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Brown wash drawing of a rider in a wide-brimmed hat seated on a mule against a dark, loosely brushed background.

A man and a woman riding a mule; page 36 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Brown wash drawing of a caracal with a pheasant in a rocky, scrubby landscape under a cloudy sky.

Caracal and Pheasant

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810-75

Etching of Bacchus reclining with a satyr offering grapes, a lion beside them, a classical urn and a rocky landscape behind.

Bacchus, Satyr, and Lion

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Brown wash drawing of a hunter with a staff and dead rabbit beside a retriever dog, under a dark tree.

Rabbit hunter with a Retriever; folio 103 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Two dead horses lie on grass before dark rocks, with a flock of birds circling in a grey-green sky.

Dead Horses

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810-75

Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs

Eugène Delacroix, 1828-29

Sepia wash drawing of two men hunting, one aiming a rifle while a flock of birds flies across the sky above.

Men hunting; page 105 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Drawing of a group of bison on a grassy plain with trees and rocks under a cloudy sky.

Group of Bison

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810-75

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

A Jockey on His Horse

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868-70

Brown wash drawing of an old man delousing a boy in a dim interior, with three figures behind and a cat in the foreground.

An old man delousing a boy accompanied by three figures, a cat in the foreground; page 40 from the "Images of Spain"…

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Watercolor of vultures perched on a gnarled dead tree under a dusky, cloudy sky, with a carcass on rocky ground.

Vultures on a Tree

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810-75

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

The Head of a Recumbent Lion

Etching of a man in a feathered hat and ruff riding a rearing horse across a landscape, with Spanish caption below.

Philip III, King of Spain on horseback, after Velázquez

Francisco Goya, 1778

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

A Woman and a Man on Horseback

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1879-81

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

Study for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 19th century

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

Figures inside a prison (recto), a monstrous animal (verso)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1820-50 (or later)

Two Dogs

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a hillside, with charging horsemen, fallen soldiers, and gunsmoke in the distance.

Battle Scene (Waterloo)

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1815-66

Engraving of Jacob drawing water at a well for sheep and a camel, with a woman in a flowing robe at left.

Jacob Draws Water for Rachel's Animals (Jacob abreuve le troupeau de Rachel)

Lithograph sketch of a woman in a long gown holding a black cat, with dark audience silhouettes in the foreground.

Miss May Belfort (Medium Plate)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Etching of dogs attacking a bull in a bullring, with a mounted rider and caped figures watching beside the wooden barrier.

Plate C: The dogs let loose on the bull, from "Tauromaquia"

Francisco Goya, ca. 1816

Pen and ink sheet of studies: an older man's head, a crosshatched head, a lion, a mouse, and a bird head.

Sheet of Studies: Three Male Heads, a Lion and a Mouse

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 1800-1856

Graphite sketch of horses and riders in motion on tan paper, with loose studies of more horses and figures in the background.

Sheet of Studies for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1840-99

Etching of a young boy in a feathered hat riding a rearing horse across a landscape under a cloudy sky.

Baltasar Carlos on horseback

Francisco Goya, 1778

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Etching of a bearded old man reading in a rocky wood, with a lion in the foreground and a skull at lower right.

St. Jerome Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures in hats and cloaks gathered around two wooden bird-coops with birds inside.

A Group of Figures Surrounding Two Bird-coops

Bernardo Bellotto, 1742-68

Red chalk drawing of oxen, a sheep, a dog and a horse on open ground, with faint sketched figures above.

Animal Studies

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

Etching of a bearded man in a turban and fur robe beside an arch, with a woman, a child, and a dog nearby.

Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637

Grey wash drawing of Lot embraced by a daughter, with another daughter holding an urn and figures among rocks.

Lot and His Daughters

Nicolas Vleughels, n.d.