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Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded procession of robed and nude figures in a horizontal frieze.

Procession (left-hand portion of border below Sacrifice of Isaac, inlaid-marble pavement, Siena Cathedral)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-50

Pencil drawing of an ornate oval cartouche with a grotesque mask, fruit garlands, and acanthus leaves around an empty panel.

Design for a Cartouche for the "Raccolta di Cartelle Pubblicate per uso della Gioventù Studiosa"

Sebastiano Cavina, ca. 1797

Pen and ink design for an ornamental cartouche with an empty oval center, a bearded mask, scrolls and fruit garlands.

Design for a Cartouche for the "Raccolta di Cartelle Pubblicate per uso della Gioventù Studiosa"

Sebastiano Cavina, ca. 1796

Watercolor landscape of cows wading in a brook among tall trees, with a distant town and hills beyond.

Landscape with Cows in a Brook

Felix Meyer, 1698

Ink and wash drawing of a satyr and satyress with goat legs holding up a large urn above a crouching hound.

Design for a Sculpture consisting of a Satyr and Satyress holding a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a satyr and satyress balancing an ornate vase on their heads, with scrolled pedestal below.

Satyr and Satyress Seated on a Pedestal Supporting a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Scourging of Christ with soldiers flogging a bound figure beneath arches and columns.

Scourging of Christ

Aureliano Milani, 1700-1740

Red and black chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, leaning forward with drapery sketched in the background.

Nude Male Figure, Rear View

Giovanni da San Giovanni, 18th century

Black chalk study of a seated nude male figure with a sketched head above, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Studies of a Seated Nude Male Figure

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, ca. 1602-05

Pen drawing of brigands sorting loot by a treasure chest beneath a rocky cliff and tree.

Brigands: Design for an Engraving

Domenico Maria Fratta, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a crowned female figure with a scepter and a peacock beside her, in a ruled border.

Juno

Palma il Giovane, 16th century

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young man in a hat looking over a river toward a pier and trees at dusk.

Young Man on a Riverbank

Umberto Boccioni, 1902

Sketch of a mustached man in a tight coat holding a top hat and cane in a bedroom, with a caption below.

"A Tight Fit"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1872

Pen and ink sketch of a farmer and wife in a yard with pigs, a horse, and a picket fence, with dialect caption below.

She was "Sorry She Spoke"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bedchamber with a canopy bed, a bishop with crozier, and women working nearby.

St. Nicholas and the Three Daughters of the Poor Gentleman

Jan Swart van Groningen, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a young soldier in a plumed hat, head resting on his hand, leaning on a table beside a sword hilt.

Soldier Resting his Head on his Elbow

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 18th century (?)

Pen and wash sketch of uniformed soldiers and civilians in a crowded room with a wall poster and a cap on the floor.

"The Soldier's Tear"-Old Song

Charles Samuel Keene, ca. 1879

Pen and ink drawing of a dining room with a seated woman, a man at a laden table, and a standing servant.

"So Considerate"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-91

Pen and ink sketch of a man seen from behind facing a small child gesturing in a scrubby field.

"A Reproof"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Brown ink drawing of a neoclassical plaza with a triumphal arch, domed building, winged lion statue, carriage and figures amo

Monuments of Paris

Régine Carey, ca. 1806

Pen and ink sketch of a boy handing a paper to a woman in a bustled dress on a city street with onlookers.

"Tract Distributor"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and brown wash drawing of a wall design with two standing draped female figures in arched niches beside blank panels.

Design for Wall Decoration with Two Female Figures

Il Pomarancio, 16th century

Pen drawing of an architectural wall design with grotesque ornaments, drapery swags, garlands and small birds.

Design for the Decoration of a Wall with Grotteschi in the Antique-Style

Luzio Romano, 1545

Pen and ink sketch of men in overcoats and hats helping a stooped figure along a busy street.

"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)

Charles Samuel Keene, 1876

Pen and ink sketch of three people at an iron fence beside a notice board, two men in top hats and a woman with a basket.

"A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Brown wash sketch of two stags running across tan paper, the foreground stag leaping with raised antlers.

Two stags running

Edwin Landseer, 1820-73

Brown wash sketch of a stag with antlers standing among several does on a toned paper background.

Stag and does

Edwin Landseer, 1820-73

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a shaggy dog turning its head, with a sketched hand and fabric at the right edge.

Study of a dog

Edwin Landseer, 1820-73

Study of a herding dog facing right

Edwin Landseer, 1810

Study of a feathered saluki, facing left

Edwin Landseer, 1813