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Pencil sketch of a courtyard with a tiered fountain, an arched doorway at left, and trees behind.

Courtyard with a Fountain

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pencil sketch of two columns with carved capitals and arches above them, drawn on pale blue-grey paper.

Study of a Moorish Arcade, Spain

Eugène Delacroix, May 1832

Pencil sketch of rigging lines, moored boats and a quay, with handwritten notes, on cream paper.

Sketch of an Arena(?)

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Graphite sketch of veiled and hooded figures in various poses, with a small tile-roofed building and handwritten notes.

Sketches of Figures and a Tile-Roofed Building, Seville, Spain

Eugène Delacroix, May 1832

Pencil sketches of four figures in Spanish dress with a grey wash behind one figure, on cream paper.

Sketches of Four Figures, Spain

Eugène Delacroix, Thursday, May 26, 1832

Pen and grey wash drawing of horses at a hay rack in a stable yard beside a thatched barn, with pigs resting nearby.

Stable Yard with Horses

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-1795

Watercolor of an officer in a blue coat reviewing ranks of soldiers and drummers on a parade ground under a cloudy sky.

The Review

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1800

Lithograph of three people peeking out from draped tents on a shore, with sailboats in a harbor behind them.

À Cherbourg, from "Actualités"

Honoré Daumier, August 11, 1858

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted gallery visitors crowding before paintings at the 1859 Exposition, with a French caption bel

Cristi,... v'là-t-y un boeuf qui est bien fait!..., from Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, May 4, 1859

Honoré Daumier, May 4, 1859

Daumier caricature of a father raising his hat beside his son, who points toward a domed exposition building in the distance.

-Oh, my son, what a wonderful scene! You see here the exhibition hall of the temple of peace! -Yes, papa, and the mil…

Honoré Daumier, ca. 1867

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted men viewing paintings, one stooping with a compass and another using a telescope on a tripod

Celebrrrre Jury de Peinture..., published in Le Charivari, March 16, 1840

Honoré Daumier, March 16, 1840

Engraving of an armored horseman spearing a wild boar as hunting dogs attack, framed by ornate borders with figures.

Wild Boar Hunt with Spears, from "Hunting Scenes in Ornamental Frames"

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 1570

Design for a Fireplace with Frontal and Profile Views

James Stuart, 1735-88

Etching of sheep gathering at a wooden fold beneath trees, with a shepherd, distant hills and a radiating dawn sky.

Opening the Fold, or Early Morning

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Etching of a crowd gathered before a classical building as a figure is presented on a balcony between soldiers.

Christ Presented to the People

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Lithograph of caricatured legislators seated in tiered rows around a curved desk in a parliamentary chamber.

Le ventre législatif: Aspect des bancs ministériels de la chambre improstituée de 1834

Honoré Daumier, January 1834

Etching of two crabs and a shrimp resting on rocks under a pale sky, drawn in fine hatched lines.

Siesta I, from the series Radierte Skizzen

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of Dutch warships under full sail, with a large ornate vessel in front and a cannon battle with smoke on the left.

Naves Bellicæ Hollandicæ (Dutch Warships)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Engraved double portrait of Charles I and Henrietta Maria in oval frames, with royal titles inscribed below.

Charles I and Henrietta Maria

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Etching of a spiral volute seashell in side view, with dense hatched lines shaping its ridges and shadowed opening.

Shell: Hebrew Volute (Voluta ebraea L)

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1646

Etching of Richmond Palace across a river, with a tree and walking figures in the foreground and a ship on the water.

Richmond Palace

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1638

Lithograph of a crowd in top hats gathered before Aubert's shop window of caricature prints, a grinning man gesturing at cent

The Publisher Aubert (You must admit the government has a comic appearance)

Charles-Joseph Traviès, 1831

Pen and grey wash drawing of a stage set with two grand staircases and a central arcade with columns.

Design for a Stage Set: Double Stairway Pierced by an Arcade (recto); Slight Sketch (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Grey wash drawing of a man in uniform lifted to the clouds by a winged figure, with allegorical figures and a classical tomb

Apotheosis of George Washington

Etienne Pallière, ca. 1799

Black and white woodcut of a leaping figure beside apples, a woman at a trough, cattle, a thatched hut, and a full moon.

The Cyder Feast

Edward Calvert, 1828

Engraved horizontal frieze with a central female bust, winged figures, anthemia and hanging garlands on a pale ground.

Fragment of a horizontal frieze with female bust in the center, garlands, anthemia, cut from a plate of border segments

Francesco Rosselli, 1490-1500

Watercolor view of London from Greenwich with domed buildings, river ships, and onlookers with map boards in the foreground.

View of London from Greenwich

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1825

Etching of night fireworks with a tall torch stand, marching soldiers with drums and flag, and a lit castle behind a gate.

Fireworks at Hemissem

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1650

Daumier lithograph of a seated bespectacled director at a table with two women in dark dresses beside him, with French captio

Pardon, monsieur le directeur..., from "Naïvetés"

Honoré Daumier, March 21, 1859

Watercolor landscape of a double rainbow arching over a wooded riverbank with dense trees and distant pale hills.

The Rainbow

John Glover, 1794