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Woodblock print of travelers in rain on a sloping path, bent against wind, with a palanquin and thatched village roofs.

Shōno

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834

Watercolor of a banjo player, a standing man in a red cardigan, and a barefoot boy dancing in a plain interior room.

The Dancing Lesson

Thomas Eakins, 1878

Embroidered oval picture of a shepherd playing flute and a shepherdess with crook beside sheep in a pastoral landscape.

The Shepherdess of the Alps

Evelina Hull, ca. 1812

Etching of a Bacchanale with satyrs, draped women, a horse, and a classical bust on a pedestal in a frieze-like composition.

Bacchanale

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Pen and ink nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, infant Jesus, shepherds, an ox and angels above, on toned paper.

Nativity

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, before 1761

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth piping for a reclining satyr under trees, with putti and a landscape behind.

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-50

Pen and wash drawing of Samuel anointing a kneeling young harpist before soldiers and onlookers in a classical square.

Samuel Annointing David (recto); Sketch of two figures (verso)

Karel van Mander I, ca. 1591

Pen and wash drawing of a frontispiece design with Mercury and Fame beside a globe, a trumpeting putto, and a blank cartouche

Design for a Frontispiece: Mercury and Fame

Francisco Rizi, 1650

Blue-toned wash drawing of an angel appearing to shepherds at night beside sheep, a cow, a donkey, and a cottage.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1775

John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1779-1802

Oval chalk drawing of a man in a powdered wig and fur-trimmed collar, shown head and shoulders on tan paper.

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1779-1802

Brown wash drawing of shepherds driving a flock of sheep past a laden mule and a palm tree under a cloudy sky.

Pastoral Scene: Shepherds and Their Flock

Michel Corneille the Younger, n.d.

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of an older man in a curled wig, turned three-quarter view, on an oval tan sheet.

Charles Pratt, Baron Camden (later 1st Earl Camden)

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1764-1802

Oval red and black chalk portrait of a man in a buttoned coat, turned three-quarters, on tan paper.

Frederick, Lord North

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1764-1802

Black and white chalk portrait of a man with curly hair and a wide collar, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1610-30

Pen and ink drawing of sleeping figures on a shore under a large tree, with a setting sun over the sea.

Sleep: sketch for the painting, now in the museum at Lille

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1840-98

Grey wash drawing of winged harpies swooping over a feasting king and guests in a columned banquet hall.

The Harpies Driven from the Table of King Phineus by Zetes and Calais

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Drawing of a woman's head tilted upward with a rapt gaze, in black and red chalk on grey paper.

The Head of a Woman Looking Up (Judith)

Guido Reni, 1625-26

Watercolor design of a Gothic Revival altar with a crucifix, starry blue vault, radiating light and a dove above.

Design for Altar, Saint Clotilde

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a scowling bearded satyr face with curly hair on an oval sheet.

Head of a Satyr (Silenus)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1620-30

Sketch of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and a lace collar, drawn in grey chalk on grey paper.

Portrait Study

Anthony van Dyck, 1635-41

Brown wash drawing of a crowned woman beside a lion, looking up at clouds, rushing water and muscular figures in a storm.

The Deliverance of Cybele, an Allegory of the Seasons

Gabriel François Doyen, n.d.

Etching of a great tree with a spiral wooden staircase on a stone terrace, surrounded by tall pines and small figures.

The Tree House at Pratolino

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a Bacchic revel with Silenus riding a goat, surrounded by muscular, partly nude revelers in hatched linework.

Bacchic revel with Silenus in the centre riding a goat

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-43

Watercolor drawing of an ornate covered urn with an eagle finial on a blue and gold pedestal, against a gray-green background

Drawing of Clinton Vase

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1824-25

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono under a pine tree, one holding a folded letter.

A Girl Brings a Love Letter to Another Girl Under a Pine-Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of peasants in a rustic interior with a fish hanging from the beams and figures around a table.

Interior with Peasants

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Pen and watercolor design drawing of a two-wheeled village cart with curved shafts, spoked wheel, and wooden body on grey pap

Village Cart # 3648

Brewster & Co., 1880

Watercolor of a seated young woman with a grape basket on her back beside a rocky slope with wildflowers.

Young Woman in the Vaudois after the Grape Harvest

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, 1821

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling old man serving two seated nude men at a table in a rustic kitchen.

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Baucis and Philemon

Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, 18th century

Watercolor drawing of soldiers and a chariot procession through a classical colonnaded hall, with robed figures raising their

Allegory of Victory of Russians over Napoleon's Army, from a poem by Cremes

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, ca. 1814