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Grey wash drawing of a rock outcrop with a shadowed recess, framed by trees and shrubs above a water edge.

Design for rock-work at Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park (recto); Two Architectural Plans (one partially cut off) (…

Thomas Sandby, 1780s (?)

Grayscale drawing of a columned courthouse with cupola at Richmond, Staten Island, with three men walking on a dirt road.

Courthouse at Richmond, Staten Island, New York

Augustus Köllner, ca. 1872

Pen and wash drawing of a wooden armchair in perspective with a carved seat frieze and ball finials.

Perspectival Drawing of an Armchair

Peter Flötner, 1500-1546

Pen and grey wash drawing of a skeleton beside a gothic arch with a spider web and mirrored lettering under a moon.

Study for frontispiece to "Les Jeunes France" by Théophile Gautier

Pencil drawing of a seated woman with an updo and lace collar, with a young child leaning on her lap.

Madame Alexandre Lethière, née Rosa Meli, and Her Daughter, Letizia

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1815

A Young Woman of Frascati

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1775-76

Pencil drawing of a woman with curled hair, ruffled collar and draped shawl, seated beside a chair.

Portrait of a Lady

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1815-17

Pen and wash drawing of a blind old man cursing a kneeling armored youth while a veiled woman and a girl stand nearby.

Oedipus at Colonus, Cursing his Son Polynices

Henry Fuseli, 1777

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated woman in flowing drapery, head bowed, on a tan toned paper.

Study of a Seated Woman

Angelica Kauffmann, 1790-91 (?)

Brown wash drawing of Socrates raising a finger beside a cup, surrounded by mourning men in a barred prison cell.

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1782

A Cow Lying in a Landscape

Pieter Gerardus van Os, early 19th century

Pencil and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated allegorical woman, a winged putto, and draped figure studies.

The Triumph of History over Time

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1771-75 (?)

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head with white highlights on tan paper, with a small figure sketched below.

Self-Portrait

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, ca. 1865

Pen and ink caricature sketch of a bald man with a monocle and mustache, head turned, in a loose hatched style.

Self-Portrait as Monsieur Prudhomme

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, ca. 1850-60

Watercolor of a steep mountain shore on a still lake, with a small village at left and trees at right under a cloudy blue sky

View of Lake Como with Monte Legnone

Francis Towne, August 27, 1781