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Hand-colored print of a night fireworks and bonfire celebration in Covent Garden, with a crowd and classical buildings.

A Perfect Description of the Firework in Covent Garden that was perform'd at the Charge of the Gentry and other inhab…

Bernard Lens II, 1809

Hand-coloured print of the Temple of Concord at night, with fireworks bursting above and a crowd watching from below.

A View of the Temple of Concord Erected in the Green Park, to Celebrate the Glorious Peace of 1814, Exhibiting the Fi…

Robert Laurie, September 9, 1814

Watercolor of a misty sea with a moored sailboat, gulls, and dark mountains of the Isle of Arran under pale clouds.

Isle of Arran, early morn

Thomas Miles Richardson, 1830-39

Pen and watercolor drawing of a riverside village with turreted houses and figures with barrels by the water.

View of a Village alongside a River

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1766

Hand-colored print of a fireworks building in Green Park, London, with a sunburst display and strollers in period dress.

A Perspective View of the Building for the Fireworks in the Green Park taken from the Reservoir, London, 1814

Paul Angier, ca. 1814

Red chalk landscape drawing of a steep mountain with ridges, shaded hills and clustered trees on tan paper.

Landscape with Mountains

Tanzio da Varallo, n.d.

Engraved frontispiece showing a bearded God figure above a winged angel writing and a veiled seated woman holding a book.

Frontispiece to the Bible

Claude Mellan, 1642

Red chalk style print of a young woman leaning on an open book beside a classical bust and sketched heads.

Painting - Gilles Demarteau

Gilles Demarteau

Color print of Venus at her toilette, nude and reclining, attended by cherubs and doves beside draped curtains and a classica

The Toilet of Venus

Jean François Janinet, 1783

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns by soldiers, inside a circular border of scrollwork and putti, dated 1509.

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Engraving of a reclining mermaid and bearded merman by water, with a walled town and castle on a cliff behind them.

The Sea Monster (Das Meerwunder)

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned woman in pearls and fur-trimmed robe, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Anne of Austria

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed robe, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Louis-Dominique de Bailleul

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache wearing a fur-trimmed robe, within an ornamental border.

Pompone II de Bellièvre

Robert Nanteuil, 1653

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white collar, with a coat of arms below, 1651.

Charles Benoise

Robert Nanteuil, 1651

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and lace collar, with a coat of arms and inscription below, dated 1649.

Frédéric-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon

Robert Nanteuil, 1649

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair, lace collar, and sash, in a layered oval frame.

Léon-Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny

Robert Nanteuil, 1651

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair and lace collar, inscribed frame and coat of arms below.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Ink drawing on blue paper of a wren on a thorny branch with leaves, berries and a beetle in a circular design.

Design for a Plate

Karl Bodmer, 1825-93

Pencil and wash drawing of a draped woman with a water jug beside a small child in a wooded landscape.

Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness (recto); Two portrait studies of the artist's wife, and a study of a leg and tors…

George Richmond, 1829-33

Caricature drawing of a bearded man with an oversized head wiping tears, beside a signpost reading Route de Boheme.

Caricature of Henri Mürger

Nadar, 1849-61

Engraved portrait of a smiling man in a beret and fur collar holding a flute, with Dutch verse below.

The Man with the Flute

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1625

Pen and ink drawing of Pilate washing his hands before a crowd of soldiers, with a column, drapery and city behind.

Pilate Washing his Hands

Bernard van Orley, early 1530s

Pen and wash drawing of a wooden bridge over a river beside a cottage, with a seated figure and trees in the background.

Landscape with a Draughtsman Seated by a River, a Bridge and a Cottage Behind

Nicolaes Maes, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a wide panoramic landscape with a windmill, farm buildings, and a large tree on the right.

An Extensive Panoramic Landscape with a Windmill

Jan Baptist Weenix, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frontispiece frame with a cook, a servant, hanging game birds, fish, and vegetables.

Study for a Frontispiece

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1621

Pen and grey wash drawing of a Dutch market with an ox cart, townspeople, poultry, and a church tower behind.

A Poultry Market in a Dutch Town

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1621

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the side with a serious expression.

Portrait of a man, bust-length, wearing a hat

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, ca. 1510-15

Ink and gray wash drawing of a haloed rider on horseback sharing his cloak with a beggar at his knee.

Saint Martin and the Beggar

Vittore Carpaccio, 1493-1500

Drawing of huntsmen and dogs retrieving ducks from a pond, with a company by a carriage and a distant town under a willow tre

Huntsmen and Company Observing Dogs Retrieving Ducks in a Pond (The Month of April)

Pieter Stevens, ca. 1610-20

Pen and watercolor drawing of a black-robed saint with a torch and cross triumphing over fallen figures beneath an angel.

An Allegory of the Triumph over Heresy, with St. Domenic to the Fore

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1650-60

Circular brown ink drawing of the Judgment of Paris with three nude goddesses, a seated man, Cupid, and a reclining river god

The Judgment of Paris

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Drawing of an elderly bearded man with flowing hair in brown wash and red chalk against a dark background.

