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Engraving of classical gods assembled on clouds, including Mercury with a caduceus, Neptune with a trident, and winged putti.

Assembly of the Gods after the ceiling composition in the Loggia di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Rome

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1527

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche reclining on a couch under a tree, with satyrs and an altar in the background.

Cupid and Psyche

Giorgio Ghisi, 1573-74

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche on a chariot drawn by birds, with winged children and a distant landscape.

The triumph of Cupid and Psyche who are seated on a chariot drawn by two birds restrained by children

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-67

Engraving of figures carrying a wounded nude man past a stone wall, with robed onlookers and a piper nearby.

The Wounded Paris Carried from the Field of Battle

Etching of a Lamentation over a reclining dead Christ surrounded by mourners, with a sketch of intertwined figures above.

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-45 (?)

Etching of Venus reclining in a garden surrounded by cupids, a herm of Pan, and trees, with a distant mountain landscape.

The Garden of Venus who reclines in the centre before a term of Pan and surrounded by cupids

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Engraving of Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, with a young boy holding a lantern walking beside them.

Aeneas rescuing Anchises, a young boy carrying a lantern at left

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1525

Engraving of warriors fighting and figures fleeing a burning city, with a seated figure and smoke rising from ruins on the ri

The Fall of Troy and Escape of Aeneas

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1540's

Engraving of gluttony with drinkers at a table, giant barrels, grotesque creatures, and a burning town with a windmill-headed

Gluttony (Gula) from The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Ink and wash sketch of a standing woman in a long gown with a faint second figure at left, study for a bride painting.

Studies for "The Bride at Her Toilet on the Day of Her Wedding"

David Wilkie, ca. 1838

Brown ink and wash sketch of a standing nude woman seen from behind, with seated figures and a dark interior background.

Study for "The Bride at Her Toilet on the Day of Her Wedding"

David Wilkie, ca. 1838

Grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo ceiling design with a central medallion, oval side panels, shells and scrollwork.

Design for a Staircase Ceiling

Isaac Ware, ca. 1756

Pencil and ink sketches of Turkish figures, including veiled women, a turbaned seated man, and standing figures in tall headw

Studies of two groups of Turkish figures

David Wilkie, before 1841

Grey wash frontispiece with a classical frame reading TASSO, showing an embracing couple and sheep in a wooded pastoral scene

Fronticepiece for Tasso's Poems

Richard Westall, late 18th-mid-19th century

Grey wash drawing of old buildings, a tower, and ruined arches beside a sloping field under a pale sky.

House of Pompey at Albano

Richard Wilson, 1753-56

Pencil drawing on blue-grey paper of a ruined circular Roman structure at right, with a tree and small figure at left.

View of the Colosseum

Richard Wilson, 1751-56

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ being nailed to a cross on the ground, with soldiers, mourning women, and tools in the foregro

Christ Nailed to the Cross, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Hand-coloured fan-shaped print with oval vignettes of male character types labelled with titles and verses, c. 1795.

The Ladies Bill of Fare, or, a Copious Collection of Beaux

George Wilson, 1795

Pen and wash drawing of three ornate candlestick designs with classical motifs, including heads, garlands and a winged figure

Three Designs for Candlesticks

Henri Auguste, ca. 1770-1816

Hand-colored woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourners and soldiers, and a skull in the foreground.

Crucifixion, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ in Limbo with a red-robed figure lifting nude souls from a ruined arch amid flames and demons.

Christ in Limbo, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ's body being lowered from the cross, with mourners in robes and a crown of thorns on the groun

Deposition, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Brown wash drawing of a rococo cartouche-shaped frame with scrolls, a face mask at top and a shell motif below.

Design for a Frame in the Form of a Cartouche (Mirror?)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Hand-colored woodcut of the risen Christ with a halo and red cloak, standing over a tomb with startled soldiers around him.

Resurrection, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-style mill with a blue roof, central spire and weathervane, flanked by trees.

An Elevation for the Projected Mill at Méréville

François Joseph Belanger, n.d.

Etching of skeletons and skulls among rococo ornament, a fountain, and ruined architecture, with figures on a distant bridge.

The Skeletons, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo scrolled crest with hanging drapery, signed Roma in the lower right.

Design for a Crest with Drapery (the Upper Part of a Canopy or Window Treatment)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil and wash sketches of ornamental forms on pale paper, including a tapering column, scrollwork, a hexagonal motif, and l

Fragmentary Sketches of Various Ornament

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and grey wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with a vaulted ceiling, classical columns, and receding arches.

Design for Stage Set

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Grey ink drawing of parted drapery revealing angels on clouds around a radiant monstrance, possibly a stage design.

Parted Curtains Revealing Angels Upon Clouds Worshipping a Monstrance (Design for a Stage Set?)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765