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Etching of a pikeman beside a cannon, with soldiers, a windmill and cannonballs in an open field.

A Pikeman standing at right next to a canon, other military figures in the background, plate 5 from "Various Military…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a battery of cannons firing smoke toward a distant city, with soldiers and cannonballs in the foreground.

Battery of cannons firing on a city, plate 6 from "Various Military Caprices" (Varii capricci militari)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a skeleton in a plumed hat riding a skeletal horse over a battlefield littered with fallen soldiers.

Death on a Battlefield, from "The five deaths" (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646-47

Etching of the hiding of Moses: a kneeling woman and standing man by a Nile riverbank, a basket with an infant, pyramids behi

Hiding of Moses, from "Remember Me!, or a Pocket Companion"

William Blake, 1825

Etching of a seated woman talking to a standing woman carrying two children, with a church and boats in the background.

A woman seated to left holding a child, facing right in profile, conversing with a standing woman in center, carrying…

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of two children embracing, one resting its head on the other's shoulder, rendered in fine flowing lines.

Two Children Embrace

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Brown wash drawing of a bacchanal with nude revelers, a central woman raising a goblet and holding a spear, in a wooded setti

Milton's Comus

Joseph Noël Paton, 1842-48

Seated woman with curled hair holding a spindle beside a lamp stand and wool basket, drawn in chalk on toned paper.

Lachesis

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, n.d.

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a shepherd couple resting under a tree beside a flock of sheep in a forest.

Tending the Sheep

Charles Émile Jacque, 1830-94

Etching of a city view over rooftops, a long wall and church towers, with a woman leaning on a balcony railing in the foregro

View from the Artist's Studio Window, Rome

Max Klinger, 1890

Sepia drawing of a semi-nude woman and a winged cupid on a crescent moon boat drifting through clouds.

La Folie l'égare (Folly Adrift)

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, ca. 1808

Engraved scene of couples embracing in a garden with a balustrade, trees, and a cherub at the right edge.

The Garden of Love (right block)

Christoffel Jegher, 1630s

Etching of a man playing a hurdy gurdy beside a boy with a triangle, with peasants dancing in a ring near cottages.

A man sings and plays the hurdy gurdy, accompanied by a boy playing the triangle to right, a group of peasants dancin…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a peasant woman leading a cow through a stream, with a second cow behind her and trees in the background.

A peasant woman herds two cows across a stream, walking towards the left, plate 2 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of two women walking left past a crumbling arch, with a rider on horseback and a rustic house in the distance.

Two girls walking towards the left, seen from behind, a woman on a horse to left in background, plate 3 from "Diversi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

A horse in profile facing the left, about to descend from a mound, a horseman to left in background, plate 4 from "Di…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a peasant on horseback talking to a standing man beside the horse, with a hilly landscape behind them.

A peasant on horseback in profile facing the right, holding a basket and talking to another man standing behind the h…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of two horses on a grassy bank, a horseman and sheep flock on a ridge to the left, under a cloudy sky.

Two horses ascending the bank of a river at right, following a procession of horses and one horseman to the left, pla…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a horseman descending a riverbank with a second rider crossing the river to the right.

A horseman descends a riverbank, another horseman in river to right, plate 8 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Pen and wash drawing of figures and a carriage on steps overlooking a formal park with a pond and statue.

View from the Portico of the House to the Park at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Etching of a chaotic cavalry battle with rearing horses, sword-wielding riders and smoke, with an orderly army in the distanc

A battle on horseback, from "Peace and War" (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a naval battle with smoke rising from a central ship, surrounded by masted vessels and a small rowboat on the sea.

Naval combat, a ship at center, seen from behind, firing at four enemy ships, another ship entering from the right, a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a naval battle with a crowded rowboat, drowning figures in the sea, and a burning ship sinking in smoke.

Naval battle, a rowboat filled with people fighting with muskets to left, people drowning in the sea in the center an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of fishermen hauling and mending nets on a shore, with boats and distant buildings on the horizon.

A fisherman bringing in his nets, a man at left pushing a bale to the right, two seated figures mending nets, and two…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

A man wearing a plumed hat in center facing right, a woman walking towards the left in the background, plate 17 from…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

A noblewoman walking towards the left with a feathered fan, another woman in background to left, plate 18 from "Diver…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Kneeling woman and child in blue praying before a gilded image of the Virgin in a sunlit stone church interior.

Mother and Daughter in Prayer

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, ca. 1811-17

Pen sketch sheet with studies of fantastical woodland creatures, gnarled roots, and figures in cloaks and tall hats.

Studies of Imaginary Woodland Creatures and Other Figures

Moritz von Schwind, mid-19th century

Pen drawing of an ornate gallery with glass display cases, a glazed roof, and visitors in 19th-century dress.

Gallery Lined with Display Cases

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Sepia drawing of an elderly man with a cane reaching toward a window while a family sits at a dining table behind him.

Uncle Toby and the Fly, from Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1847