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Pen and ink sketch of a top-hatted man running to catch a train while a bearded guard holds the carriage door open.

Man Catching Train

Attributed to Charles Samuel Keene, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of East End gin shop with barrels labeled Gin and Rum, a girl and women in shawls in the foreground.

London East End: Sketch in an East End Gin Shop

Philipp William May, 1899

Watercolor of two men in period dress with a seated woman in gold, a greyhound, and red drapery in an interior.

Francis I and the Duchess d'Étampes

After Richard Parkes Bonington, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman in peasant costume with a dark headscarf and red bodice on an oval sheet.

Sketch of Seated Woman in Peasant Costume

After John Frederick Lewis, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of a river with willow trees, cows, a pointing man in a yellow hat, and distant hills.

Scene at Lutworth

After Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1870/80

Watercolor of a rocky harbor shore with moored boats, bollards, coiled rope, and chalk cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Scarborough Shore

William Roxby Beverley, c. 1860

Watercolor still life of pink bindweed, a moss-covered nest with eggs, hazelnuts, and honeysuckle on a mossy bank.

Convobuli and Nest

Jabez Bligh, c. 1863

Ink sketch of a man in a hat beside a horse, with loose diagonal hatching in black and grey.

Man with Horse

Anders Zorn, n.d.

At the Wall, Commune Episode

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1893

Etching of a crowded cabaret audience facing a blank white screen framed by an ornate decorative arch.

At the Chat Noir

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1893

Charcoal drawing of a palace facade behind a formal garden, with a sculpted fountain in the foreground and trees framing the

Palace La Granga, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Dark sketch of Segovia's tall arched aqueduct over a street, with two cloaked figures in the foreground and pedestrians below

Segovia, The Aqueduct from Market, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a vaulted gallery with framed paintings on the walls and small figures walking on the floor.

The Long Gallery, Prado, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Pencil sketch of a sunlit Spanish-style street with stone buildings, a weathervane, church towers, and small figures.

Tall and Stately Churches, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Dark sketch of Toledo's hilltop skyline with pale Gothic spires, a stone bridge and a dark fortified wall.

Its Lanes of Palaces Terraced Round the Slope, Toledo, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Night scene in charcoal and chalk of a crowd before a stone building with fountain jets rising in the dark.

The Fountains Playing at La Granga, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of San Martín church in Segovia with a tall spire, arched arcade, fountain and small figures in the street.

San Martín, Segovia, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a stone arched bridge with ornate lampposts, domed buildings and trees behind it.

The Bridge of Toledo, Madrid, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Monochrome sketch of a medieval gateway with crenellated towers and a figure-filled street in Segovia.

Gateway, Segovia, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a shadowed Toledo street with arched doorways, stone walls and a tall central tower.

Toledo Streets, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of an arched gateway and steps on a shadowed Toledo street with small figures and a hanging flag.

Entrance to Zocodover, Toledo, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a Toledo plaza with shade trees, balconied buildings, a clock tower and pedestrians.

The Zocodover, Toledo, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a hilltop city with a tall cathedral tower above cliffs, a winding road, small figures, and a dark stormy

Segovia, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of the Alcazar castle of Segovia on a hilltop at night, with a crescent moon and a winding road below.

The Alcazar, Segovia, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal sketch of a sunny courtyard under a leafy vine trellis, with a balcony of potted plants and seated figures.

Delightful Pictures of Domestic Life, Alcalá, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of an ornate Gothic church doorway with stone chains and blocks on a cobbled street.

St. Juan de los Reyes, the Door and the Chains, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of an ornate sarcophagus with an effigy behind an iron railing in a Gothic church interior.

Alcalá, "The Gorgeous Sarcophagus" of Ximenez, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Monochrome sketch of an ornate stone gateway with a carved heraldic crest and small pedestrians on a cobbled street.

Porta Viragia, Toledo, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal and chalk self-portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view, hand near chest, on brown paper.

Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1871/73

Charcoal drawing of a narrow street under a stone arch with figures walking and sunlit buildings beyond.

Toledo, Street of the Arch, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903