

Watercolor wallpaper design of intertwined brown branches with oak leaves, acorns, and small purple and pink flowers.

Design for wallpaper featuring oak leaves, acorns, and intertwined twigs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Colored design drawing of a yellow and black wagonette carriage in side view, numbered 3844, on gray paper.

Design for Omnibus or Wagonette, no. 3844

Brewster & Co., 1883

Side-view drawing of a green and black open phaeton carriage with spoked wheels, numbered 3566 on the sheet.

Design for 4 seat Phaeton, no top, no. 3566

Brewster & Co., 1880

Watercolor design of a neoclassical bedroom with a canopied bed between columns, red drapery, and relief panels.

Design for a Bedroom

Charles Percier, 1785-1838

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray of many human-faced piglets crowding to suckle a large sow beside a thatched cottage

"More Pigs Than Teats",-or-the New Litter of Hungry Grunters, Sucking John-Bull's-Old-Sow to Death

James Gillray, March 5, 1806

Etched portrait of a young man in a fur cap and buttoned jacket, with curly hair and a direct gaze.

The Artist's Son, Titus (copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca.1656

Etching of the Virgin and Child with a halo, flanked by saints in flowing robes, rendered in fine hatched lines.

The Virgin and Child accompanied by saints

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1550

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of a woman holding a severed bearded head by the hair, with a servant behind her.

Judith

Ludolf Büsinck

Dark interior drawing of a figure reading at a round table lit by a lamp, with warm red tones on the tabletop.

Figure Reading at a Table in an Interior at Night

Vilhelm Hammershøi, ca. 1891

Woodblock print of a crowded Japanese kabuki theater with tiered balconies, paper lanterns, and an actor on stage.

Ichikawa Danjūrō II (?) Performing Shibaraku in the Ichimura Theater

Torii Kiyotada, ca. 1738

Pencil and wash drawing of a road lined with pollarded willows, with a figure sweeping in the foreground and walkers in the d

Road in Etten

Vincent van Gogh, 1881

Two Lansquenets

Erhard Altdorfer, 1513

Black chalk and white heightened study of a figure in a draped ceremonial robe and cap on brown paper.

Study for a Portrait of a Doge

Circle of Tintoretto, fourth quarter 16th century

Sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated nude figure with one arm raised to the head and legs stretched out.

Seated Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, early 17th century