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Pencil drawing of the Holy Family resting under a palm tree, with fruit, a ewer and a donkey in the foreground.

Rest During the Flight into Egypt

Philipp Veit, 1800-1877

Grey wash architectural fantasy of a ruined classical pediment with urns, a fountain, a reclining figure and a wolf with twin

Architectural Fantasy

Johann Ferdinand von Hohenberg, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of Christ riding a donkey as a crowd waves palm branches and children reach toward him.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Hans Stutte, 1611

Engraving of a stout seated man with a cane at a table with companions, a standing youth and woman at right, dogs and armor.

The Seven Ages, Fifth Age: The Justice (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7)

Peter Simon, first published 1801; reissued 1852

Engraving of sailors battling a storm and shipwreck, with Prospero and Miranda on a rocky shore and spirits in the clouds.

The Enchanted Island, Before the Cell of Prospero - Prospero and Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 1)

Benjamin Smith, originally published 1797; reissued 1852

Engraving of workers and armored soldiers building a stone wall with ladders and tools, a tower behind them.

Cadmus Founding Thebes

Master of the Story of Cadmus, ca. 1543-44

Brown wash drawing of a classical colonnaded hall with figures reacting around a banquet table and a helmeted soldier.

The Death of Britannicus

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, ca. 1814

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of workers and figures in a vaulted forge with arched openings and a furnace.

Venus Visiting the Forge of Vulcan

called Paolo Fiammingo Pauwels Franck, 16th century

Pencil drawing of a woodland scene with a large twisted tree at upper left, slender trunks, and an open path below.

Study of Trees

François Ryckhals, 17th century

Watercolor of a seated monkey on a rock with a spotted civet looking up at it in a pale landscape.

A Monkey Sitting on a Rock Looking at a Civet

Aert Schouman, 1764

Watercolor of a male wood duck with green head and striped flanks standing on rocks before a pale landscape.

A Duck

Aert Schouman, mid-17th-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of peasants resting under a tree with cattle and sheep in a pastoral landscape.

Peasants with Cattle and Sheep

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

Engraved panoramic print of a columned hall with a throned ruler and crowded courtiers, with Latin inscription above.

The Queen of Sheba before Solomon

François Collignon, 1631

Grey wash drawing of an octagonal city gate beside a canal, with trees, a rowing boat and figures on a bridge.

A View of the Wittevrouwenpoort, Utrecht

Dirk Verrijk, 1749-86

Grey wash drawing of a church with a tall spire, a stone gateway, a horse and cart on cobblestones, and townspeople.

View of the Church of Passy, near Paris

Reinier Vinkeles, 1770

Grey wash drawing of sailing ships and a rowing boat with figures on an estuary under a cloudy sky.

Various Ships and a Rowing Boat on an Estuary

Wigerus Vitringa, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a multi-tier building façade with niches, statues, pilasters and an arched doorway at ground level.

Project for a Façade Decoration (recto); Architectural Studies (verso)

Lattanzio Gambara, 16th century

Engraved sheet of ornamental dagger hilts and scabbards with scrollwork, grotesque masks, and a globe medallion.

Daggars and scabbards, from "Military Ornament"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Pen and wash drawing of two figures embracing, one in flowing drapery, on blue-grey paper with billowing cloth behind.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Taddeo Zuccari, ca. 1550

Hand-colored print of Washington on a white horse under flags, greeted by women in gowns strewing flowers.

Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789, on His Way to New York to be…

Nathaniel Currier, 1845

Hand-colored print of Washington lifted to heaven by winged figures, with mourners kneeling at his tomb below.

Apotheosis of George Washington

Heinrich Weishaupt, 1830-50

Sepia print of a busy cobbled Broadway street with carriages, pedestrians, and a classical City Hall building.

Broadway and City Hall in New York (Brodway-Gatan Och Rådhuset i New York)

Carl Fredrik Akrell, 1824

Grey wash elevation of a neoclassical chimney piece with draped female supports and a frieze of a chariot procession.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Gallery, now Dining Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)

Robert Adam, ca. 1769

Grey and pink wash design of a neoclassical fireplace with draped female figures, laurel pilasters and winged putti roundels.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Pompeian Style

Robert Adam, ca. 1775

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical ruins with Corinthian columns, a sarcophagus, a pyramid and an obelisk in a landscape.

Classical Landscape with Ruins (recto); Two men in Roman military dress (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with temples, a stone bridge over a river, and figures in a boat.

Classical Landscape with Temples (recto); Indecipherable sketch, possibly of a seated figure (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Engraving of a man in dark coat stepping down stone stairs beside a flaming altar, with an allegorical woman and an eagle.

General Washington's Resignation

Alexander Lawson, 1799

Brown and white wash drawing of a standing bald man in flowing drapery, arms raised, on blue-grey paper.

Standing Male Draped Figure With His Hands Raised

Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, 1565-71

The Head and Shoulders of a Woman in Profile; Separate Studies of Her Head and Ear (recto); Fragment of Drapery Study…

Gregorio Pagani, 1592

Pencil sketch of a bearded prophet and a bishop above a cluster of angels in clouds, on aged paper.

A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome)

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1634-35