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Etching of a young woman stretching cloth on a board while an elderly woman in a headscarf watches beside her.

Plate 17 from "Los Caprichos": It is nicely stretched (Bien tirada está)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a seated woman having her hair brushed, while an elderly veiled woman with a rosary sits beside her foot.

Plate 31 from "Los Caprichos": She prays for her (Ruega por ella)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia print of a woman seated on a floor near a chain, head bowed beneath a small window in a dim room.

Plate 32 from "Los Caprichos": Because she was susceptible (Por que fue sensible)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a nude witch flying on a broomstick with a black cat on its back over a hilly landscape.

Plate 66 from "Los Caprichos": There it goes (Allá vá eso)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival university building above its floor plan, by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838.

Design Adopted by Governor Mason for University of Michigan (elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Gray wash drawing of a feathered woman and a kneeling man beside an alligator, sugar cane and a blank oval cartouche.

Allegory of America

Philip Tideman, 1696

Pen and wash design for an oval overmantel mirror with candle sconces, floral swags, and a lion mask crest.

Two Designs for an Overmantel Glass (Verso: Partial Floor plan)

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Grey wash drawing of steep Alpine cliffs and pine trees above a shadowed rocky foreground by Francis Towne.

Near Glaris [Glarus], Switzerland

Francis Towne, September 2, 1781

Engraving of the Apollo fountain basin at Versailles with sailing ships on the canal, carriages and riders on the terraces.

Le Bassin d'Apollon [The Fountain of Apollo, Versailles]

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Engraving of the Palazzo Pamphili side facade with formal terraced garden, central fountain, carriage and walking figures.

View of the side facade of the Palazzo Pamphili and its garden (Secondo prospetto per fianco del palazzo con diversa…

Simon Felice, after 1677

Grey wash drawing of massive ruined stone arches and piers overgrown with plants, by Joseph Marie Vien.

View of the Colosseum

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca. 1744-50

Etching of a Roman street with a large palazzo facade, columns and balconies, and figures and carts in the foreground under c

View along the Via del Corso of the Palazzo dell'Accademia, established by Louis XIV, King of France for French stude…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750-78

Etching of an aged seated man with a skull and books, gazing up at a trumpet blown by a hand from the clouds.

Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Jusepe de Ribera, 1621

Etching of a laurel-crowned man in a draped cloak leaning on a stone ledge beside a tree trunk.

The poet, standing crowned with laurel, leaning on a stone

Jusepe de Ribera, 1620-21

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornamental pagoda pavilion on an island in a pond, with strollers and trees.

View of the Menagerie at Kew

Thomas Sandby, 1763

Watercolor of a tall multi-tiered pagoda among trees in a garden, with strolling figures and a distant domed building under a

View of the Wilderness at Kew

William Marlow, 1763

Pen drawing of an architectural elevation with Corinthian columns, pediments, arched and rectangular niches, and a molded cor

St. Peter's, drum, interior, elevation (recto) St. Peter's, drum, pedestal, section (verso)

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

St. Peter's, dome and drum, interior section and elevation, and labeled details (recto); St. Peter's, moulding profil…

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

Watercolor plan of the Kew gardens showing lakes, paths, buildings and a legend, by Sir William Chambers, 1763.

General Plan of the Gardens at Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Drawing of a formal flower garden with a lobed pond and a long aviary with a central cupola, framed by trees.

View of the Flower Garden and Aviary at Kew

Thomas Sandby, 1763

Ink and wash plan of a landscape park with tree clusters, winding paths, and a scale bar along the bottom edge.

Luton Park, Bedfordshire, Plan for Planting South-East of the House

Lancelot "Capability" Brown, after 1764

Ink and wash drawing of a nude Adam amid animals including a horse, goat, and unicorn in a wooded landscape.

Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-10

Architectural drawing of The Great Exotic Stove showing wall sections, an elevation, and above and below pavement plans with

The Great Exotic Stove at Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Watercolor of a lake with a pagoda, large trees, grazing sheep, and a rowing boat carrying three people.

View of the Lake and the Island from the Lawn at Kew

William Marlow, 1763

Grey wash drawing of a palace facade across a lawn with strolling figures, grazing sheep and tall trees.

View of the Palace from the Lawn at Kew

Joshua Kirby, 1763

Sepia drawing of a stone forge with a waterwheel, smoking chimney, waterfall, and hills in the background.

The Iron Forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth, Merioneth Shire

Paul Sandby, ca. 1776

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ in an arched architectural frame, with angels and cherubs in clouds above.

Design for a Baptism of Christ in an Architectural Setting

James Thornhill, early 18th century

Watercolor elevation and floor plan of an octagonal rustic shore seat with shingled roof, with mountains behind.

Shore Seat for Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1870-79

Engraved bird's-eye map of Cologne along the Rhine with Deutz fortress opposite, cherubs and coats of arms framing the view.

Cologne and Deutz

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1635

Engraved half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls, and a fur-trimmed satin gown beside a draped curtain.

Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650