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3,361 works

Pen and ink sketch of a butterfly with hatched wings and handwritten annotations on a cream sheet.

Butterfly (recto); Fragment of Butterfly (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1898/99

Pencil study of a prison hall with barred windows, benches of seated women, and a pile of cloth in the foreground.

Study for Bridewell Prison, Women's Side, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Graphite sketch of two horses cavorting, one rearing and one kicking, on aged paper.

Two Horses Cavorting (recto); Man on a Kicking Horse (verso)

Carle Vernet, 1778/1836

Pencil sketches of turbaned horsemen on rearing and galloping horses, with studies of hands and feet below.

Sketches of Oriental Horsemen

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil sketch of a crowded meeting hall with an audience facing a raised dais, a bust on a pedestal, and arched windows.

Study for Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Brown and white wash study of draped female figures, an elderly head, and a classical statue on blue paper.

Sheet of Sketches for a Monument to Dante (recto); Cupid and Psyche (verso)

Isidore Pils, c. 1808

Studies of a Draught Horse, a Blacksmith and a Young Woman

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Print of a mother in a patterned white dress tenderly embracing a baby seated in a yellow floral armchair.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1890-91

Brown ink and wash sheet with studies of turbanned men, including a large head study and a group of seated figures.

Sketches of Turbanned Men (recto); Fragment of a Figure and Sketches of Foliated Architectural Ornament (verso)

Attributed to Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man in draped robes beside a swaddled child reaching outward.

Seated Man and Swaddled Baby

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Color print of two women taking tea at a table, one in a black coat and blue hat holding a cup and saucer.

Afternoon Tea Party

Mary Cassatt, 1890-91

Pastel sketch of a head and shoulders with tousled dark hair, dark bow tie and white collar on grey paper.

Self-Portrait

Berthe Morisot, c. 1885

Charcoal sketch of a curly-haired man's head and shoulders turned to the right on a pale sheet.

Bust of a Man, Head Turned to Right

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Oval drawing of a garden with a stone bridge, classical columns, and women bathing beneath an arch among trees.

View of the Park at Versailles: Women Bathing Beneath a Bridge

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d

Grey ink and wash drawing of two bulls' heads joined by fruit garlands, grapes and leaves, with two birds below.

Ornament with Two Bull's Heads (recto); Sketch of Geometric Borders (verso)

Attributed to Jean Charles Delafosse, n.d.

Head of a Man, Left Profile

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketch of a man reclining on his side with one arm raised and the other stretched out across pale paper.

Young Man Dancing

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a young girl in a bonnet and puffed-sleeve dress holding a pail, with loose background strokes.

Little Girl in a Garden

Kate Greenaway, 1894

Pencil sketch of a smiling man with curly hair and a jabot at his neck, drawn in loose lines on pale paper.

Bust of a Man with a Jabot

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Grey wash drawing of a garden staircase with statues, leading to a classical temple, framed by tall stone pine trees.

View of the Park at Versailles: Monumental Staircase, Pedestal and Temple

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three figures in a flat landscape with a windmill and distant buildings on the horizon.

Three Figures in a Landscape with a Windmill

Kate Greenaway, c. 1894

Pencil sketch of a woman's head and shoulders, facing forward, with curled hair piled high on an off-white sheet.

Sketch of a Woman's Head

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil and pastel portrait of a woman with center-parted dark hair and a lace collar, dated 1858.

Female Portrait Head

Elizabeth Murray, 1858

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

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.

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.

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

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing mourners lowering Christ's body on a slab, with grieving women kneeling belo

The Entombment of Christ

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, 1595/1600

Engraved print of a crowned king seated on a throne holding a scepter, within a braided border labeled RE VIII.

The King, plate eight from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Brown and blue watercolor of women bathing beside a wooded pond, with a seated figure and a sheep in the foreground.

Women Bathing in Pond

John William Taverner, 1765/70