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133,140 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, a veiled woman, and figures gathered around them.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Ubaldo Gandolfi, mid-to late 18th century

Woodcut of the Whore of Babylon riding a seven-headed dragon, with angels and a burning city above a crowd below.

The Whore of Babylon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1497-98

Etching of nude children playing with a donkey, one riding on its back while others push and pull around it.

Bacchanale with Children and Donkey

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 19th century

Engraved frieze of armor, weapons, banners and trumpets with a helmeted female warrior at center and reclining figures.

Combats et Triomphes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Print of ten stacked decorative friezes with scrolling foliage, dragons, winged putti and grotesque masks.

Designs for Ten Decorative Friezes

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515

Engraving of a workhouse interior with a gentleman and two fashionable women at left and working women and children at right.

A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4

William Hogarth, before April 1732

Engraving of a crowded street with soldiers, a drummer, onlookers, and figures at windows, after Hogarth.

The March to Finchley (A Representation of the March of the Guards towards Scotland in the Year 1745)

Luke Sullivan, December 31, 1750

Chromolithograph trading card of a jockey in yellow and blue striped silks holding a riding crop, Baron de Rothschild, 1888.

Baron de Rothschild, from the Racing Colors of the World series (N22a) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Pastel drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, stepping into a blue tub against an orange wall.

Bather Stepping into a Tub

Edgar Degas, ca. 1890

Two lovers embrace in Persian dress against a gold-flecked background with flowering stalks, a wine flask and fruit.

The Lovers

Riza-yi 'Abbasi, dated 1039 AH/1630 CE

Brown wash drawing of fashionably dressed figures with fans gathered in a tiled interior beside a draped curtain.

"In Piazza"

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of two women in patterned robes crouching in grass at night, with a torch-bearing figure on a distant hill.

A Young Man and Women in the Moor of Musashino; Parody of the Akuta River episode of the Tale of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-66

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and lantern walking through falling snow beside an attendant at night.

Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of three women in kimono wading through a shallow river beside yellow flowering shrubs.

The Tama River at Ide, Yamashiro Province

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1766

Brown wash drawing of a classical stage interior with columns, arched niches holding statues, and a coffered dome.

Stage Design, with Four other Drawings

Tranquillo Orsi

Printed sheet of standing Bodhisattva Guanyin on a lotus base, with flanking inscriptions and a column of Chinese text below.

The Greatly Merciful, Greatly Compassionate Rescuer from Suffering, Bodhisattva Guanyin

Lei Yanmei, dated 947

Brown wash drawing of an octagonal interior with columns, statues in niches, and a coffered dome.

Interior of an Octagonal Room (Stage Design?)

Tranquillo Orsi, ca. 1790-1830

Engraved landscape with a gnarled tree, thatched cottage, winding road, and a resting figure under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Thomas Gainsborough, 1750

Charcoal drawing of a wooden church with shingled roofs and bell tower, flanked by stone pillars and trees.

Church in Osiek

Julian Fałat, 1906

Grid of fifteen pastel panels showing a haloed saint's face and sword at top, dissolving into swirling brown and blue forms b

Saint Stanislaus (Wawel Cathedral stained glass designs)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Hand-colored print of a river valley with steep rocky cliffs, forest, and three men with a dog beside a rowing boat.

View in Torresdales River

John William Edy, 1812

Black chalk drawing of a standing man in turban and oriental costume holding a curved sword, with a seated figure at right.

Standing Man in Oriental Costume

Karel van Mander III, 1670

Pen and brown ink drawing of a ruined church with a spire, trees, a thatched shed and a waterway in the foreground.

The Derelict Church of Sloten

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Sepia print of sailing boats battling rough sea waves under a dark, cloud-filled sky with a distant shoreline.

The Mouth of the Thames - Isle of Sheppey in Distance

after Joseph Mallord William Turner Frank Short, 1891

Sepia print of a ruined Romanesque cathedral interior with rounded arches, carved columns, open windows and overgrown rubble.

Holy Island Cathedral

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, published 1808

Sepia engraving of a waterfall cascading between wooded cliffs, with seated figures on rocks in the foreground.

The Fall of the Clyde

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, published 1809

Sepia engraving of boys at a wooden trough under large trees, with a distant town and open landscape behind them.

Juvenile Tricks

Joseph Mallord William Turner and William Say, published 1811

Sepia engraving of boys fishing at a riverbank beside large willow trees, with a house in the distance.

Young Anglers

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Robert Dunkarton, published 1811

Sepia print of a dead tree, rocky cliffs and a seated armored knight beside a shield, with birds in the sky.

From Spenser's Fairy Queen

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Thomas Hodgetts, published 1811

Sepia engraving of a water mill beside a stream, with horses and cows wading, a dog on the path, and a woman seated on a wall

Water Mill

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Robert Dunkarton, published 1812