The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watercolor of white flower heads and green leaves in a golden vase on a fluted base, with a blue shadow.

Watercolor still life of pink and purple peonies, a thistle and a blue globe thistle in a clear glass vase.

Watercolor sketch of two pink roses on thorny green stems with leaves and buds on cream paper.

Brown wash drawing of a bound man in a pale robe hanging from a gallows, with a figure on a ladder above.

Watercolor of a reclining tiger on pale sand, head turned toward viewer, with dark hills and cloudy sky behind.

Graphite portrait sketch of a bearded, balding man with loose hatched shading against a pale background.

Pencil drawing of a seated woman flanked by two standing young women in period dresses, in a sketched interior.

Pencil sketch of a hill town with a church bell tower, a tall crucifix, rooftops and a sloping path.

Ink and wash drawing of a crowded theater audience with men in coats and top hats gazing toward the stage.

Graphite drawing in profile of an elderly man in a skullcap and draped cloak, looking to the left.

Graphite profile portrait of a woman with hair drawn back, on cream paper, inscribed with a sitter name at lower right.

Sketch of a jockey in a dark jacket riding a horse, drawn in graphite and wash on tan paper.

Pencil sketch of a lion resting its head on the ground with eyes closed, mane shaded in loose strokes.

Red chalk drawing of a man in profile wearing a tall top hat, set within a drawn rectangular frame on pale paper.

Pencil drawing of a smiling balding man with curly hair in an oval frame, beside a book and a long gun on a table.

Pencil sketch of a preacher in a pulpit addressing a seated congregation under arches, with a kneeling figure in the foregrou

Loose watercolor and pencil landscape with slanting tree trunks, a pastel sky, and low hills beneath.

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a seated female nude on the right page and faint blue outline on the left.

Pencil and white-highlight drawing of a bearded saint in profile facing right, with a pale halo behind the head.

Graphite sketch of a standing nude youth seen from behind, right arm raised, on tan paper with a central guideline.

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a dancer balanced on pointe, skirt flaring, arm extended, on tan paper.

Loose pencil and blue crayon sketch of two riders on horses beside sketched trees on cream paper.

Grey chalk drawing with white highlights of a standing figure with raised arm in draped cloth, beside a cropped drapery study

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a hunched, bowed seated man with head lowered and arms drawn close to the body.

Pencil study of an intertwined group of figures within an arched niche, drawn in loose overlapping strokes on paper.

Watercolor of an open Pompeian dining room with Ionic columns, a fountain, a cypress tree and painted red and blue walls.

Brown wash drawing of hunched figures in a dark prison interior beneath a barred arched window.

Loose grey and white wash study of horses and riders in motion, a preparatory sketch for The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur.

Etching of two philosophers on a parapet, one pointing at a partly eclipsed sun beside an armillary sphere and classical buil

Pastel profile portrait of a woman with curled brown hair, dark dress, and green background, by Edgar Degas.