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Loose lithograph sketch of a standing woman holding an open fan beside a seated figure in a fringed skirt.

The Fan

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Light

Odilon Redon, 1893

Etching of a Paris riverside with old towers, a wooden footbridge over the water, and small boats with figures.

The Footbridge Temporarily Replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, After the Fire of 1621

Charles Meryon, 1860

Pencil-like lithograph of a shaded archway with a worker at a bench and figures standing near a doorway in a village street.

The Tyresmith

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Lithograph of a horse's head emerging from dark shadow, with loose feathery strokes forming the mane and surrounding ground.

The Charger

Odilon Redon, 1894

Etching of gabled riverside houses, a stone arch and small boats with figures along a river quay.

View of Part of the City of Paris toward the Close of the XVII Century

Charles Meryon, 1861

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a loose draped robe with a head covering, on pale paper.

The Novel: Girl Reading

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1889

Brünnhilde (Twilight of the Gods)

Odilon Redon, 1894

Illuminated initial A with a grotesque winged face, blue and green scrolling foliage, and yellow flowers on a gold ground.

Decorated Initial "A" with Grotesque and Flora from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 15th century

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long draped gown seen from behind, set against dark hatched shading.

The Draped Figure, Back View

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Lithograph of a seated woman with veiled dark hair and a pale face, with a glowing circle of light behind her head.

Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24

Odilon Redon, 1896

Illuminated initial D in blue, red and gold with scrolling foliage, quatrefoil flowers and spiral terminals on a gold ground.

Decorated Initial "D" with Leaves and Two Balls from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 15th century

Color etching of a woman with a blue umbrella and a child walking through rain, reflected in puddles.

The Shower

Helen Hyde, 1897

Engraved frontispiece with soldiers, drums, muskets and armor framing a central Dutch title inscription.

Frontispiece, from The Large Miseries of War

Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen, n.d.

Etching of a leafy tree beside a dirt road leading to open fields and a distant mountain, by Wallace L. DeWolf, 1918.

The Road to San Juan

Wallace L. DeWolf, 1918

Miss Plum Blossom

Helen Hyde, 1897

Etching of marching soldiers with pikes and banners approaching a walled town, while a recruiting table sits under a tree at

Recruitment of Troops, plate two from The Large Miseries of War

Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen, n.d.

Mezzotint of a lavish flower bouquet in a classical urn with cherubs, a bird nest, butterflies and a garden statue behind.

A Flower Piece, from The Houghton Gallery

Richard Earlom, 1778

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint Luke with halo, quill and book, accompanied by an ox and a winged figure.

Saint Luke

After Cornelis Visscher, c. 1650

Etching of a town square with crippled figures, a domed church, a fountain, and soldiers, with verse text below.

The Hospital, plate fifteen from The Large Miseries of War

Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen, n.d.

Etching of billowing clouds above rocky mountain terrain, with dark shadowed masses on the left and streaked sky above.

Above the Mountains, Switzerland

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1908

Etching of a woman in a fur stole and plumed hat, seen in three-quarter view against a pale interior background.

Gerda Hagborg III

Anders Zorn, 1896

Etching of a village street with beggars and soldiers by a tree, a stone archway and houses on the right, and a church spire

Dying Soldiers by the Roadside, plate sixteen from The Large Miseries of War

Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen, n.d.

Perspective drawing of the Selfridge & Co. department store in London, with columns, flags and busy street traffic.

Selfridge & Co. Department Store, London, England, Perspective Rendering

D. H. Burnham & Co., 1906-1907

Watercolor of women in a gilded 18th-century dressing room, one arranging another's hair beside a mirror.

The Tradeswoman in the Dressing Room

Nicolas Lavreince, 1782

Engraving of a man in a cap lighting a rocket on a boat at night, holding a white flag and rockets at his waist.

Man Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace is Better than a Victory, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at…

Cornelis Dusart, 1695

Pencil drawing of a Roman street with a bell tower, a dome at left, a stone wall in front, and tall trees at right.

San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Johann Martin von Rohden, n.d.

Engraving of Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus with poets, laurel trees, and cherubs holding wreaths above.

Apollo on Parnassus

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1517/20

Engraving of Christ bound to a column and whipped by two men, with armored soldiers and a tiled floor in a classical setting.

The Flagellation of Christ, with the Pavement

School of Andrea Mantegna, 1475/80

Engraving of Haarlem's coat of arms on a palm trunk, with putti and stars above and a distant city below.

Coat of Arms of Haarlem, end page to Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland and West-Frisia

Cornelis Visscher, 1650