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Etching of the circular Tomb of Caecilia Metella with ruined battlements, arches, goats and figures in the foreground.

The tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1762

Etched engraving of an ornate ancient marble candelabrum with swan-headed supports and a figure holding a bowl atop.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Major General Charles Lee

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Black and white chalk drawing of a lying curly-furred dog with its head raised to the right on pale paper.

A Dog

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

Etching of a skeleton on a rearing horse charging through a battlefield with fleeing soldiers and smoke in the background.

Death on the Battlefield, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-64

Etching of a bearded man with a lantern beside a pile of dead animals, a nude figure, a dog, and a tree.

Diogenes in search of an honest man

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Woodcut print of a standing nude, two embracing seated women, a reclining animal, and leafy foliage on cream paper.

Women, Animals, and Foliage

Paul Gauguin, 1898

Etching of a kneeling shepherd with sheep under a palm tree, beside two turbaned bearded men and a child.

Shepherd with Two Magicians, from "Scherzi"

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-57

Brown ink design of a helmeted charioteer driving horses, framed by blank banners and a striped decorative border.

Design for Trade Card [The Sun Life Assurance Society]

Walter Crane, 1880-89

Pen and grey wash drawing of workmen unloading crates and framed paintings at a large arched building entrance in Paris.

Delivery Entrance of Palais des Beaux Arts at the Exposition Universelle of 1855

Eyre Crowe, 1855

Decorated manuscript-style border with flowers, birds, a dog and Latin text, framing a faint pencil nativity sketch.

Decorated Border with Nativity Scene

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen and brown ink drawing of plumed helmet, shields, swords and a skull arranged as a trophy display.

Frieze of Trophies

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of two draped classical men leading three horses, one with an ornate bridle, on grey paper.

Two male classical figures with three horses (design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory)

John Flaxman, 19th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of a lion holding pen nibs, its body forming a scroll with flourished penmanship lettering.

Ornamental Lion Composed of Scrolls, Holding Pens

H. E. Forbes, 18th century

Engraving of a horse pulling a globe above reclining allegorical figures, with a ruined city and palm tree behind.

The World Carrying Away Knowledge and Love, from The Unrestrained World, plate 3

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1550

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a swallow over a wheat field and two lancets of flowering branches and urns

Design for a stained glass window

Alexander Gibbs, 1866-92

Pencil and watercolor frieze of dancers, a crouching creature, bird-headed Egyptian figures, and a cockatoo holding a pennant

Frieze of Figures and Birds

Rev. Geoffrey Liddell Johnstone, 19th century

Pen and watercolour sketch of an angler seated by a river with cows and ducks, under windblown trees.

"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"

John Leech, 1830-64

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seaside scene with bathing machine, riders, mermaid, and children playing on sand.

London at the Sea Side

John Leech, 1830-64

Pen and ink sketch of men in top hats and a woman with a dog in a crowded saloon beneath a chandelier.

The Hoffman House Saloon, New York

Phil May, ca. 1895

Etching of two domed churches beside Trajan's Column in Rome, with carriages and pedestrians on a busy street.

Two churches near Trajan's column, S. Maria di Loreto and Santissimo Nome di Maria (Veduta delle due chiesa, l'una de…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1762

Lithograph of two giraffes, an attendant, and antelopes on a plain, advertising live giraffes exhibited on Broadway, 1838.

The Majestic and Graceful Giraffes, or Cameleopards, with some Rare Animals of the Gazelle Species

Edward Williams Clay, 1838

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, on Horseback

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delafosse, 1763

Pen and wash drawing of a Baroque fountain design with a shell niche, scrolled volutes, animal heads and a perched bird.

Fountain at the Villa Panfili, Italy

Stephen Riou, 1752

Rowlandson watercolor of a couple dining at a table with servants bringing plates, a dog beneath the cloth, and a folding scr

A Couple at Table with Servants

Thomas Rowlandson, 18th-19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a rider struggling with a rearing white horse before an inn with onlookers.

Dr. Syntax with a Balky Horse Before an Inn

Thomas Rowlandson, 18th-19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a street with timber houses, a medieval gate, horses, a carriage and pedestrians.

City View with Medieval Gate (perhaps York)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775-1827

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man in a tricorn hat leading two oxen pulling a cart along a rough road.

Going Sick to the Rear

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1815

Watercolor of a tailor sitting cross-legged pressing cloth in a cluttered interior, with a woman carrying bread and a dog nea

The Tailor

Thomas Rowlandson, 1814

Pen and watercolor drawing of a busy barber's shop with lathered customers, wigs, dogs fighting on the floor, and a reading m

The Barber's Shop

Thomas Rowlandson, 1785-1805