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Pencil and wash design for an ornate rococo jewelry box with reclining allegorical figures and a seated figure on the lid.

Design for a porcelain jewel box

Alexander Kips, 1891

Sketch portrait of a standing man in a dark suit leaning on an ornate wooden podium beside a small bell.

Portret van Charles Floquet

Frédéric Florian, 1886

Engraved title page with a laurel-crowned bust on a pedestal, allegorical figures, reading cherubs and an inscribed plinth.

Buste van Hugo de Groot krijgt lauwerkrans

Jan Caspar Philips, 1732

Graphite sketch of a bearded man in a fur cap and robe, reclining with legs outstretched on brown paper.

Zittende man met muts

Jan Bedijs Tom, 1823

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated dog with head lowered, shown in three-quarter view on grey paper.

Seated Dog

Jacob Jordaens, 1638

Ink drawing of a corner house with gabled facades beside a canal in Amsterdam, with a tree and horse cart on the quay.

Gezicht op een hoekhuis aan de Oudezijds Achterburgwal, hoek Rusland

Willem Wenckebach, 1907

Caricature of two men in top hats walking past an iron fence, with a statue and buildings behind, and dialogue text below.

Nathan Judels en Abraham Prikkie wandelen langs een hek

Hendrik Jan Carel Linse, 1895

Self-Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, from "Original Designs of the Most Celibrated Mastesr of the Bolognese, Roman, Fl…

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1790

Brown ink and wash sketch of a kneeling woman before standing figures, with architecture and swirling flames above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing with an empty ornamental cartouche above and a hunter on horseback attacked by snakes below.

Title page for a Series of Hunting Scenes [above]; Unexperienced Hunter attacked by Snakes [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Vertical brown-wash arabesque panel with winged figures, rearing horses, columns and scrollwork ornament.

Arabesque Panel

Jean-Louis Prieur, 1780

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ship deck with rigging, a mast, rough waves and figures near the mast.

Ship Deck with Two Women Lashed to the Mast

Winslow Homer, 1880

Graphite sketch on tan paper showing a fluted shell at left and two studies of bare feet at right.

Studies of Feet, and a Fluted Shell

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Charcoal sketch of an angel with outstretched arm and draped fabric on tan paper.

Study of an Angel with Drapery

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Oil sketch of three Corinthian columns amid rubble under a sunset sky, with hills and a plain beyond.

Classical Ruins, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil studies of winged angel figures on tan paper, with overlapping wings and sketched bodies in various poses.

Sketches of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose oil sketch of a reclining nude woman with arms outstretched against dark, scumbled foliage on a brown ground.

Female Nude

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pale sketch of billowing mist above a horizontal waterfall on brown toned paper, with faint pencil outlines.

Horseshoe Falls from a Distance, Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on tan paper of winged figures flying across the sheet, with a haloed figure at upper right.

Sketches for Faith

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Painted study of a slender palm tree on a grassy slope with rocks and shrubs, against a brown, brushy background.

Palm Trees, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a uniformed soldier lying dead on the ground, boots extended, on tan paper with grid line

Dead Soldier

Ange-Louis Janet Lange, 1830

Painted textile of a seated woman with a cupid, a bearded man, and a large flower bouquet in a vase on the right.

Sense of Sight

Paul Scarron, 1620

Charcoal and chalk study of a seated nude woman from behind, lifting flowing hair within a circular frame.

Study for "The Morning Glory"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Charcoal and white chalk study of a pensive figure in a draped head covering, head resting on one hand, on tan paper.

Portrait of a Costumed Figure

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Brown toned sheet with a faint sketch of figures around a body and a darker ink group with a haloed figure above.

The Entombment

Giulio Romano, 1600

Graphite drawing of a standing nude woman seen from behind with arm extended, with a drapery study in the upper right.

Study of Standing Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Pencil study of a veiled standing nude woman with one arm outstretched, plus a smaller draped figure in the lower right.

Study of Veiled Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Etching of fish women working at a long market counter with figures in the foreground and shuttered buildings behind.

Fish Women, Ostend

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Graphite study of a standing female nude seen from behind, one arm raised, on aged tan paper.

Study of Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man seated with crossed arms, with an allegorical cartouche below.

Elbridge Gerry

John Raphael Smith, 1810

Oval brown portrait of a man in a gilt-dotted medallion on a leather book cover with a gold rosette border.

Joel Barlow (back cover of "The VIsion of Columbus")

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young girl with long hair reading a book at a slanted wooden table.

Schoolgirl

Louise Catherine Breslau, 1920