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Neoclassical drawing of two embracing draped women, a bearded man with staff, and a statue of Apollo in a niche.

The Father of Psyche Consulting the Oracle of Apollo

Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, about 1796

Watercolor of a pink double hollyhock on a tall stem with buds and leaves, with a spiral shell at the base.

A Hollyhock

Herman Saftleven, September 21, 1682

Pencil sketch of a lion attacking a coiled snake, with a nude figure study drawn below.

Lion attacking a snake over nude figure study

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Drawing of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by mocking soldiers and onlookers beneath a Gothic arch, in brown ink on ta

The Mocking of Christ

Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, about 1513-1514

Pastel drawing of a female acrobat in a blue costume leaping toward a trapeze, with blue hatched background.

Miss Lala at the Fernando Circus

Edgar Degas, 1879

Charcoal drawing of a pale vertical light shape breaking through dark, grainy tonal masses on textured paper.

A Clearing

Charles Angrand, about 1893-1896

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in loose drapery, head tilted up, legs crossed, with faint sketches around him.

A Seated Man

Bernardino Poccetti, about 1600-1610

Drawing of a gilded inkstand with a pink column, a trumpeting putto, armored and winged figures, and blue and green panels.

Drawing for an Inkstand

Robert-Joseph Auguste, about 1780

Pen and brown ink study of two standing male nudes with hatched shading, drawn on aged paper.

Study of Two Men (recto); Study of the Head of a Bearded Man (verso)

Baccio Bandinelli, about 1525

Pastel portrait of an elderly man in a gray head wrap, with lined face and direct gaze, on a tan ground.

Portrait of Louis de Silvestre

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, about 1753

Pastel portrait of a man with a goatee, dark skullcap and white collar, gazing at the viewer against a tan background.

Portrait of Monseigneur Louis Doni d'Attichy, Bishop of Riez and later of Autun

Robert Nanteuil, 1663

Pencil sketch of a centaur drawing a bow with a young rider seated on its back, on tan paper.

The Education of Achilles

Eugène Delacroix, about 1844

Graphite and watercolor drawing of a standing nude woman with crossed arms, flowing hair, and a sandy ground with a palm tree

Sphinx

Auguste Rodin, about 1898-1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of kneeling shepherds with a dog, a sheep, and several head studies around the page.

A Group of Shepherds, and Other Studies

Agostino Carracci, about 1598-1600

Red chalk drawing of a nude young man with one arm raised, with a partial figure study at the left edge.

Study of a Nude Boy, Partial Figure Study (recto); Study of a Seated Man (verso)

Black and red chalk portrait drawing of a young man with curly hair, white collar, and buttoned doublet.

Portrait of a Man (recto); Portrait of a Man (accidental offset) (verso)

Filippo Baldinucci, about 1660

A Potentate Accompanied by His Halberd Bearer

Jusepe de Ribera, about 1625-1630

Pencil sketch of a crouching lion at upper right with three lion head studies on a pale sheet.

Four lion studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pastel portrait of a woman with grey powdered hair in a pink gown, holding blue thread over a basket.

Lady Dungarvan, Countess of Ailesbury (née Susannah Hoare)

Mary Hoare, about 1760

Pen and brown ink drawing of three comic Punchinello figures in tall hats and ruffled collars, one leaning toward another.

Punchinellos Approaching a Woman

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, late 1730s

Horse head, view of a courtyard

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and ink drawing of a seated king extending a sceptre to a kneeling woman before attendants in an arched hall.

Esther Before Ahasuerus (recto); Slight Sketch of an Ornamental Vase (verso)

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, about 1525

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling female saint looking up at a cross surrounded by clouds and angels.

A Female Saint Contemplating a Crucifix

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, about 1745

Horse head

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling saint embracing the Christ Child, with the Virgin, angels and light rays above.

Vision of Saint Gaetano Thiene

Ubaldo Gandolfi, about 1775

Brown ink drawing of a young man sketching in a colonnaded loggia while a companion sleeps, with a moonlit landscape beyond.

Taddeo Copying Raphael's Frescoes in the Loggia of the Villa Farnesina, Where He is Also Represented Asleep

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Red and black chalk drawing of a young girl with long hair and a lace collar, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a Girl

Carlo Dolci, about 1665

Pen drawing of a medieval town with half-timbered houses, a church spire, fishermen by a river, and a horseback rider.

Fishing Port

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1864

Pencil sketch sheet of cavalry riders and rearing horses in overlapping studies, by Théodore Géricault.

Cavalry skirmish

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Reproduction of an elderly bearded man wearing a fur cap and dark cloak, hand near his chest, on a pale sheet.

[Old man with beard, fur cap, and velvet cloak]

Bisson Frères, 1858

Sepia oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, white collar and armor, signed Charles Cotton below.

Portrait of Charles Cotton

Typo-Etching Company, 1888

Sepia portrait of an older man in a dark coat and bow tie, leaning on a column and holding a top hat, with a signature below.

[John B. Morris]

Bendann Brothers, 1871

Small engraved heraldic insignia with a winged eagle, shield, scrolls and inscription, on a foxed cream page.

