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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.

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.

Brown wash landscape of a small wooden bridge over a rushing stream, with misty mountains and pine trees behind.

Mountain Stream with Small Bridge II

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

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.

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

Brown wash landscape of a stone arch bridge over a river, with tall trees, a rowboat, and mountains in the distance.

Stone Bridge in Mountains

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Charcoal and pastel study of a seated Breton woman in headscarf and shawl, with a small hand sketch at lower right.

Seated Breton Woman

Paul Gauguin, 1886

Watercolor of a woman in a white gown beside a green parrot on a red draped table in a decorated room.

Woman with a Green Parrot

Possibly Joaquin Agrasot y Juan, 1850/1880

Monochrome drawing of a stream with a rowboat, wooden weir, ruined castle on a hill, and a figure with a pole.

Mountain Stream with Boat

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat and buttoned coat, drawn with elongated features on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Style of Amedeo Modigliani, n.d.

Woman with a Cat

Paul Gauguin, c. 1900

Drawing of a river with a castle ruin on the left, a rowboat with two figures, and dark trees on the right.

River with Castle Ruin and Boat I

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Engraved vertical ornament panel with two nude boys, a satyr's legs, a lion mask, foliage and a dated 1549 cartouche.

Panel of Ornament with Two Nude Boys Standing on the Legs of a Satyr

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Pen and ink sketch sheet with about ten studies of seated and standing women, one figure lightly washed in blue.

Ten Studies of Tahitian Figures

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Brown wash drawing of a ruined castle beside a lake, with a boat, drying nets on poles, and mountains under clouds.

Fishermen Drying Nets before Castle

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Pencil studies on two torn paper strips: a draped cloth at top left and a reclining figure resting its head on an arm.

Studies of Nudes

Henry Fuseli, n.d.

Woodcut print of two women beside a yellow river under a dark sky, with bold black and orange shapes.

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite

Paul Gauguin, spring/summer 1894

Grey wash landscape of a river with a castle ruin on the left, a rowing boat, and dark trees on the right.

River with Castle Ruin and Boat II

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Hand-colored caricature of three men in top hats addressing a lounging man in a red armchair, from Daumier's Caricaturana.

Exploiting friendship. “My dear Alphonse, I've invited these gentlemen, my friends, to dine at your home. I would lik…

Honoré Daumier, 1837

Woodcut headpiece reading LE SOURIRE, with two women's busts, a fox and a rabbit in carved black-and-white patterns.

Fox, Busts of Two Women, and a Rabbit, headpiece for Le sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Watercolor of a curving bay with a stone tower on a cliff, purple mountains behind, and a pale sandy shore.

Victoria Castle and the Val of Shanganagh, Dún Laoghaire

Elizabeth Murray, 1843

Lithograph of two men arguing at a theatre gallery railing while a crowd of spectators looks on, by Daumier, 1864.

A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

Honoré Daumier, published February 27, 1864

Lithograph of two seated women with dark hair beside a tree with broad leaves, with a bird at the right edge.

Two Maori Women Squatting Down

Paul Gauguin, 1894/95, published Feb. 3, 1895

Watercolor of a castle with round towers and crenellated walls on a hill, with people and a cart on a dirt path.

Scarborough Castle

Elizabeth Murray, 1854

Caricature of a Man in the Small Hat

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Drawing of men with spears and hounds hunting ibexes across a rocky mountain landscape, with a tree at left.

Men Hunting Ibexes with Hounds

called Giovanni Stradano Joannes Stradanus, 1578

Watercolor portrait of a young boy in a grey jacket leaning on a wooden chair, signed and dated 1852.

Youth Leaning on Chair

Elizabeth Murray, 1852

Pencil figure studies around an engraved ornamental vase decorated with helmeted warriors, cherubs and masks, by Paul Cézanne

Figure Studies Over an Etching of an Ornamental Vase

Paul Cézanne, 1870/72

Engraved title page with a botanical garland of ferns and flowers surrounding French text for Persian cloth designs.

Cover for Collection of New Flowers of Taste for the Manufacture of Persian Cloth, Invented and Drawn by Jean Pillement

Johann Heinrich Hess, 1765/70

Watercolor of a woman in a green dress with a red bow, seated and reading an open book, dated 1852.

Portrait of Woman Reading

Elizabeth Murray, 1852