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Pen and brown ink drawing of two overlapping studies of a youth's head with curly hair and ruffled collars.

Two Studies of the Head of a Youth

Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1550

Etching of Villa Raphael in Rome with arched loggia, tiled roofs, a stone pine tree and a distant dome.

Villa Raphael, Rome

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1816

Ink architectural drawing of Standard Club elevations with arched colonnade, medallions, and a gutter floor plan below.

Standard Club Addition and Alterations, First Floor Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 06/21/1892

Pen and brown ink sketch of Rinaldo and Armida with mounted knights, putti in clouds, and a reclining hero.

Rinaldo and Armida

Donato Creti, c. 1693

Woodcut of a crucifixion with a nude figure on a cross, kneeling mourners below, and a rayed sky over a distant town.

The Large Crucifixion

Wolfgang Huber, c. 1516

Red chalk drawing of three men in early eighteenth-century coats and wigs, one seated and two standing, on pale paper.

Three Studies of a Gentleman

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1710/11

Engraving of an embracing couple under a tree, a reclining figure, a cupid, and a crowd on a terrace.

The Garden of Love, Right Half

Christoffel Jegher, c. 1631

Japanese print of a noblewoman and attendant by the sea beside a panel of plum blossoms against a full moon.

Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Pen and ink sketch of a standing woman in a feathered hat, striped jacket and long skirt, signed P.M. and dated 96.

London Female Character

Philipp William May, 1896

Pen and ink sketch of a cavalier leaning toward a lady in period costume, signed Simeon Solomon 1853.

Cavalier and Lady

Simeon Solomon, 1853

Embossed valentine card with a gilded bird, blue-inked verse 'Tis sweet to love,' and a white dove on gold.

Tis Sweet to Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Embossed valentine card with a gilded urn on a pink scalloped medallion, a red flower at top, and the words Ever the same.

Ever the Same (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Pastel pointillist print of a sunlit park with a horse and carriage, a seated woman, and figures beneath trees.

Les Champs Élysées

Henri-Edmond Cross, c. 1898

Pen and red chalk sketch of the Holy Family with a child and a kneeling young boy, plus an older man at left.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

Valerio Castello, n.d.

Head of Roman Emperor

William Mulready, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Athena standing with a spear, helmet, draped robe and Gorgon-head aegis.

Athena, or Britannia identified as Athena

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Triptych Japanese print of samurai in battle with an explosion, flying debris and burning structures.

Battle of Nanba (Nanba senki no uchi)

Kawanabe Kyōsai, after 1871

Engraved allegory with Apollo, a robed figure of Voltaire, a Temple of Memory with busts, and grotesque figures in the lower

Le Triomphe de Voltaire

A. Duplessis, 1778/79

Etching of a reclining woman with a child beside her, set against a dark, hatched background.

Reclining Woman with a Child

Domenico Morelli, 1890/99

Architectural elevation of the Rookery Building's LaSalle Street facade, with arched windows, a central pavilion and rooftop

Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation

Burnham & Root, 1885/87

Engraved bust of a bearded man with tears and a crown of thorns, surrounded by inscribed halo text and ornate corners.

Man of Sorrows

Johann Michael Püchler, n.d.

Cream paper lace valentine with a gold embossed cupid in a blue medallion, surrounded by cut-out butterflies and flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Cupid and Butterflies)

Berlin and Jones, 1860/69

Victorian valentine with gold lace paper border, central cluster of pink and white silk flowers, and painted rose medallions.

Untitled Valentine (Country Couples)

Berlin and Jones, 1860/69

Ivory die-cut lace valentine with two oval putti vignettes on purple, a central lyre, and a dark leaf sprig at the bottom.

Untitled Valentine (Reclining Couple with Putti)

Berlin and Jones, 1860/69

Valentine card with two gold flaming hearts and an arrow in a floral wreath on blue satin, set in lace paper.

Untitled Valentine (Hearts on Fire)

George Meek, c. 1840

Pen and ink drawing of a harbor with a sailboat, a wooden pier, and figures in the foreground near a marked boat.

Harbor Scene

William Roxby Beverley, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated among apostles and onlookers at the Descent of the Holy Spirit.

Descent of the Holy Spirit

After Guido Reni, after 1607/08

Engraved ornament of curling foliage with several nude women among the scrolls, some appearing to fight, on a hatched ground.

Ornament with Women Fighting

Master E. S., c. 1460

Black chalk and white highlight study of a nude youth with raised arms on blue paper, with leg and drapery sketches.

Study of a Youth for the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche

called Il Cigoli ( Ludovico Cardi, 1611/13

J. Vondelius

II Janus Lutma, 1669/81