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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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

Watercolor of a seated man in a green coat conversing with a woman in a pink dress before drapery and an armchair.

Illustration to Vanity Fair, Chapter 1: "Jos and Becky"

William Makepeace Thackeray, ca. 1848

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a blue shawl and a man in a top hat beside a street lamp, with a faint figure at left.

Design for an illustration to Vanity Fair (recto); Sketch of young woman (verso)

William Makepeace Thackeray, ca. 1847

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed coat, turned to the right.

Anonymous portrait

Francesco Bartolozzi, ca. 1794-1802

Pen drawing of a piper and two onlookers in a pastoral field with cattle, framed by handwritten verse lines.

Why then begin..., illustration to "A Bucolick or Discourse of Neatherds"

Edwin Austin Abbey, ca. 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a man dancing with a woman in a cape while a crowd with torches watches.

The jovial monarch caught Mrs. Russell's hand in his, and proceeded to dance, illustration to "A Castle in Spain: A N…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880-83

Pen drawing of a cobbled street with timber buildings, a woman and a man in tricorn hat walking, figures by a wall and a ship

The Sunday Walk, illustration to "Sally in Our Alley"

Edwin Austin Abbey, ca. 1886

Pen drawing of a stable with a horse over a stall, a man stirring a bucket, and a standing man with a pitchfork.

And none knew why he fed them both with his own hands, illustration to "Quince"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Pen drawing of a bookshop with a seated young man talking to an older bookseller, a ladder figure, and a woman by a window.

He went to Tonson, illustration to "The Noble Patron"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Pen and ink drawing of harvesters resting by a haystack, with a standing woman holding a tool and a dog lying nearby.

The Harvesters, illustration to "The Leather Bottèl"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1887

Pen and ink drawing of three people in period dress seated on a stone bench near a tree, with ruins and distant travelers.

The bird to others flew, illustration to "A Love Song"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1887

Pen and ink drawing of a tavern interior with a man in a doorway, a woman in an apron, and a seated man in a hat.

"Will had her to the wine," illustration to "Phillada Flouts Me"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1886

Grey wash drawing of wooded sand dunes with a windmill on a ridge at left and a pair of small figures under clouds.

Wooded Dune Landscape near Haarlem, with Windmill and a Pair of Figures

Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside city with church spires, towers, a bridge and a sailboat, with handwritten labels.

View of Mâcon Seen from the East

Jan Peeters, mid-17th-late 17th century

Engraving of George Washington rising on clouds toward winged figures, with mourners and an eagle below a memorial inscriptio

Apotheosis of Washington

John James Barralet, 1800-1802

An Angel Holding a Carafe on a Plate

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Lithograph of a dead man in a nightshirt sprawled on a floor beside a bed, with another body in shadow.

Rue Transnonain, le 15 Avril, 1834, Plate 24 of l'Association mensuelle

Honoré Daumier, July 1834

Engraving of Adam and Eve mourning dead Abel in a rocky landscape, with a lion, lamb, altar fire, and God in clouds.

Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel

Cornelis Cort, 1564

Engraved print of a gallery wall crowded with classical busts, statues, urns and medallions arranged in tiers.

La Galerie de Girardon

Nicolas Chevalier, 18th century

Watercolor sketch of a castle courtyard with arched galleries, a balcony of figures, and two horses in the foreground.

Lea Castle, View in Tilt-Court, Facing North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor interior of a gothic-style drawing room with a vaulted ceiling, fireplace, framed paintings and blue sofas.

Drawing Room of Lea Castle, Looking West

John Carter, ca. 1816

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate fireplace mantelpiece with caryatids, a central mirror, and a putto statue.

Design for Mantlepiece

Antonio Francisco Baeta, late 19th century

Pen and grey wash design drawing of a fireplace chimneypiece with scroll frieze, acanthus brackets, and dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1743-1800

Etched plate with Latin inscriptions from Roman monuments inside ornate scrolled borders, with an Italian plate index below.

Iscrizione nei lati del Ponte di Rimino (Inscription on the side of the Rimini Bridge) followed by an index of plates…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Dedication to Giovanni Bottari (Dédicace à Bottari), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi I…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etched interior of an ancient temple vestibule with Corinthian columns, niche statues, and coffered vaults receding into dept

Vestibule of an ancient temple... (Vestibolo d'antico Tempio...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1743-50

Etching of a moored fishing boat with hanging sail and rigging on calm water, with a domed building at right.

Fishing Boat

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of a Venetian street seen through a dark archway, with figures walking and a seated worker in a shop at right.

Fish Shop, Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Architectural elevation of a fireplace with swag and rosette decoration set within paneled walls and a dentil cornice.

Design for a Chimneypiece in the Garden Hall, Manresa House, Roehampton, Surrey

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1760