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Engraved double portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed cloak and a woman in a satin gown before classical columns.

Dubbelportret van Frederik Willem I van Brandenburg en Louise Henriëtte van Oranje

Richard Brend’amour, 1891

Engraved portrait of Thomas Muntzer holding a book, with a battle and burning town behind him.

Portrait of Thomas Muntzer

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1701

Brown leather book cover with gilt title Jost Ammann Enchiridion artis pingendi 1578 and a tooled decorative border.

Enchiridion artis pingendi, fingendi & sculpendi

Jost Amman, 1578

Engraved funerary monument with a reclining admiral effigy, putti, coats of arms, and a naval battle relief below.

Graftombe van Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp in de Oude Kerk te Delft

Jan Luyken, 1692

Violin player performing outside a tavern with villagers, children, a dog and chickens in a rustic courtyard scene.

Vioolspeler voor een herberg

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1766

Black-and-white print of old gabled canal houses along the Looiersgracht with a quay and water in front.

Gezicht op enkele huizen aan de Looiersgracht

Willem Wenckebach, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing split into two scenes: Erminia with a shepherd above, and Atalanta hunting a boar below.

Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink sketch of Apollo's chariot and horses driving through clouds, led by the figure of Aurora.

Triumph of Apollo and Aurora

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Circular painted design of a seated woman in pink drapery raising a cup, with two white doves above, on a gold ground.

Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pale floral border design of hydrangea clusters and leaves on a brown ground, an unfinished textile design from 1800.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Design study of a circular memorial window with a winged angel holding a banner, four cross roundels, and acanthus border.

Study for Memorial Window in Church at Oceanic, New Jersey

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Painted landscape of steep mountains rising above a still green lake, with forested slopes and snow in the gullies.

Mountains by the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted landscape of a conical mountain reflected in a calm lake at dawn, with a dark forest shoreline and warm peach sky.

Mt. Katahdin at Sunrise, from Katahdin Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of fishermen in a rowboat inside a cave at night, lit by a torch, with a basket of fish on the rocks.

Water color; Night Fishing at the Entrance to a Cave

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Painted study of a campfire glowing beneath fallen logs beside a stream, with autumn leaves and moss on the forest floor.

Campfire, Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash architectural design of an altar with columns, a coffered arch, a niche statue, and a floor plan below.

Design for an altar for St. Anthony of Padua

Andrea Pozzo, 1700

Octagonal ceiling study in brown wash showing Apollo and the Muses among columns and ornamental panels.

Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two women under cherry blossoms, one sweeping fallen petals with a broom.

April, from series of "Social Customs..."

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Hand-colored print of a Gothic hall at Lambeth Palace with vaulted ceiling, busts, and men in period dress conversing.

Lambeth Palace, from "Ackermann's Repository"

Thomas Rowlandson, 1800

Etching of a dilapidated half-timbered house with a sagging roof, a small girl in a doorway, and a dog on the ground.

The Unsafe Tenement

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Art Nouveau theatre poster of a woman in an ornate gown beside blossoming branches, with red lettering reading Miss Ada Rehan

Ada Rehan

David Allen & Sons Ltd., 1890

Drawing of a man with curly hair in a caped coat with braided cord, turned to the side against a brown toned background.

Elisha Mills Huntington

L. Wieser, 1830

Sepia printed poster with central portrait of Garfield surrounded by family portraits and scenes from his life.

From the Cradle to the Grave

James Abram Garfield, 1880

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair and a flower ornament, glancing over her bare shoulder against a green background.

La Cigale

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Drawing of a winged figure beside clay pots and a spade, with verses from the Rubáiyát written in a panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Heavenly Potter

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Abstract watercolor of overlapping geometric shapes, arcs, and striped forms in muted browns, grays, and yellows.

No. 2

Will Henry Stevens, 1930

Engraved baroque portrait of a man with long hair holding a scroll, framed by ornate scrollwork, ivy and eagles.

Kurfürst Johann Philipp, Erzbischof von Mainz

Johann Georg Waldreich

Dark wash drawing of a bearded man with spear beside a tall monolith, a kneeling nude figure, and distant warriors.

The Meeting of Halfdan and Svipdag at Svarin's Mound

Karl Isakson, 1895-1898

Watercolor of a Martello tower on a shore at sunset, with a fisherman, a sailing boat and cottages.

Martello Tower at St. Leonards against setting sun

Charles Bentley, 1835-1864

Pen and wash drawing of a dense forest with a large twisting tree trunk wrapped in climbing vines.

Dichter Buchenwald mit Schlingpflanzen

Balthasar Anton Dunker

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large gnarled tree in a forest clearing, opening onto a distant valley with hills.

Waldlichtung mit Ausblick in ein offenes Tal

Balthasar Anton Dunker

Brown wash drawing of two turbaned men by a stone block, an elderly bearded man with a cane, and two figures peering behind a

Zwei Magier an einem Steinblock stehend in der Betrachtung am Boden beieinander liegender Stücke bearbeiteten und unb…

Tiberius Dominikus Wocher, 1774