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Pen and wash drawing of figures and a carriage on steps overlooking a formal park with a pond and statue.

View from the Portico of the House to the Park at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Etching of a chaotic cavalry battle with rearing horses, sword-wielding riders and smoke, with an orderly army in the distanc

A battle on horseback, from "Peace and War" (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a naval battle with smoke rising from a central ship, surrounded by masted vessels and a small rowboat on the sea.

Naval combat, a ship at center, seen from behind, firing at four enemy ships, another ship entering from the right, a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a naval battle with a crowded rowboat, drowning figures in the sea, and a burning ship sinking in smoke.

Naval battle, a rowboat filled with people fighting with muskets to left, people drowning in the sea in the center an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of fishermen hauling and mending nets on a shore, with boats and distant buildings on the horizon.

A fisherman bringing in his nets, a man at left pushing a bale to the right, two seated figures mending nets, and two…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

A man wearing a plumed hat in center facing right, a woman walking towards the left in the background, plate 17 from…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

A noblewoman walking towards the left with a feathered fan, another woman in background to left, plate 18 from "Diver…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a man leaning back with arm outstretched, with a second head study above.

Study of a Female Dancer

Otto Greiner, late 19th-early 20th century

Pencil drawing of an angel with a staff beside two embracing men at a stone doorway under a vine pergola, with a dog.

Tobias Takes Leave of his Father

Carl Gottlieb Peschel, 1829

Kneeling woman and child in blue praying before a gilded image of the Virgin in a sunlit stone church interior.

Mother and Daughter in Prayer

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, ca. 1811-17

Pen sketch sheet with studies of fantastical woodland creatures, gnarled roots, and figures in cloaks and tall hats.

Studies of Imaginary Woodland Creatures and Other Figures

Moritz von Schwind, mid-19th century

Etched title page with an oval cartouche, laughing caricature face, crossed quill pens, and the title Le Brun Travested.

Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

Thomas Rowlandson, January-February 1800

The Flower Garden

Matthew Darly, May 1, 1777

Pen drawing of an ornate gallery with glass display cases, a glazed roof, and visitors in 19th-century dress.

Gallery Lined with Display Cases

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pencil drawing of an elderly man in a wig and long coat seated in an armchair, holding a walking stick.

Uncle Toby, from Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1852

Sepia drawing of an elderly man with a cane reaching toward a window while a family sits at a dining table behind him.

Uncle Toby and the Fly, from Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1847

Brown ink drawing of an elderly man in a wide hat and ruffled collar holding a paper, beside a stone wall.

Portrait of Jan Hus

Christoffel van Sichem, mid-16th-early 17th century

Etching of a nobleman in court dress seen from behind, holding a sword, with a small figure standing at right.

A Polish nobleman in court dress, standing in center, seen from behind, another nobleman to right in background, plat…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

An old Polish nobleman wearing a plumed hat in center, standing in profile facing right, another Polish man to right…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a woman from behind wrapping a child in a shawl, with small figures and a horse in the background.

A poor woman to left, seen from behind, enveloping her child in a shawl, another woman seen from behind to left in ba…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a cloaked woman with three children, one on her shoulders, one in her arms, and one walking ahead.

A beggar woman with three children, one child on her shoulders, one child in her arms, and one child who walks in fro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a satyr leaning against a tree beside a child playing with a goat, with a distant landscape behind.

A satyr sitting against a tree to right and holding a flute in his right hand, a child playing with a goat to left, p…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a herdsman on horseback leading cattle down a hill, with a stone pine and a distant tower.

Herdsman atop a horse, seen from behind, leads his cattle down a hill, a tower on a hill to left in the background, p…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Polish horseman in profile facing right, a tower and other figures on horses in background, a circular composition, f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etched oval portrait of a young man in a feathered cap and fur collar, turned to the left, with French text below.

A bust of a young man wearing a cap with feathers, turned three-quarters to the left, the coat of arms of the Grand D…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Woman coiffed as a sultana, from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la persienne)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649-50

Etched oval portrait of a woman in a feathered turban with pearls and a pearl necklace, gazing to the side.

Sultana wearing a pearl necklace and a turban, from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffées à…

Stefano Della Bella, 1649-50

Etching of a young man in a jeweled turban and fur-trimmed robe, shown in an oval bust portrait with fine hatching.

Sultan wearing a fur and a turban, from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la persienne)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649-50

Sultana wearing a turban, in profile to the right, from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffée…

Stefano Della Bella, 1649-50

A slave holds a camel by the bridle, from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la persienne)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649