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3,362 works

Engraving of a family promenading outdoors by a tree, with a man, a woman in a silk gown, and three children.

The Family Promenade, also called Philippe Mercier, His First Wife, and Family

Philippe Mercier, c. 1725

Woodblock print of caricatured kabuki actor faces with handwritten Japanese labels and a red title cartouche.

Caricatures of Laughing Actors Scribbled on a Wall (Hakumensho kabe no mudagaki)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/51

Pencil drawing of a wayside cross, women and children, a whitewashed building and a path winding through hills.

On the way from Val' Oscuro to Nice

Elizabeth Murray, March 8, 1842

Hand-colored botanical print of a periwinkle plant with pink and white flowers, green leaves, and seed pods on a gray backgro

La Pervenche de Java (The Perwinkle of Java, from the Collection of Usual, Curious, and Foreign Plants)

Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, 1767

Drawing of armored warriors and a grieving woman among fallen figures beneath arched Romanesque arcades, with a crowned man a

The Nibelungen's End - The Death of Kriemhild

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1845

Monochrome landscape drawing of a windmill and thatched cottage beside trees, with birds in flight and two figures on a path.

Landscape with Windmill

Elizabeth Murray, September 1850

Etching of a man with long curled hair leaning on a stone pedestal, with trees in the distant landscape behind him.

Standing Man Leaning on His Elbow

Jean-Antoine Watteau, before 1710

Etching of a seated woman in a dotted blouse holding a small child in white on her lap, against a paneled wall.

Repose

Mary Cassatt, c. 1890

Brown wash drawing of a narrow rustic street with timber houses, a carved balcony, arched doorway and two figures.

Rustic Street Scene

Elizabeth Murray, 1831

Brown ink sketch of a seated woman milking a ewe beside a wooden shelter.

Woman Milking an Ewe

Cornelis van Noorde, n.d.

Etching of a wooden bridge over a waterway, a windmill and trees on the horizon, under a dark stormy sky.

Landscape with Mill and a Wooden Bridge

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1883

Grey wash drawing of a curly-haired winged angel with a halo, seated on a stone ledge and gazing to the side.

Angel Seated by Tomb

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Portrait of a Man with White Hair in a Pigtail

Giles Louis Chrétien, n.d.

Hand-colored lithograph of a summer village road under large trees, with children in the foreground and a church tower by the

Summer Morning

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1862

Profile of Youth with Curly Hair

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling woman before a seated ruler with soldiers, framed by classical figures and putti.

Woman Kneeling Before a Ruler

Circle of Federico Zuccaro, 1566-67

Black chalk drawing of a reclining nude man with a cloth wrapped around his body, on pink paper.

Study of a Nude Man

Abraham Bloemaert, 1645-51

Graphite study of a left forearm and hand reaching left, fingers touching a surface, with soft shading and cast shadow.

Left Forearm and Hand

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a boy on a fishing boat with a mesh sail, sailboats on calm water behind.

Women on a Fishing Boat

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1780/1800

Woodblock print of women and a man in kimono on a terrace before a two-story teahouse with a bamboo fence and trees.

Outdoor Amusements at the Kankanro Teahouse in Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1794

Watercolor of Caernarvon Castle with tall towers and walls rising from the shore, with moored boats on calm water in front.

Caernarvon Castle

Elizabeth Murray, 1845

Woodblock print of a standing Japanese woman in a checkered kimono holding a cup, with an orange robe and teal sash.

Image of a Japanese Woman (Fujo Yamato sugata)

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1830/35

Hand-colored etching of two women with a basket beside a fence, a third figure behind the railing, and trees in the backgroun

Beggar Women

Camille Pissarro, c. 1894, printed 1930

Pencil and watercolor study of a woman with braided brown hair in a loose white blouse, set on a blank cream sheet.

Study for Female Portrait

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Engraved plate of numbered wood-engraving diagrams and ornamental blocks, with an obelisk scene at lower right.

Elements of Wood Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of fifteen drawing instruments including quill pens, compasses, a pen knife, ink pot, stool and gridded drawin

Design: Instruments, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Watercolor of six cows grazing in a field under large trees, with a country house and wooded hills behind.

Six Cows Grazing before Country House

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Ink and watercolor sketch of a standing woman with hands on hips beside a kneeling woman resting her head against her.

Two Women

Constantin Guys, c. 1840

Brown ink and wash sketch of a man's head with wavy hair and downcast eyes, mounted on a card with handwritten labels.

Head of a Man

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, 1600/11

Watercolor of a calm harbor with four sailboats, rowboats on a sandy shore, and purple hills under a pale sky.

View of Harbor with Four Sailboats

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.