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Watercolor of the risen Christ with a banner rising above clouds, an angel, and startled soldiers below.

Resurrection of Christ

Gerardus Gossen, 1827

Three soldiers in plumed hats stand holding halberds in an etching, numbered plate 3 from Callot's Military Exercises.

Drill with Halberds, plate three from The Military Exercises

Jacques Callot, published 1635

Etching of soldiers in plumed hats loading a cannon up a wooden ramp, with a Latin inscription below.

Loading the Canon, plate eleven from The Military Exercises

Jacques Callot, published 1635

Etching of a seated youth leaning on a carved urn among ruined columns, with standing and reclining figures nearby.

Seated Youth Leaning Against an Urn, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50, published 1785

Ink and wash drawing of a seated man in a hat beside a standing figure with a staff, with an easel and canvas in a dim studio

Dr. Nicholas Tulp in Rembrandt's Studio (recto); Scene from Rembrandt's Life (?) (verso)

Jacob Ludovicus Cornet, 1846

Etching of a nymph and small satyr with two goats beside a tree, with a distant town and water in the background.

A Nymph with a Small Satyr and Two Goats, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50, published 1785

Watercolor of sheep and cows grazing beside an uprooted tree, with a herdsman in blue and a distant church spire.

Sheep, Cows, and Herdsman by Uprooted Tree

Frederick Nash, 1802/1856

Etching of three soldiers beside a flag and rock, with a reclining boy in the foreground and a distant landscape behind.

Three Soldiers and a Boy, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740, published 1785

Watercolor of a wooden mineshaft headframe with winding drum, horses and workers on a rubble hillside under a cloudy sky.

Top of Mineshaft

Frederick Nash, c. 1815

Hazy Venetian lagoon with moored boats, a gondola, and a domed church with bell tower under cloudy sky.

Venetian Atmosphere

Style of James McNeill Whistler, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a reclining draped female figure resting on a pillow, with loose strokes on cream paper.

Reclining Draped Figure

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Etching of a bearded man seated against a post with an iron collar, bare feet, and a candle lit beside him.

The Garrotted Man

Francisco Goya, 1778-80

Etching of a flag at left on calm water, with a row of masted ships silhouetted on the distant horizon.

Dipping the Flag

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Engraved landscape with hills, a walled city, herders with animals, and Mercury in the clouds above.

Mercury with the Head of Argus

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with a reclining fisherman, small figures on the banks, and tall trees.

Fisherman and Figures in River Landscape

Follower of Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, 1730-1771

Pen and wash design for a monument with winged Victory, Britannia, a reclining Neptune, lion and anchor motifs.

Design for Monument with Britannia and Neptune

Possibly John Bacon, the elder, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of robed men kneeling before an altar with urns and rods under an arch, with a crowd at le

Prayer for the Flowering of the Rods

after Giotto, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing on blue paper of Christ ascending on clouds above kneeling apostles, a praying woman, and two angels.

Ascension of Christ

after Giotto, n.d.

Pen and gold wash drawing on blue paper of a haloed woman and robed figures in a procession, with trumpeters at right.

Wedding Procession of Mary and Joseph

after Giotto, n.d.

Watercolor of a seated woman in a dark off-shoulder gown, turned to the left, within an oval vignette with stained, damaged b

Seated Woman in Black Gown

possibly William Henry Hunt, n.d.

Pale watercolor of a river with a moored sailboat, riverside cottages, a large tree and a crenellated tower under cloudy sky.

Hampton Court View taken from the Garden Seat

Possibly Henry Edridge, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of two fauns supporting a covered urn with grapevines above a curved archivolt frame.

Design for an Archivolt: Two Fauns Supporting an Urn

Brown etched portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark jacket, turned toward the viewer with a direct gaze.

Whistler

Henri Charles Guérard, 1888

Hand-colored print of a street brawl with drawn swords, a woman in green, onlookers, and a ruined tower behind.

La Rixe (The Brawl)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, c.1788

Lithograph of armored knights on horseback in a field, a foot attendant leading a horse, with sketched faces below.

Weislingen Attacked by Götz's Men

Eugène Delacroix, 1836

Engraving of the Nativity with Mary kneeling by the infant Christ, an old man at a well, and a timber house and arches.

Nativity

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Coloured print of a wedding celebration in a park, with a violinist, a bride in white, a groom in blue, and a crowd of guests

La Noce au Chateau (The Night at the Chateau)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1789

Loose pencil-like sketch of a fish shop front with figures at the counter and a signboard above, by James McNeill Whistler.

Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Etching of a river scene with sailing boats, a wooden pier, a rowboat, chimneys and a city skyline under a hatched sky.

Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

James McNeill Whistler, 1863

Lithograph of a coal wagon pulled up a stony slope by a team of horses, with a driver walking beside them.

The Coal Wagon, plate 7 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone

Théodore Géricault, 1821