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Pencil sketch on paper of seated figures, a chicken, and studies of animals, including a woman seen from behind.

Sketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto), Nude Female Torso (related to the painting Te a no areois [The Seed…

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Pen and watercolor sketch sheet of tigers and lions in various poses, with faint pencil studies of men in period costume.

Sketches of Tigers and Men in 16th Century Costume

Eugène Delacroix, 1828-29

Study for Old Age

Nicolas Lancret, c. 1732

Pen and ink figure studies of muscular male nudes with raised arms, one showing detailed leg and torso anatomy.

Figure Studies (recto and verso)

Henry Fuseli, c. 1800

Grey wash drawing of a winged figure lifting a limp male body while a draped woman reaches out, with sleeping figures nearby.

Aided by Eeriboia, Hermes Carries Off the Exhausted Ares from the Sleeping Sons of Aloeus (recto); Sketch of One of t…

Henry Fuseli, 1819

Watercolor and ink view of a villa with umbrella pines, garden wall and distant hills, by John Downman, 1774.

Raffaelle's Villa Medici, Rome

John Downman, 1774

Watercolor landscape of a wooded river valley with bathing figures, rocks and a distant waterfall, by Joshua Cristall, 1818.

A Scene Near Lodore, Cumberland

Joshua Cristall, 1818

Drawing of two putti in struggle, one winged child in red and black chalk on grey paper, attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipr

Two Putti Fighting

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1747-1785

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan and a calendar sheet with Japanese text.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro in the play "Soga Koyomi Biraki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in…

Torii Kiyotomo, 1723

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one kneeling with a basket and one standing with a bird-patterned cloth, beside a patte

The Actors Anegawa Shinshiro I and Segawa Kikunojo I

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1733

Etching of a marsh at sunrise with a dirt road, wooden posts, a pond, distant ships and clouds radiating light.

Sunrise - The Pond, East Hampton

Thomas Moran, 1883

Woodblock print of a Noh performer with white hair, a bird on his headdress, and a painted fan, framed by reeds.

Sagi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Etching of a pale nude figure on a dark rocky ledge beside a tree stump, looking upward into a shadowed void.

Back into Nothingness, plate fifteen from A Life

Max Klinger, 1884

Etching of two men carrying a dead naked man past a torch bearer, with a kneeling figure and a stone arch behind.

Saints Abdon and Sennen Bury the Remains of Christian Martyrs

Guillaume Courtois, 1656/57

Woodblock print of a spider demon with yellow eyes and black hair crouching inside a large spider web.

Tsuchi-gumo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898/1903

Engraved theatre scene of a gothic palace stage set with actors, vaulted arches, columns and an audience in boxes.

The Gothic Palace

Pieter Hendrik Jonxis, 1787

Lithograph of a lake with a weeping willow, evergreens, and a seated man beside a rowboat under a cloudy sky.

The Tear of Gratitude

Thomas Moore, 1848

Etching of a monastery with travelers and dogs in a wooded valley, with hilltop towns and mountains in the distance.

Monastery of San Francesco di Civitella in the Sabine Mountains

Joseph Anton Koch, 1810

Etching of a leafy back yard with trees, a fence, and rear views of houses with chimneys and wires overhead.

My Back Yard

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Engraved plan and elevation of an illuminated music room with a tall central tower, flags, and an octagonal floor plan.

Plan and Elevation of a Music Room, plate three from Description des Festes Données par la Ville de Paris

Jacques-François Blondel, 1740

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with long black hair on a veranda, with a lake, boats and mountains behind her.

The Eight Views at Lake Biwa in the Evening (Omi Hakkei Moku)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Mid 19th century

Lithograph of a Gothic stone monument near Godesberg with seated figures, a tree, and a castle on a distant hill.

Near Godesberg, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Lithograph of a German market square with an ornate corner tower, onion dome, and women selling goods from baskets.

Ratisbonne, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Black and white lithograph of the ornate Heidelberg castle facade with figures laundering in a courtyard.

Part of the Castle at Heidelberg, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Grey lithograph of a timber oriel building by the Rhine, with women washing laundry and a castle on the hillside.

At Braubach on the Rhine, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Black and white lithograph of a Munich market square with vendors, baskets, gabled houses and twin domed towers.

Munich, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Black and white lithograph of a Nuremberg square with a covered stone well and ornate gabled buildings with turrets.

Nuremberg, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Lithograph of an ornate carved bay window on a Würzburg street, with women carrying baskets on cobblestones.

Wurzburg, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Profile Portrait of a Girl

Paul A. Mulready, n.d.

Etching of an elderly man with long hair and a wide hat seated on a chair, holding a cane, in period dress.

Man Seated on a Chair, plate 69 from Figures de différents caractères...

François Boucher, 1721/26