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Engraved domestic interior with a seated woman, a man holding an infant, a child playing with a dog, and a wicker cradle.

Young family in the morning

Daniël Vrijdag, 1775

Engraved allegory showing a winged old figure among scattered books, a scholar writing at a table, and cherubs sorting manusc

Allegory of faith and the sciences

Johann Martin Weis, 1736

Etched portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, lace collar and dark cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman I, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Engraving of an elderly saint carried by two winged angels through an arched hall, with monks watching and Latin text below.

St. Peter Nolasque Carried to Offices by Angels

Claude Mellan, 1620

Etching of a haloed preacher on a stone platform addressing a crowd, with a seated beggar and kneeling women in the foregroun

Christ Preaching ("La Petite Tomb")

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Grey and ochre study of draped classical figures in an arched tympanum, with a panel inscribed CICERO.

Study for Tympanum in Honor of Cicero

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Brown ink drawing of rowing boats attacking a whale in a harbor, with a crowd on the quay and classical buildings behind.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius at Ostia

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink drawing of Alexander the Great in armor facing the reclining philosopher Diogenes beside an arch, with soldiers and

Alexander the Great and Diogenes

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink drawing of Madonna holding the Christ child, with St. Joseph standing behind them at left.

Madonna and Child with St. Joseph

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal sketch of a reclining nude figure with a raised knee and extended arm on irregular tan paper.

Sketch of Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints, a lion, angels and classical temples in a landscape.

Madonna and the Infant, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene and Angels, after Correggio

Felice Giani, 1810

Oil study of a fig tree covered in philodendron vines rising from rocks, with a hazy sky and distant trees.

Fig Tree and Wild Philodendron, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed figures around an altar with a kneeling figure and trumpeters.

Heathen Sacrifice, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Oil sketch of a green alpine valley with a sunlit jagged mountain range, forested slopes, and small farm buildings.

Reiter Alpe from Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted study of fluted Doric columns and an entablature on a hillside, with blue sky and distant mountains behind.

Columns of the Parthenon, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Engraving of three men in 18th-century dress on a cobbled street, one holding a drawn sword, beside stone buildings.

L'Etourdi (The Blunderer), Oeuvres de Molière (Works of Molière), Vol. I

Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet, 1770

Loose oil sketch of a dark sailboat on calm water before reddish hills and a cloudy sky.

The Strait of Messina, Looking towards Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor interior of a 19th-century drawing room with green sofa, patterned wallpaper, fireplace and framed pictures.

An Interior

Mary Ellen Best, 1830

Pastel drawing of a standing woman in a blue striped robe beside a railing with morning glories, with boats in a harbor behin

Morning Glories

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Engraved portrait of William Augustus Bowles in a feathered headdress, ruffled shirt and sash, against a dark background.

William Augustus Bowles

Joseph Grozer, 1790

Oval graphite portrait of an older man in a dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes and braided collar.

Isaac Hull

Louis Jean-baptiste H. Pellegrin, 1840

Engraved view of a grand Victorian hall with checkered floor, iron balconies, glass display cases, and strolling figures.

Model Hall, Patent Office

Norris Peters, 1870

Half-length drawing of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and cravat against a brown background.

James Whitcomb

Unknown artist, 1810

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in ceremonial robes with a laurel wreath, sceptre, orb and throne.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Auguste G. L. Boucher-Desnoyers

Half-length portrait print of a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat, mounted on burlap backing.

George Washington

William Nutter, 1790

Lace Making

Joseph Bail, 1920

Vamp of 1900 (Lottie Stein)

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal landscape of dark trees on the left, an open field, a faint distant house, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Abstract watercolor and ink landscape of outlined organic shapes in olive, brown, green and blue, dated 1940.

Over the Harbor, Centerport

Arthur Dove, 1940

Woodcut of the seated child Christ holding a globe, with a radiating halo of lines behind his curly head.

Christus als Kind, sitzend mit der Weltkugel

Wilhelm Traut, 1601

Engraved portrait of a man with a mustache holding a scroll, framed by ornate scrollwork, eagles and a coat of arms.

Maximilian Heinrich, Erzbischof von Köln

Johann Georg Waldreich