Study for the figure of Moses

Jacob de Wit, 1730-37

Pen and wash drawing of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure on a balcony above a crowd, framed by a border of birds, flowers and urns

Ecce Homo

Maerten de Vos, 1584

Two Studies of a Man

Santi di Tito, ca. 1575

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, one hand resting on a table.

Portrait of George Graham

Thomas Hudson, ca. 1739

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with cherubs and an angel holding a cross, heightened with white.

Virgin and Child, and Saint John the Baptist (recto); Summary sketches, possibly the Virgin and Child (verso)

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Brown wash drawing of the risen Christ rising above a tomb as startled soldiers recoil below.

The Resurrection of Christ

Denys Calvaert, n.d.

Drawing of Neptune and Amphitrite in a shell chariot pulled by two sea horses, with a trident and a distant castle.

Neptune and Amphitrite

Hans Ulrich Franck, 1595-1675

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, lace collar and armor, within an inscribed border.

Louis XIV

Robert Nanteuil, 1667

Engraved plate of an ornamental vase with laurel garlands, rosette handle, fluted body and stepped pedestal.

Vases Nouveaux Composées par M. Jacque[s]

Maurice Jacques, 18th century

Engraving of a nude man seated on a pedestal, bending to remove a thorn from his foot, with hatched background.

Man Removing a Thorn from his Foot, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of an equestrian statue of a bearded rider on a rearing horse, on a pedestal with Latin inscription.

Marcus Aurelius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 16th century

Engraving of a triton carrying a reclining nymph over rippling waves toward a rocky shore.

A Triton Carrying off a Nymph, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Roman soldiers with horses and shields beside a stone wall and tents, after Trajan's Column.

Roman Horsemen, from Trajan's Column, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Roman soldiers in armor building and fortifying a stone camp wall, with workers carrying baskets and tools.

Roman Soldiers Fortifying their Camp, from Trajan's Column, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Roman soldiers and horsemen with shields crossing a wooden bridge beside a stone tower and tree.

Roman Horsemen Crossing a Bridge (from Trajan's Column), from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Roman legionaries with shields and standards marching in procession, with standard-bearers carrying eagle and di

A Roman Legion (from Trajan's Column), from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Etching of a kneeling woman holding a young child up beside a column, inside a room with shelves and an open doorway.

The Father's Leave-Taking

William Holman Hunt, 1879

Engraving of two women on a stone bench, one seated and one reclining, with oleander and a sea horizon behind them.

Pleading

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stone bridge over a stream with two figures, bare trees and snow in a winter landscape.

The Bridge at Shoreham

Samuel Palmer, ca. 1829

Watercolor of misty mountains above a pale reflective lake, with handwritten place names along the bottom edge.

Craig Goch, Moel Hebog, North Wales

Cornelius Varley, ca. 1802

Sepia drawing of a woman with long hair leaning over a reed-covered basket among bulrushes, with figures and a balustrade beh

Miriam Watching the Finding of Moses in the Bulrushes

Simeon Solomon, February 22, 1859

Grey wash drawing of a lion below a goat on a rocky cliff, with a wide landscape and clouds behind them.

The Lyon and the Kid, from Ogilby's Aesopics

Francis Barlow, ca. 1668

Pen and brown ink drawing of robed figures with staves struggling over a reclining nude, with a rocky landscape and ruins beh

The Age of Iron

Alonso Berruguete, 1520s-30s

Study of the Right Leg of a Male Child

Red chalk drawing of a prophet, King David and two putti in decorative cupola compartments.

Design for the Decoration of a Cupola with a Prophet, King David and Two Putti

Drawing of a bearded man in a gray robe and white collar, gazing upward, rendered in chalk on blue-gray paper.

Bust-Length Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

Carletto Caliari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a draped woman, a man in a plumed hat with a sword, and several figure studies on paper.

Sheet with Figure Studies (double sided)

called Il Monrealese Pietro Novelli, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a priest in a mitre circumcising an infant at an altar, with a kneeling child, a praying woman and onloo

The Circumcision

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowd beneath classical columns, with flames above their heads and seated women in the foreground.

The Pentecost

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Watercolor of skaters on a frozen canal under a brick bridge, with a snowy thatched cottage and windblown tree beneath stormy

Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen Canal

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a rainbow over a farmhouse, grazing cows and a distant village under a stormy sky.

Landscape with a Rainbow over a Farmhouse and Distant Village

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a colliery winding wheel at a town edge, with a castle on a hill and a bare tree.

View of a colliery at the edge of a town

George Price Boyce, 1865-75

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a ruff collar and skullcap, framed by an arch with classical ornaments.

Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius

Jan Müller, ca. 1617

Etching of a beheading scene with a severed head on the ground, a mounted horseman, soldiers and onlookers in hatched shading

The Beheading of St. Paul

Michael Lucas Leopold Willmann, n.d.

