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Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman with wheat and a torch-bearing cherub inside an ornate scrolled cartouche.

Entwurf für Ornamentkartusche mit Darstellung der Ceres mit Ährenbündel und einem Putto mit einer Fackel (Allegorie f…

François Boitard, 1680

Etching of a bent woman sharpening a scythe, head lowered, with dense dark hatching and a pale blue wash on the arm.

Beim Dengeln (Blatt 3 aus "Bauernkrieg", 2. Zustand)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1905

Watercolor of cattle resting beneath a large oak in a forest, with a herdsman, a woman, a goat and a deer nearby.

Unter einen großen Eiche ruht Vieh, in der Ferne ein Reh, links bringt eine Frau dem Hirten das Essen

Johann Georg Pforr, 1791

Study of a flowering elderberry shrub with white blossom clusters and green leaves against a dark brown background.

Flowering elderberry

Charcoal and chalk drawing of large trees beside a pool under a cloudy sky, signed Ph. Röth 1899.

Landschaft mit großen Bäumen

Philipp Röth, 1899

Bauer mit großem Hut und blauer Weste

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a flying nude putto carrying a thyrsus staff with fruit garlands and ribbon.

Schwebender Putto mit geschultertem Thyrsosstab

Moritz von Schwind, 1847

Graphite sketch on grey paper of a flying putto holding a tambourine, with drapery trailing behind him.

Schwebender Putto mit Tamburin

Moritz von Schwind, 1847

Chromolithograph of a spotted trout on a riverbank, with a canoe on a calm river and a forest behind, dated 1880.

Untitled - Samuel Kilbourne, 1880

Samuel Kilbourne, 1880

Watercolour of a clifftop with soldiers, a gun emplacement, barbed wire and a flagpole under a cloudy sky.

Coastal defences

Eric Ravilious, 1940

Watercolour of a white-water torrent rushing through a narrow rocky gorge framed by trees and steep cliffs.

Mountain torrent

Francis Nicholson

Watercolour of a winding river valley with cliffs, native trees and cabbage trees under a cloudy sky.

Upper Rangitikei

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Engraving of a garden fountain with a jet of water, a wolf figure at its base, and tall clipped hedges behind.

Le Loup et le tête

Sébastien Leclerc

Grey chalk drawing of a classical bearded bust on a stepped pedestal, shaded in white highlights on tinted paper.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Lysias

Jean-Baptiste Autrique, 1791

Academic life drawing of a reclining seated male nude on a wooden block, in graphite and white chalk on toned paper.

Academic life drawing study: seated male nude

Joseph Dinnewet, 1845

Charcoal drawing of returning soldiers and a crowd on a dock, with ships and a red cross armband figure in the background.

Soldiers Returning from Cuba

Lluís Graner, 1898

Brown wash drawing of Pluto with a crown leading Proserpine beside a chained three-headed dog, Cerberus, in an oval frame.

Pluto Bringing Proserpine to the Gates of Hell

Bust-length drawn portrait of a bearded man in a white hat and pale robe against a dark background.

Pfalzgraf Friedrich III

Peter Gertner, 1539

Engraving of a crowned seated figure mocked by attendants in an arched interior with a large shell niche.

The Mocking

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure shown in an arched niche above a balustrade, with robed figures and staves in the fore

Ecce Homo

Wenceslaus Hollar

Brown-toned print of a Roman triumphal procession with soldiers, chariot, trumpeters, urns and framing columns.

The Triumph of Julius Caesar [no.3 and 4 plus 2 columns]

Andrea Andreani, 1599

Woodcut of Christ on the cross flanked by a veiled woman and a young man, with a skull at the base and a distant town.

Christ on the Cross with Mary and John

Black and white print of the Entombment: a dead figure on a shroud surrounded by mourners under trees, with a distant city.

The Entombment [recto]

John Baptist Jackson, 1739

Etching of two men in a snowball fight in a winter street, with figures playing under bare trees and a sled at right.

March

Cornelis Dusart, 1680

Engraving of an ornate festival pavilion with statues and urns on a waterfront, with crowds, crates, and a ship at right.

The Preparation of Theriac in Venice, for the "Chinea" Festival

Giuseppe Vasi, 1773

Engraved self-portrait of a young man beside a lion, with putti and a painting of classical architecture on an easel.

Self-Portrait of Joseph Werner

Franz Ertinger, 1662

Woodcut portrait of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-collared robe, with a Latin inscription beneath.

Alessandro Achillini. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1589

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig and white collar, with an inscription panel below.

Theodor Henisch. Line engraving by J.G. Bartsch, 1677

Johann Gottfried Bartsch

Line engraving of a bearded man with curly hair in an oval frame, captioned THEOPHRASTE, after Cl. Reydellet.

Theophrastus. Line engraving by Beyssent after Mlle Cl. Reydellet

Engraved deathbed scene: a cardinal scatters flowers over a figure in a canopied bed, watched by a crowd in period dress.

The deathbed of Raphael Sanzio: Pope Leo X scatters flowers on his dead body. Engraving by Pauquet after P.-N. Bergeret

Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin text in an oval frame.

Joannes Heurnius. Line engraving by W. Swanenburg, 1607

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg

Line engraving portrait of a man with curled hair in an oval, framed by a laurel wreath, coat of arms and Latin inscription.

Michael Henricus Horn. Line engraving by C. Romstet

Christian Romstet