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Three small grey wash vignettes on cream paper showing a reclining figure, two swans, and a seated figure under a tree.

Study for a plate from Telemachus

Thomas Stothard, c. 1797

Sheet with three small octagonal vignettes of classical figures and interiors, with handwritten quotations beneath two of the

Plate from Telemachus

after Thomas Stothard, c. 1797

Engraved print of Atlas holding a large globe between classical columns, with a title panel for a pocket atlas below.

Frontispiece from Marmion, in the 1809 Royal Engagements Pocket Book

after Thomas Stothard, c. 1808

Engraved sheet with two plates of the mythological figure Atlas bearing a globe, and a title panel for a pocket atlas.

Study for frontispiece from Marmion

Thomas Stothard, c. 1808

Woodblock print of boats on a night river beneath a pine branch and starry sky, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of four kabuki actors in a room with a plum blossom screen, a woman in kimono and two bald men in patterned r

The actors Arashi Kichisaburo III as Aboshi Samojiro, Onoe Kikugoro II as Hamaji, Nakamura Kan'emon as Nurude Gobaiji…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1852

Woodblock print of a standing man in a blue robe and a kneeling woman in a dark kimono beside a screen with plum branches.

The Country Samurai Sachuta and Odan

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1854

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red patterned kimono holding a sword, with gold coins and potted violets.

Potted Violets: Jiraiya (Tsubo sumire, Jiraiya), from the series "Contemporary Parodies of the Thirty-six Selected Fl…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1862

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in red face paint raising a sword, one in patterned kimono behind him.

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita K…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1855

Japanese woodblock print: a man wades a stream under autumn trees, and a woman in blue holds a rope by a waterfall.

Shimosa Province: Asakura Togo and Hitachi Province: Oguri's Wife Kohagi, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provi…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono flying a round green kite with red blossoms.

Ohatsu

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/48

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, with a man holding a lantern at a striped screen.

Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series "Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)"

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a crouching pose with a sword, in patterned blue trousers and brown robe.

The actor Ichikawa Kuzo II as Tanigoro

Utagawa Kunisada II, c. 1842

Woodblock print of figures in kimono walking past blossoming trees and wooden buildings at dawn in Edo.

Yoshiwara Licensed Quarters at Dawn (Kakuchu shinonome), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman in a red kimono holding a naked infant close to her face, with a calligraphy panel behind her.

Maiden (Kimusume), from the series "Mirror of Flowering Humanity (Kaika ninjo kagami)"

Toyohara Kunichika, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a wooden sword, with a wisteria cartouche in the upper left

Iwafuji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/48

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors: a spear-wielding warrior over fallen men beside a crouching woman in red robes.

Actors as Fukashichi and Omiwa from the play "Imoseyama," from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1852

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in a room with sliding doors and a floral screen, colored in red, green and blue.

Actors as Genroku, Otsuma, and Shokuro, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1851/52

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in colorful robes before a painted screen, with a third actor on a balcony above.

Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1851/52

Woodblock print of a doll head, ferns, straw hat and a shrimp-illustrated product label with Japanese text.

Illustration of products in Yoshida

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Woodblock print of several wooden combs, one with circular decoration, arranged on a blue gradient background with Japanese t

Comb Products in Tsuchiyama

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1804

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a patterned kimono holding a flower-decorated fan, with begonias and a title cartouch

Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as Yamauba, from the series "Contemporary V…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1862

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in purple kimono beside chrysanthemums and a lattice fence, with a pink calligraphy panel.

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Inada Kozo disguised as Yamagata Gyobunosuke

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1861

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a yellow umbrella, blue robe and red undergarment, framed by cherry blossoms and calli

The actor Bando Hikosaburo V as Konjin Chogoro, from the series "One Hundred Selected Actors (Haiyu hyakkasen)"

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1864

Indian painting of a royal procession with elephants, horsemen and a sage beside hunting dogs and tigers.

Four Princes in Procession Visit a Sage, page from a copy of the Ramayana

Unknown artist, c. 1820-1840

Woodblock print of pale foxes with flickering tail fires gathered under a bare tree at night in a snowy field.

Fox Fires on New Year's Eve at the Changing Tree in Oji (Oji shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsunebi), from the series "On…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of autumn maples and pines beside a pond, with figures on the bank and a pavilion at lower left.

Precints of the Akiba Shrine, Ukeji (Ukeji Akiba no keidai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Painted lion with gold star dots on a manuscript page, with red Arabic title above, from a Timurid star book.

The Constellation Leo, folio probably from the Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars)

Unknown artist, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370-1507), dated c.1500

Illuminated Qur'an page with five panels of Arabic calligraphy in gold and blue cartouches and a floral arabesque border.

Right-Hand Page from the Qur'an

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722)، 16th century

Etching of a city street with tall townhouses, a horse and cart in the foreground, and pedestrians along the road.

Alderney Street

James McNeill Whistler, 1881