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Brown wash drawing of ruined Roman stone arch and fluted columns with plants growing from cracks, dated 1623.

The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

Cornelis van Poelenburgh, 1623

Red chalk drawing of a man smoking a pipe beside a figure raising a jug to drink.

Studies of a Man Smoking and a Man Drinking (recto); Studies of a Man Smoking, a Head, and Calligraphic Flourishes (v…

Dirk Helmbreker, about 1650-1660

Red chalk sketch of a bearded man in an elaborate headdress with an outstretched hand, by Giovanni Antonio Guardi.

Half Length Figure of a Magi (verso: A Seated Ruler Half-Length Carrying a Scepter)

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1750-1760

Watercolor of a shepherd, dog, children, sheep and ducks by a village wall in spring, with a stork on a roof.

Spring Has Arrived

Ludwig Richter, 1870

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 the Younger, 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

Pencil sketch of an interior with shuttered window and a potted plant with long leaves on a sketchbook page.

Interior Scene

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Watercolor of women working on bleaching grounds with laid-out linens, houses and a church spire beyond under a cloudy sky.

"Blanchisserie à Scheveningen" Bleachery at Scheveningen (recto); "Femme de Scheveningen" Woman from Scheveningen (ve…

Vincent van Gogh, 1882

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

Drawing of soldiers in armor carrying a pole with a model city, classical buildings behind them, in brown ink and white highl

Soldiers Carrying a Model of a City

Taddeo Zuccaro, about 1548

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

Pointillist landscape of a river at dawn with orange clouds, blue-violet trees on the left and green foliage on the right.

The Banks of the Marne at Dawn

Albert Dubois-Pillet, about 1888

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of sailing boats at a fishing weir, with rowboats and figures on calm water under a pale sky.

Ships at a Fishing Weir with a City in the Background

Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, late 1660s

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

Pen and brown ink roundel drawing of a crowned bearded head above a shield with a harp, with letters O.H.L. V.S.

Design for a Bookplate or a Glass Etching

Virgilius Solis, about 1550-1560

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of tall trees at left with an open grassy clearing and birds in the sky at right.

Forest Scene

Adriaen Hendriksz. Verboom, about 1650

Red chalk study of two figures seated behind a balustrade, with hatched shading and loose contour lines.

Study of Figures Behind a Balustrade (recto); Study of Figures Behind a Balustrade (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, about 1522

Brown wash drawing of Christ praying as an angel offers a chalice while three sleeping disciples lie on rocks below.

The Agony in the Garden

Valerio Castello, about 1645

Sketch of a crowded columned temple interior with robed figures in red, yellow and gray chalk.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Jacopo Bassano, about 1570

Pen and wash drawing of fishermen and a river god on the Arno, with a city skyline and arched bridge behind.

The Arno with Fishermen

Stradanus, between 1580 and 1596

Pencil sketch of café figures at tables, with a bottle and glass, a bowl, and a handwritten French note above.

Reyer and the Washer Woman

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Black chalk studies of a muscular male figure with twisting torso and legs on tan paper, with a small sketch at upper right.

Studies of a Statuette of Atlas (recto); Studies of a Statuette of Atlas and a Figure Praying (verso)

Jacopo Tintoretto, mid-1570s-1580s

Black chalk drawing of a reclining nude youth with head turned upward, arm extended, and drapery over the legs.

Reclining Youth

Pontormo, about 1525

[Charlotte Mary Heriot Maitland]

Eliza Willis, 1850s

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

Horse head, view of a courtyard

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Brown wash drawing of an army column with camels and banners passing a crenellated castle on a hillside.

An Army Leaving a Castle

Jacques Callot, about 1632

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with a river, conifer trees, rocky slopes and handwritten notes, by John Herschel, 1834.

Valley of Fassa from Opposite Gries

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1834

[Sketch of Marching Soldiers]

Charlotte Mary Heriot Maitland, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a turbaned rider on a galloping black horse along a rocky shore under a dark stormy sky.

The Giaour

Théodore Géricault, about 1822-1823

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 robed hermits and monks among caves, trees and rocks in a hilly landscape.

A Thebaid: Monks and Hermits in a Landscape

Lorenzo Costa, about 1505

Horse head

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

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

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with a tower, low wall, resting figures, a boat and a large tree.

Landscape with Farmhouses and Figures

Jan van Goyen, 1644

Grey-paper drawing in black chalk and white highlights of a reclining female nude, with a second study of a figure above.