Etching of a young elephant walking left to right with its trunk lowered, drawn in fine hatched lines on a pale ground.

A Young Elephant

Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight study of a draped angel seated on a cloud, one arm raised, with extra hand studies.

Angel Holding a Banderole

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Pen and brown ink study sheet with several nude figures, intertwined couples, and a winged cupid at upper left.

Studies for Apollo and Daphne, Zeus and Juno, Orpheus and Eurydice and other figures (recto and verso)

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, n.d.

Pen and wash study of a fountain with a seated woman, dancing figures, statues and an ornate scrolled frame.

Study for The Allegory of Spring

Federico Zuccaro, 1579

Engraved self-portrait of John Kay seated beside a bust, with a cat on the chair and drawing tools on the table.

Portraits of Eminent Scotch Characters

John Kay, 1784-1819

Dense engraving of allegorical scenes of human folly, with a central globe, ladder, fighting figures and a skeleton with a sc

The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de' matti)

Sebastiano di Re, 1557-63

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal with curled hair and white clerical collar, inscribed border above and below.

Le cardinal Pierre de Bonzi

Robert Nanteuil, 1678

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig, dark robe and white collar, within an inscribed border.

Le chancelier Louis Boucherat

Robert Nanteuil, 1676

Oval engraved portrait of a bewigged man in a dark robe and white collar, inside a laurel wreath border.

Le chancelier Louis Boucherat

Robert Nanteuil, 1677

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curled wig and white collar, inscribed border, 1671.

Le cardinal Guillaume-Égon de Fürstenberg

Robert Nanteuil, 1671

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair, white collar and cross insignia, within a Latin inscribed border.

François de Harlay de Champvallon

Robert Nanteuil, 1673

Etching of a nude woman swinging from a branch above a seated bear, framed by flowering trees and bamboo.

Intermezzi, Opus IV

Max Klinger, 1881

Pencil sketch of three women in long dresses talking beside a croquet field, with two croquet players at the left.

Three women in conversation beside a croquet field (recto); Studies of a ballet dancer, a woman's profile, and a seat…

Louisa Starr Canziani, ca. 1865

Grey wash drawing of a flower arrangement in an urn inside an arched niche, with grapes and fruit on a stone pedestal.

Vase of Flowers

Willem van Leen, 1790s

Engraved design of an ornate rococo sofa with carved scrolls and a seated figure with a parasol on top.

Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q

Duval, 1771 or after

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing friar in a long hooded robe, gazing upward with hands clasped.

Saint Francis

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, ca. 1550-60

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed woman before a seated man, with a kneeling woman, flames, books and onlookers.

The Cumaean Sibyl before Tarquin the Proud

Niccolò dell' Abate, 16th century

Graphite study of a group of bearded men in turbans and robes standing and talking together, with loose figures at the sides.

Study for "Types de races algériennes"

Henri-Félix-Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1830-86

Red chalk drawing of a young man's bust with tousled wavy hair and a loose garment on a cream sheet.

Bust of a Young Man

Jean de Saint-Igny, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a baroque festival arch with a central statue niche, cherubs, a sunburst, fountains and candelabra.

Design for Festival Architecture for an Entry into Paris for the King of Sweden, Fredrerick I of Hesse

Guillaume Thomas Raphaël Taraval, 18th century

Watercolor view of a long French château with slate roofs and corner towers above a formal garden with figures.

View of a Château

Nicolas Pérignon the Elder, 18th century

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a rearing horse and rider, ornate chariot scrollwork, and studies of male heads.

Sheet of Sketches: Sculpture for a Banquet Honoring Queen Christina of Sweden

Giovanni Paolo Schor, early 17th-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a forest path framed by large trees, with small figures resting on the left and distant ruins beyond.

Wooded Landscape

Paulus van Liender, 18th century

Engraved Holy Family scene: seated Virgin with infant Christ, Saint Joseph offering flowers, donkey and tree beside them.

Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right…

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, 1550-early 20th century

Engraving of Christ seated and crowned with thorns while soldiers mock him beneath a brick archway with a town view.

The Crowning with Thorns, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraved design of a tiered urn with garland swags, tassels, and a stepped pedestal base.

Design for a vase decorated with garlands

Jean Charles Delafosse, 18th century

Engraved title page with an urn wrapped in garlands, a shell fountain below, and two hunters beside the pedestal.

Title page from Cinquieme Livre de Trophées

Jean Charles Delafosse, 18th century

Engraved plate of a silver creamer and a covered teapot with fluted bodies, leaf bands, and catalogue numbers 10497 and 10498

Creamer and Teapot

Matthew Boulton, ca. 1790

Engraved plate of a neoclassical hot water urn with fluted body, ram's head handles, side spigot, and ball feet.

Hot Water Urn

Matthew Boulton, ca. 1790

Engraved print of an egg caddy with four cups on a stand, with a plan view of the tray below.

Egg Caddy

Matthew Boulton, ca. 1790