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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man turned left, seen from below, with foreshortened limbs and torso.

Seated Man Turned Towards the Left Seen from Below

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a scowling bearded man with wild curly hair, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Head of Silenus

Paul Cézanne, 1855-1906

Watercolor design of a blue urn with gold mounts, a female mask, rope handles, and a gilded pedestal on a paper sheet.

Design for an Urn

George Heinrich von Kirn, ca. 1770-90

Red chalk drawing of a river scene with trees, houses, reeds and a rower in a small boat on calm water.

River Scene

Abraham Rutgers, 1645-99

Pen and wash drawing of two officers meeting before soldiers, flags and a city gateway, in a circular composition.

Captain de Bours handing over the Keys to the Citadel of Antwerp to the Estates General

Maerten de Vos, mid-16th-early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a crowned woman beside a lion, looking up at clouds, rushing water and muscular figures in a storm.

The Deliverance of Cybele, an Allegory of the Seasons

Gabriel François Doyen, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a cottage, and two small figures walking on a winding road.

Hilly Landscape with Two Figures on a Road

William Taverner, mid-18th century

Ink drawing of an ornate wall elevation with a semicircular window, scrolled ornament and a shell niche with a head.

Design for the Upper Half of a Wall Elevation with a Semicircular Window

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval of a bearded man with curly hair looking upward, hands on a cross, rays behind.

Christ with the Cross

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-15 (?)

Graphite and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated woman with drapery, a winged figure, and animals.

Venus Lamenting the Dead Adonis (or Diana and Endymion)

Januarius Zick, 1740-97

Grey wash drawing of a castle with stepped gables and a tower beside a moat, with a wooden drawbridge and trees.

The Castle Meerdevoort, near Dordrecht

Roelant Roghman, 1647

Pen and wash drawing of two sailing ships moored at a Copenhagen quay with rowboats and waterfront buildings.

Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1830

Watercolor of a vaulted stone prison interior with arches, staircases, balconies, a hanging lantern, and small figures.

Dark Prison (Carcere Oscura)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1790-99

Architectural drawing of two Gothic church elevations with tall spires and pointed arch windows, labeled design for proposed

Design for the Proposed Church at Middlesborough

John Green, 1837

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with trees, rocky banks, two figures, and a domed building on a hill.

View of Ariccia, Italy

Jonathan Skelton, ca. 1758

Monochrome blue-green drawing of a moonlit ruined abbey beside a river, with boats and figures in the foreground.

Tintern Abbey by moonlight

John 'Warwick' Smith, ca. 1789

Watercolor of a cobbled courtyard with timber-framed houses, carved balconies, and figures in period dress.

Courtyard of House at no. 29, Rue de la Tannerie, Abbeville, Somme, France; said to be from the reign of François I

Lewis John Wood, 1865

Illuminated letter B with a dragon, a knight with a sword, a tree, and figures being anointed in blue, red and gold.

Illuminated Initial "B"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Watercolor elevation of All Saints Church, Worcester, showing a tall tower with clock beside timber-framed houses and a wall.

All Saints Church, Worcester

Richard Varden, 1836

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rushing rocky stream passing a large boulder, with trees and hills behind.

A rocky stream, Italy

Samuel Woodforde, ca. 1786-91

Pen and ink caricature of a scowling man's bust with a cigarette, captioned "Phil May's Bust. Has he?"

"Phil May's Bust. Has he?"

Phil May, ca. 1882

Watercolor drawing of a Gothic hall with vaulted timber roof, stained glass window, chandeliers, and figures on a tiled floor

Guildhall, London: The Great Hall, Facing East

Horace Jones, ca. 1864

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival church with a tall spired tower, pointed windows, and small figures near an iron fen

Perspective Elevation of Reverend Mr. Gaird's Church, Glasgow, in the Gothic Style

J. T. Rochead, 1858

Colored drawing of a green eclectus parrot on a branch, with two parrots in flight above and handwritten notes on the sheet.

Eclectus Roratus Polychloros

Edward Lear, ca. 1830-32

Pen and wash design elevation of a dining room with a central oval ceiling painting, panelled walls, and ornate plasterwork.

Design for the Dining Room at Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire

John Sanderson, 1747-48

Pen drawing on torn brown paper of an arcaded building with a crowd, horsemen and a fallen figure in the street.

Tracing of scene from Dr. Syntax

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1819

Etching of a woodland sacrifice to Pan, with a goat, satyrs, nymphs and a large tree beside an altar.

Sacrifice to Pan

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1762-63

Grey paper study with ink and wash sketches of winged female figures, a veiled central figure, and chalk studies of hands.

Studies of fairies with a pair of hands (possibly representing the Opening of Pandora's Box)

William Lock the Younger, 1784

Pen drawing of a dining room ceiling with an oval central medallion, rococo scrollwork and coffered panels, with a scale bar

Design for Ceiling at Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire

John Sanderson, ca. 1747-48

Pen sketch of a small child riding a long-bodied dog above a symmetrical scrolled ornament study.

Sketch of a Child Riding a Dog

William Pitts, 1805-40