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Pen and ink sketch of masted ships and an ornate canopied galley beside a shore with small figures.

A Tuscan Galley and Other Vessels Near the Shore

Stefano Della Bella, 1634/37

Hand-coloured print of Margate harbour with moored ships, a pier, bathing rooms, and elegant figures on the shore.

Margate, Inner View of the Pier, Bathing Rooms, and taken from the Shipwrights

John Raphael Smith, 1805

Hand-coloured print of Margate harbour with a curved pier, moored sailing ships, and elegant figures on the cliff.

Margate, Outer View of the Pier, Coast of Kent, and from Fort Cliffs

John Raphael Smith, 1805

Gilded illuminated letter H with a diamond diaper pattern in gold behind it, inside a framed border.

Illuminated Initial "H" in Diaper Pattern from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 18th or 19th century

Monochrome lithograph of a woman bending forward and drying herself with a towel beside a bathtub, by Edgar Degas.

After the Bath II

Edgar Degas, 1891-92

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna seated, holding and gazing down at the Christ child on her lap.

Madonna and Child Seated on Ground

Attributed to Giulio Cesare Amidano, n.d.

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a yellow patterned kimono standing before a latticed screen, with a round sign and calligra

The Courtesan Yugiri of Ibarakiya, Osaka, from a triptych of beauties of the three capitals

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1725/30

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a seated Madonna holding a child, with one arm raised and draped robes.

Seated Madonna and Child

Possibly Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds appearing to a kneeling saint with an attendant boy.

Madonna and Child Appearing to Male Saint

Possibly after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of Galatea and Acis embracing on rocks while Polyphemus approaches from the right.

Galatea and Acis with Polyphemus who is about to kill Acis out of Jealousy

Style of Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, n.d.

Black chalk study on blue paper of a head turned downward, with curled hair and a closed eye, by Ciro Ferri.

Sculpted Female Head

Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Loose pencil sketch of a nymph and satyr entwined, with overlapping lines and small sketched heads below.

Nymph and Satyr

Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Red and black chalk drawing of a woman's face with closed eyes and curled hair, with loose sketch lines around the head.

Death Mask of a Woman

Circle of Lavinia Fontana, c. 1605

Standing Draped Female Figure

called Il Volterrano Baldassare Franceschini, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of several draped figures and bearded men with shrubs and rocks in the lower right.

Sketches of Figures, Landscape

Possibly after Marco Antonio Franceschini, n.d.

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman in a feathered hat seated at restaurant tables near a window.

At the Restaurant

Jean-Louis Forain, 1890

Pen drawing of armored warriors in combat, one raising a sword, with scrollwork ornament in the lower left corner.

Soldiers of Cyrus Tearing Apart the Army of Spargabise

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Lithograph of a ballet dancer in a tutu embracing a bald older man in evening dress beside a stool.

The Consent

Jean-Louis Forain, 1892

Alcibiades and Two Philosophers

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Crayon sketch of a man in a cap and a woman in a long dress beside a stack of framed pictures in an interior.

"I don't dare take them down yet...it would hurt him too much"

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1892

Drawing of two robed men in conversation, one pointing, on grey-toned paper.

Two Men Conversing and Gesturing

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow patterned robe holding an umbrella and sword, with a small figure

The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo as Shikishi Naishinno and Tsuruya Nanboku as Gengoro in the play "Tategami Teika Kazur…

Okumura Toshinobu, 1719

Sepia print of a nude woman leaning at a dresser beside a clothed attendant in a white apron, with a chair and window.

The Massage With Coarse Hair Glove, Wash and Line Plate

Jean-Louis Forain, 1895

Sketched lithograph of a crowned figure stripped before soldiers, kneeling women at right, and a cross on the ground.

Christ Stripped of His Clothes

Jean-Louis Forain, 1909

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man with a cane in front of large trees.

Man Seated in Front of Trees

Carlo Marchionni, n.d.

Lithograph of a bowed lawyer in a dark robe with hands to his face, while a uniformed guard and spectators watch in a courtro

The Lawyer Abused

Jean-Louis Forain, July 1914

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted soldier holding a flag on a pole as a veiled woman leans in to kiss it.

Kissing the Flag

Jean-Louis Forain, 1919

Pen and ink wash drawing of armored soldiers around a fallen figure beneath a stone arch, with onlookers and a dog.

Christ Falling Under the Cross

Possibly Caspar von Fraisinger, n.d.

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a seated woman with a lamb and sheep beside her, dated circa 1545 to 1550.

Allegorical Figure of Meekness or Saint Agnes

Follower of Rosso Fiorentino

Dark lithograph of a seated woman holding a child, surrounded by standing figures in a crowded, shadowy interior.

Recess of the Hearing

Jean-Louis Forain, July 1914