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Etching of a woman reading in bed with a slipper on the floor beside her, dark curtain behind.

Reading in Bed (The Slipper)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Seymour Seated

James McNeill Whistler, 1857-58

Etching of a man in a top hat reclining on grass with a walking stick, with a sketched landscape behind him.

Greenwich Pensioner

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a farmstead with two grazing horses, a fence, trees and hatched clouds over a field.

Landscape with the Horse (Landscape with Horses)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a riverside wharf with moored boats, masts, workers and a brick Thames Police building on the right.

Thames Police (Wapping Wharf)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a man leaning by a barrel in a timber shed, with ladders and a bright doorway opening onto distant figures.

The Lime-Burner (W. Jones, Lime-Burner, Thames Street)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a seated man in a cap holding a cello, with loose hatched lines and an open background.

Becquet (J. Becquet, Sculptor)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a river harbor with sailing ships, rowing boats, a cargo barge, and riverside buildings under a hatched sky.

Little Wapping (The Little Rotherhithe)

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Etching of a misty river with sailing boats, a wooden pier, and factory chimneys along the distant shore.

Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier)

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1863

Etching of the Old Hungerford Bridge over a busy river with sailing barges, rowing boats, and a distant city skyline.

Old Hungerford Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Etching of a river landscape with trees and a rowboat, and a woman in a hat sketching in the foreground.

Sketching, No. 1

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Red chalk and ink drawing of clergy and onlookers at a ceremony, with a procession and classical buildings in the background.

The Consecration of the Site of a Church in Rome by a Pope ("The Miracle of Saint Mary of the Snows"?)

Giovanni Lanfranco, n.d.

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of a shepherd with a crook pointing while a seated nude male looks up on rocky ground.

A Shepherd Addressing a Seated Male Nude

Alessandro Magnasco, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a barefoot elderly friar in a hooded robe, seen from behind, with white highlights.

Standing Pilgrim Friar

Alessandro Magnasco, ca. 1705-20

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of many robed figures, poets and musicians gathered beside a classical building on an arc

An Allegory of Learning

Parrasio Micheli, ca. 1565

Brown ink drawing of a clergyman blessing a book before a seated assembly in a grand interior with a raised throne.

An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

Cesare Nebbia, 1580-90

Pen and red chalk drawing of Christ and a woman at a stone well, with trees and an urn in a landscape setting.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

Giuseppe Passeri, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ gesturing to a kneeling centurion while soldiers with spears stand nearby.

Christ and the Centurion (recto); Figure Waving to Departing Ship (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1665-1714

Pen and brown wash drawing of two women embracing on steps, with onlookers, a donkey, and architecture in the background.

The Visitation

Bernardino Poccetti, ca. 1599-1610

Brown wash drawing of Christ standing and gesturing to a kneeling Mary Magdalen beneath a tree in a landscape.

Christ Appearing to Saint Mary Magdalen ("Noli Me Tangere")

Jacopo Bassano, ca. 1560

Pen and ink drawing of a draped female figure pointing to a crescent moon with two infants beside her and a tree.

Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants

Francesco Primaticcio, ca. 1539-42

Etching of a young girl with long hair in a long dress, standing beside a hoop with its shadow on the ground.

Florence Leyland

James McNeill Whistler, [1873]

Etched sketch of a nude female figure leaning forward with lowered head, set against loose vertical hatching.

Tillie: a Model (Tillie Gilchrist)

James McNeill Whistler, 1873

Etching of a sailing barge on a river beside factory sheds and smokestacks, with a bridge in the distance.

Price's Candle-Works (Price's Candle Factory)

James McNeill Whistler, 1876-77

Etching of a harbor with masted ships, warehouses and a wooden pier, with a rowboat crossing the water in the foreground.

Free Trade Wharf

James McNeill Whistler, 1877

Etching of sailing ships, masts and rowboats in a busy riverside harbor with wooden pilings and a hazy city beyond.

A Sketch from Billingsgate (From Billingsgate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Etched bust portrait of a man with tousled hair and a pale streak, set against diagonal hatched shading.

Whistler with the White Lock

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a harbor with masts and rigging above, two wooden pilings, a small boat, and two figures on the quay.

The Tiny Pool

James McNeill Whistler, [1879]

Etching of a timber bridge over a river with a church tower and trees on the right bank.

The Little Putney, No. 1 (Little Putney Bridge)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a calm river with a dark sailing boat, a jetty and a house on the right bank, and trees on the far shore.

Little Putney, No. 2 (The Little Putney)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879