Two Studies of a Reclining Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, 1590-1610

Brown ink drawing of a seated woman in draped robes beside a lion, with hatched shading and a curling tail.

Fortitude

Giovanni Bellini, about 1470

Watercolor landscape of a round ancient temple on a rocky hill overlooking a valley with olive trees and cypresses.

View of the Ruins of the Temple of Ceres in the Valley of Agrigento

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1776-1779

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 frieze with draped figures bringing offerings to a flaming altar within stone architecture.

Design for a Frieze with Worshipers Bringing Sacrificial Offerings

Lelio Orsi, about 1555

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two winged angels, one holding a book and one playing a lute, with a third figure

Angel Musicians (recto); Head Studies (verso)

Morazzone, about 1598-1599

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

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

Pen and gray wash drawing of a village fair with tents, a church steeple, a flag, carts, and crowds of people.

A Village Festival with Musicians Playing Outside a Tent

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Brown wash drawing of a crowded theatre with an audience and costumed performers on an arched stage.

A Theatrical Performance

Francesco Guardi, 1782

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of a winding road, stone bridge, and chapel below steep cliffs with a valley beyond.

Mountainous Landscape with a Chapel

Jacques de Gheyn II, about 1600-1603

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

Monochrome print of a country road with trees, sheep, walkers and a distant church spire under cloudy skies.

Looking towards the City from the Monkland Canal Bank near Milburn Bridge

T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1885

Sepia-toned wreath of pressed leaves, fern fronds and grass blades on a page with handwritten name and date in the centre.

[Wreath of leaves and branches]

John Wheeley Gough Gutch, about 1857

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

Sepia print of a tidal estuary with moored rowboats and a long arched stone bridge leading to a town.

Barnstaple from South Walk

A.W. Elson & Co, 1882

Pale photogenic print of a pinnate leaf branch with fine veining, with handwritten inscription in the lower right corner.

[Leaves of a Plant]

William Henry Fox Talbot, 1842

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

[Insignia]

Bisson Frères, 1861

Men on a horse-drawn sled loaded with logs, hauling timber through a snowy winter forest in the Adirondacks.

Log Hauling in the Adirondacks

Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford, Co, 1898

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

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

Line engraving of a Bayeux Tapestry strip showing armed men, a horse, a tree, an arcade and border animals.

[Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry]

Josef Albert, 1860

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

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

Pen and ink panoramic sketch of mounted officers and advancing troops across a plain with smoke over distant hills.

[illustration]

Robert C. Tytler, negative 1857-1858; print 1859

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

Man in a cap bending over a hedgerow in a cleared winter field, with bare trees and a second figure behind him.

Fencing in Suffolk

Peter Henry Emerson, 1888

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

Hymenophyllum sericeum, Jamaica

Anna Atkins, 1853

Two ornamental stone urns side by side: left with a flame finial and scrolled handles, right with carved masks and a rope ban

Vases de Couronnement

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

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

Sepia lithograph of Fribourg with a Gothic church tower, a suspension bridge over a wooded ravine, and hilltop buildings.

Vue de Fribourg

Dusacq et Cie, 1864-1869

Sepia engraving of a robed preacher with raised arms addressing a crowd among classical columns, with a soldier at left.

Cartoon - Paul preaching at Athens

Leonida Caldesi, 1865

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

Sepia print of a busy old street with a horse-drawn carriage, crowds, an archway, and two church towers under a cloudy sky.

The Trongate in 1774

Thomas Annan, 1878

Engraved ornamental frieze with two putti and sea horses flanking a central cartouche, on a cream sheet.

[Design by Hans Sebald Beham]

Édouard Baldus, 1866

Moonlit night scene of a gothic cathedral on a hill above rooftops, rendered in blue monochrome tones.

Composition Inédite de Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo, 1870s

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 pictorial map of the Rhine river valley in three panels, with castle and church vignettes along the margins.

Map of the Rhine, from Bonn to Bingen

Francis Frith, 1864

Engraved view of Jerusalem with a city wall, domed buildings, olive trees, and a shepherd with sheep in the foreground.

Jérusalem

Friedrich Salathé, 1842

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

Engraved ornamental design sheet with sphinxes, garlands, medallions and grotesque panels in a symmetrical layout.

[Design by Androuet du Cerceau]

Édouard Baldus, 1866