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Pencil study of a woman's head bowed downward, eyes closed, with wavy hair falling around her face and ear.

Head, Study for Mirror of Venus

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Pencil study of a woman's head turned sideways, eyes closed, with flowing wavy hair, by Edward Burne-Jones.

Reflection of Head, study for Mirror of Venus

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Germination, plate two from In Dreams

Odilon Redon, 1879

Engraving of a biblical well scene: a woman receives jewelry from a bearded man as women gather around a stone well under tre

Rebecca Receiving Gifts from Eliezar

Pierre Imbert Drevet, 1717-1739

Engraving of the seated Prophet Jeremiah with his hand to his face, framed by arches, putti and a tablet reading HIEREMIAS.

The Prophet Jeremiah

Giorgio Ghisi, early 1570s

Engraving of Christ being lowered from the cross by men on ladders, with mourning women kneeling below.

The Deposition of Christ

Benedetto Stefani, 1570/80

Dark maroon folio cover with embossed Gothic corners and gold lettering reading Rowlandson's Caricature Etchings, Boswell's T

Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides: Folio Cover

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Engraving of two men in period dress, one playing a violin and the other a lute, dated 1538.

Two Musicians Playing the Violin and the Lute, plate one from the Small Wedding Dancers

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1538

Title page of George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks, with red decorative initials and a small engraved em

Title Page from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853

George Cruikshank, c. 1880

Portrait of Carle Vernet, Standing and Drawing

Horace Vernet, 1818

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman cradling a sleeping infant, with a kneeling man and child and sketched architecture behin

Rest on the Flight Into Egypt

Attributed to Giulio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1600

Pen and ink sketches of a griffin, grotesque heads and a bent leg on paper, attributed to Agostino Carracci.

Four Sketches: Griffin, Grotesque Head, Head of Satyr, Bent Leg

Attributed to Agostino Carracci, 1590/94

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin, Christ Child, infant John the Baptist, an older man, a lamb and a basket.

Holy Family with Saint Anne and Infant Saint John the Baptist

Attributed to Paolo Gerolamo Piola, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child with a bearded saint at left and a kneeling female saint at right under a c

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine

Attributed to Pietro Faccini, n.d.

Drawing of an older bearded cardinal in a wide clerical hat and white collar, rendered in chalk and graphite.

Bust of Cardinal de la Rochefoucault

Daniel Dumonstier, 1624

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels while onlookers gesture upward below a stone terrace.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Possibly Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of four women and a child grouped together on blue-grey paper, gazing upward.

Group of Four Women and Child

After Domenichino, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head with flowing hair, turned three-quarters, with deep shadows around the eyes.

Head of God the Father

Attributed to Daniele Ricciarelli, called Daniele da Volterra, n.d.

Pen sketch of a bacchanalian procession with satyrs playing pipes, putti, and reclining figures on pale paper.

Bacchante

after Pietro Testa, 1642/44

Red chalk drawing of two bearded male figures with muscular torsos supporting heavy loads on their heads, signed J. Goujon.

Atlantis

Jean Goujon, n.d.

Engraving of a young man in a tricorn hat and lace cuffs seated on an ornate chair, gesturing with one hand.

Young Seigneur Seated

Hubert François Gravelot, 1745

Pencil drawing of a standing draped woman holding a trumpet and flowers, looking over her shoulder, on a pale sheet.

Standing Draped Female Figure Carrying Trumpet, Flowers

Circle of Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular figure pulling down a collapsing classical temple onto a crowd below.

Death of Samson

Probably Italian, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Deposition of Christ showing a dead figure held by grieving women and a hooded mourner.

Deposition of Christ

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur rearing with a club amid armored warriors and fleeing figures in a wooded battle.

Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

Possibly after Jean Le Pautre, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures on a hillside looking up at a figure ascending to heaven, with angels among clouds.

Blessed Ascending to Heaven

Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of figures gathered around rocks and trees, with a man striking a rock in the center.

Moses Striking the Rock

Attributed to Luca Giordano, n.d.

Grey-green drawing of an Italianate landscape with a church and buildings on a cliff, framed by trees.

Italianate Landscape with Church on Cliff

Attributed to Gaspard Dughet, n.d.

Sketch of the Trinity and Virgin in clouds above a crowd of saints, including a bishop and crowned figure, in grey chalk.

Trinity with the Virgin, and Ten Saints

called Maso da San Friano Tommaso Manzuoli, c. 1565

Pen and ink sketch of classical male figures, including a helmeted warrior with a shield and a reclining nude.

Sketches of Six Classical Figures

Possibly Raymond de Lafage, n.d.