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Etching of tall-masted ships and diagonal rigging at a quayside with buildings on the left and rowboats in the foreground.

Pickle Herring Wharf

James McNeill Whistler, 1876/77

Etching of diagonal strokes suggesting steamboats above a misty river, with horizontal hatching for water on pale paper.

Steamboat Fleet, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1875/77

Black-and-white woodblock print of a courtesan holding a small bird, with a child attendant looking up at her.

A Courtesan with Her Child Attendant

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1715

Etching of a river with sailing barges, rowboats, riverside buildings and chimneys under a cloudy sky.

Battersea Reach

James McNeill Whistler, 1863

Etching of a woman in bust view with bent head and hair covering her face, with loose hatched lines on cream paper.

Fumette's Bent Head

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Loose etched drawing of a woman seated in an armchair, built from feathery hatched lines, signed Whistler and dated 1861.

Lady in an armchair

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Sketch of Heads

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

Woman in a patterned orange kimono under willow branches with a cat at her feet, Japanese woodblock print.

The Actor Uemura Kichisaburo as the Third Princess in the play "Wakoku Gosuiden," performed at the Morita Theater in…

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1700

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black plum-patterned kimono holding a script, by Torii Kiyonobu I, 1718.

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi in the play "Nanakusa Fukki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fir…

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1718

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a sword over his shoulder, with a crest above.

The Actor Shinomiya Heihachi I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1703

Hogarth engraving of drunken men smoking and drinking around a punch bowl in a tavern at midnight.

A Midnight Modern Conversation

William Hogarth, March 1732/33

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in a yellow patterned robe looking up at a bird carrying a leaf beneath a tree.

The Actor Bando Matakuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Hand-colored print of a woman with a red parasol and a young boy in a patterned kimono, c. 1700.

The Actors Matsumoto Hyozo as a woman holding an umbrella and Nakamura Shichisaburo I as a young boy

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow patterned kimono beside blossoming branches and a round family crest.

The Actor Hanaoka Miyako

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Architectural roof plan of the Marshall Field & Company model factory with central structures, water tank and roof slope arro

Marshall Field & Company Model Factory, Chicago, Illinois, Roof Plan

D. H. Burnham & Co., c. 1900-1905

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a yellow kimono with pink peony motifs and black circular crests.

The Actor Sawamura Kodenji I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Hand-colored print of two red-coated riders galloping over a field with hounds, one horse leaping a stream under a grey sky.

Full Cry, from the series Fox Hunting

Charles Bentley, 1828

Hand-colored print of a carriage and horseback riders by a river, with cattle and a classical country house beyond.

Maison du Duc d'Orléans à Twickenham

Joseph Constantine Stadler, published August 1, 1816

Hand-colored print of a steeplechase: a fallen rider beside a hedge, horses racing across a grassy slope, spectators in the d

Climax of Disaster, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase

Charles Bentley, published 1830

Charcoal drawing of a crouched seated man with head in hand, set against a dark rocky slope and hazy mountains.

Primitive Man

Odilon Redon, 1872

Pen and ink sketch of a man on horseback raising his right arm, with faint pencil studies of other figures around him.

Man on Horseback, Raising Right Arm

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: a woman in a red hood carrying a box with a child, and a seated man with a sword.

The Actors Fujita Hananojo and Ichikawa Danjuro II

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1714

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a cloud-patterned kimono with a sword, beside a banana plant.

The Actor Shinomiya Heihachi

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow and cream patterned kimono, with a small figure in a woven hat at upper right.

The Actor Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho (?)

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1718

Two women seated back to back in patterned kimono beside a sword, lantern and tea kettle, in a black-line Japanese print.

Back to back, from a series of 12 prints

Attributed to Furuyama Moroshige, c. 1700

Etched portrait of a seated woman with loosely hatched lines for hair, dress and background, on a cream sheet.

Mrs Leyland, Sr.

James McNeill Whistler, 1874/75

Etching of a distant Venetian skyline over a lagoon with small boats, overlaid by crossing diagonal scratches.

The Little Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Black-and-white woodblock print of figures in kimono playing a samisen beside a tea kettle, with maple branches above.

A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Black and white woodblock print of a woman reading a letter beside a seated man, with a patterned screen behind them.

Reading a Letter in Front of a Screen, from an untitled series of 12 prints

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned armor and a red headdress, with a sword and a building at upper r

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1725