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Engraved rinceaux ornament with a putto among acanthus scrolls, rosettes, a ribbon bow, and musical instruments below.

Rinceaux Design with Putto, plate 3, from A New Book of Ornaments Useful to all Artists

Simon Gribelin, 1700

Charcoal and chalk study of a kneeling nude woman seen from behind, with a sketched drape of cloth at upper right.

Study of Kneeling Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Painting of a red sandstone palace with twin domes and carved balconies on sandy ground under a pale blue sky.

Fatehpur Sikri, Birbal’s Palace, India

Lockwood de Forest, 1880

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing woman in a fur coat and long dark skirt on brown paper.

The Ermine Coat

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Engraved portrait of a seated man with eyes lowered, one hand resting at his temple, wearing a dark buttoned coat.

Blind Tom

Thomas Greene Wiggins, 1860

Lithograph portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark jacket and bow tie.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Book cover with engraved bust portrait of a man above title text reading The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns.

The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns

Unknown artist, 1850

Campaign print with oval portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin under an eagle and draped curtains, 1860.

Republican Banner for 1860

Cole Brothers, 1860

Charcoal drawing of officials in uniform and top hats at a crowded exposition inauguration before an ornate pavilion.

Inauguration de L'Exposition Internationale de Liege, en 1905

Paul Renouard, 1900

Pastel portrait of a curly-haired child glancing over the shoulder beside a dark monkey, in soft green and pink tones.

Child with Monkey

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with a bob haircut and red lips, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with yellow rosettes and a pale green

Spanish Fantasy II (Juliet Fremont)

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of red-roofed towers rising above a city wall in Nuremberg, with birds flying and bare trees below.

Towers from the City Wall, Nuremberg

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair in a green open-collared shirt against a tan background.

Young Poet

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Drawing of a seated woman with a flower crown beside a river, with handwritten verse text on the left.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The River-Lip

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Black and white chalk drawing of two hands emerging from dark clouds, tangled in twisting chains on tan paper with a black bo

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Pardon Giving and Pardon Imploring Hands

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a man in fringed buckskin smoking a feathered pipe beside a tepee, with mountains and figures in the distance.

A Shoshonee Indian Smoking

Alfred Jacob Miller, 1860

Black and white chalk sketch of an elderly man with head bowed, hand raised to his chin, on brown paper.

Kopfstudie eines nach unten blickenden älteren Mannes

Nicolas Lancret, 1701

Chalk head study of a young boy with curly hair on brown paper, gazing outward.

Der Sohn Rudolf als Knabe (Kopfstudie)

Wilhelm Herbig, 1814

Brown wash drawing of a young woman in a head covering bending over an open book she is reading.

Brustbild eines lesenden Mädchens mit Haube

Brown wash drawing of a robed figure blessing loaves of bread before a crowd on rocky ground under a radiant sky.

The miraculous multiplication of loaves

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre

Grey wash drawing of a young woman in a headscarf holding a swaddled infant on her lap, signed Dielmann, dated 1839.

Junge Frau, auf dem Schoß ein kleines Kind haltend

Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann, 1839

Brown wash drawing of several playful putti crowded together, pressing grapes in a vessel.

Sechs Amouretten, die Wein keltern

Pen and watercolor sketch of women and children gathered on a lawn under trees, with a woman in a white dress at center.

Gruppe von Frauen und Kindern im Freien

Brown ink drawing of a winged angel with a sword confronting a man riding a donkey in a landscape.

Der Engel erscheint Bileam

Watercolor and pen drawing of cattle and sheep drinking at a pond, with a horseman and resting figures under a large tree.

Rastende Hirten an einer Wasserstelle

Jacob van Strij

Loose oil study of a white shirt sleeve and hanging hand on a tan ground, with dark jacket sketched at left.

Study of a sleeve

Loose oil sketch of a shaded wooded path beside a large tree, with a small figure walking on a sunlit slope in the distance.

Ravine

Grayscale drawing of a seated writer at a candlelit desk, surrounded by framed vignettes of dramatic scenes.

Schiller am Schreibtisch

Study of a young woman in a green skirt carrying a small child on her hip, with handwritten numbers in the margins.

Kleines Bauernmädchen ein anderes Huckepack tragend

Grey wash drawing of a seated writer at a desk by candlelight, framed by ten vignettes of dramatic scenes.

The Bride of Messina

Watercolor interior of a farmhouse with a seated woman, a man in a doorway, a maid with buckets, and a courtyard beyond.

Im Inneren eines Bauernhauses, an der Tür sitzt die Frau, mit dem hinausgehenden Mann sprechend, rechts die Magd mit…

Hermanus van Brussel

Graphite sketchbook page with a rough landscape study of hills, trees and shaded rocks above a horizon line.

Landscape sketches. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891