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Hand-colored caricature of an elderly antiquarian in pink coat examining a classical bust through a magnifying glass.

An Antiquarian

Frederick George Byron, October 23, 1789

Hand-colored caricature etching of a seated man watching two dancing women behind a sheer curtain, while a uniformed man peek

Ci-devant Occupations; or, Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine Dancing Naked before Barrass in the Winter of 1797…

James Gillray, February 20, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of four elderly gentlemen in wigs peering at a reclining nude painting on an easel in a classical int

Connoisseurs

Thomas Rowlandson, June 20, 1799

Engraving of King Lear on his throne pointing at Cordelia as courtiers and attendants watch in a columned hall.

King Lear Casting Out His Daughter Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1)

Richard Earlom, first published 1792; reissued 1852

Engraving of a nude woman with serpent headdress, chained and holding a large key, with a shadowy winged figure behind her.

Sin Pursued by Death (John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 2, 787, 790-792)

Moses Haughton the younger, November 27, 1804

Etching of a robed man before a sacrificial fire, with burning books, demons and allegorical figures in clouds above.

Shakespeare - Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

James Gillray, June 20, 1789

Letter by Edouard Manet with a watercolor of two apples casting soft shadows, handwritten in French ink.

A Letter to Eugène Maus, Decorated with Two Apples

Édouard Manet, August 2, 1880

Red chalk drawing of Christ carrying the cross amid a crowd of soldiers and mourners, with a colonnade and hilltop crosses be

Christ Carrying the Cross

Pierre Mignard I, ca. 1684

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd carrying stones past a palm tree, with an obelisk and a cloud-borne figure above.

The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, ca. 1535-38

Monochrome print of a reclining nude woman with curly hair lying on pillows beneath draped bed curtains.

Nude Reclining on Curtained Bed [Emma Hamilton (?)]

Adam Buck, November 1, 1797

Engraving of a banquet inside an arched hall, with a ragged beggar and a dog in the foreground by a doorway.

Lazarus at the Rich Man's Gate, from "The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1554

Chiaroscuro print of Diogenes seated reading a book beside a plucked hen, in olive and tan tones.

Diogenes, seated before his barrel, reading from a book, a plucked hen standing behind him at right

Ugo da Carpi, ca. 1527-30

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, hands bound, holding a reed, with two men beside him against a radiating halo.

Christ Crowned with Thorns (copy)

H. Johnston, 1671

Engraving of a laurel-crowned man in robes looking at a tablet of geometric shapes beside a stone pedestal and column.

Apelles standing profile looking at a tablet of geometric figures

Nicoletto da Modena, 1500-1510

Colored design drawing of a theatre ceiling with a gilded lunette, classical figures, and a frieze labeled Aristophane and Te

Design for a Ceiling at Théatre Français, Paris

Aimé Chenavard, 1810-38

Diary page with pen-and-ink floor plan of Tarrytown house additions and numbered list of drawings and fees, 1864.

A. J. Davis "Diary"

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1829-82

Scrapbook page with two architectural floor plans, a President's House study and a plan for four government departments aroun

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook VIII

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835-92

Watercolor architectural drawing of a Gothic-style front door with glazed tracery panels beneath a pointed stone arch.

Front Door for Whitby, William P. Chapman House, Rye, New York

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1853

Pencil and wash drawing of Gothic window tracery with a central rose design, lancet arches and quatrefoil ornament.

Design for window tracery for Chapman - full size

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1853-55

Lithograph of a Roman rider on horseback before classical columns, with a kneeling petitioner and soldiers in a crowd.

The Justice of Trajan, plate for l'Album des Salons

Jules Robert Pierre Joseph Challamel, 1840

Etched portrait of an older bald, bearded man in a loose collared shirt, set on a cream paper mount with faint text below.

Portrait of the photographer Lochard

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1877

Etching of a man leading a donkey by lantern light through a dark night landscape, with a veiled woman riding the donkey.

The Flight into Egypt: a Night Piece

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etching of a woman and child riding a donkey led by a man with a staff through dark, wooded terrain.

The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a gnarled pollard willow with a lion at its base and a kneeling bearded man in the lower right landscape.

St. Jerome beside a Pollard Willow

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of three leafy trees on a rise under a stormy sky, with a flat plain and distant town at left.

The Three Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1643

Etching of thatched cottages, a haystack and trees in flat countryside, with a man sketching in the lower right corner.

Cottages and Farm Buildings with a Man Sketching

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Etching of a clump of trees and cottages beside an open field, with a tall tree at left and a distant horizon at right.

Clump of Trees with a Vista

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etched panoramic landscape of flat fields, tree lines, farm buildings and a church tower under a wide sky.

Panorama near Bloemendael Showing the Saxenburg Estate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etching of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-trimmed cloak writing at a desk beside stacked books.

Cornelis Claesz Anslo, Mennonite Preacher

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Etching of an elderly woman with a headscarf and lace collar, head bent, seen three-quarters right, dated 1628.

The Artist's Mother: Head and Bust, Three-Quarters Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1628