[Insignia]

Bisson Frères, 1861

Hatched pen drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat with a buckle and white collar, gazing forward.

The Puritan

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, print 1859

Sepia print in ornate oval frame of two draped women in an interior beside a candelabrum, with German stage text below.

Gemele

Josef Albert, 1859-1862

Etching of a kneeling old man in a dark robe beside a skull in a rocky, shadowed setting, dated 1858.

Saint Jérôme (Le Grand)

Bisson Frères, 1858

Etched print of an ornate hand mirror design with female figures flanking the frame and a fluted handle with a lion mask.

[Design by Étienne Delaune]

Édouard Baldus, 1866

Pencil and tinted drawing of a ruined castle on a shoreline with trees, a sailing boat, and hills under a pale sky.

[Ruins on the Shore]

James Makgill Heriot Maitland, mid-19th century

Cyanotype print of white fern fronds and roots on blue, labeled Hymenophyllum sericeum, Jamaica.

Hymenophyllum sericeum, Jamaica

Anna Atkins, 1853

Engraved view of the Panthéon in Paris showing its columned facade and dome, with pedestrians and a carriage in the square.

Panthéon à Paris

Friederich von Martens, 1843-1845

Hand-colored print of three white herbaceous peony flowers and buds with green leaves on a reddish-brown background.

Hærdaceous Pæony

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1896

Sepia print of the Holy Family with saints and an angel offering flowers, after Raphael's La Benediction.

La Benediction

Richamme and Dieu, 1874

Cyanotype title page with white fern fronds silhouetted against a blue background, framing the title in the center.

Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns

Anna Atkins, 1853

Oval bust portrait of an older bearded man in a cravat, with a handwritten signature below, on a cream mount.

Horace Webster

Johnston Brothers [R.G. & ? Johnston], 1860

Hand-colored oval portrait of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat, smoking a cigar, leaning on a red draped table.

[Portrait of a man smoking]

Benjamin Reimer, 1863

Engraved plate showing three ornamental vase and goblet designs with dense scrollwork and medallions on a cream page.

[Design by Virgil Solis]

Édouard Baldus, 1866

Sepia print of a gabled plaque with two crowned seated figures holding sceptres, ornamental roundels, and a Latin inscription

[Enamel from end of châsse]

Augustus W. Franks, 1858

Lithograph of a Gothic church entrance with pointed arches, a stone tower and a kneeling figure in a paved courtyard.

Entrée de l'eglise du St. Sépulcre

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, about 1818

Engraved plate of an ornate cabinet with figural relief panels, putti and caryatid supports, on a cream page.

[Design by Jean le Pautre]

Édouard Baldus, 1866

Cyanotype print of a fern specimen, white fronds on deep blue, with handwritten caption naming Asplenium rhizophyllum.

Asplenium rhizophyllum

Anna Atkins, 1853

Brown ink and wash sketch of a standing draped figure with several overlapping study lines on pale paper.

Santa Teresa de Jesus

Nicolaas Henneman, 1845-1846

Lithograph of Strasbourg Cathedral's Gothic west facade and tall spire, with small figures in the square before it.

Cathédrale de Strasbourg

Cuvillier, 1842-1845

Circular ornamental print with three Roman portrait medallions around a central Latin inscription and grotesque decorative bo

[Design by Johann Theodor de Bry]

Édouard Baldus, 1866

Brown sketch of a hooded, bearded saint seated beside a tall cross-like staff, with a handwritten inscription below.

St. Francis. From a supposedly unique etching by Murillo

Nicolaas Henneman, 1845-1846

Sepia cabinet card of many oval portraits of men, women and children arranged around a central bust, with a banner reading La

La Famille Royale, Papeete, Tahiti

Charles Gustave Spitz, about 1890-1895

Sepia drawing of a turbaned rider on horseback with attendants, and several men lying on the ground in the foreground.

Depart du Scherif es lam pour la Mecque

William J. Stillman, 1860s

Lady Tennyson

Henry Herschel Hay Cameron, 1893

Photo-lithographic plate of a cave bear skull seen from above against a black background, from a prehistoric Seine series.

Tete d'Ursus Spelaeus Sinciput

Ernest Lacan, 1860s-1870s

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide fur-trimmed hat and draped cloak, with fine hatched lines on a dark background.

Joachim Patenier, peintre de Dinant

Bisson Frères, 1861

Print of the stone staircase and arched courtyard of Glasgow College, with lion sculptures and small figures in the foregroun

The Outer Court, College

T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1885

Sepia photogravure of an elderly bearded man seated between two young girls, all looking off to one side.

Hear Dem Bells

N.Y. Photogravure Co., 1890

Print of a winged nude woman balancing on a sphere above a village landscape, holding a covered chalice aloft.

La Grande fortune

Bisson Frères, 1861

Sepia portrait of a seated older man in a dark coat, hands in lap, with sketched hatching behind him and an inscription.

[Portrait or self-portrait of Achille Devéria]

Achille Devéria, 1855

Faint sepia print of a bearded man in a cap and collared coat, set within a ruled border on a cream page.

Self-Portrait of Juan de Yciar

Nicolaas Henneman, 1847