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Loose ink sketch of a centaur carrying a woman, one arm raised, set against swirling cloud-like strokes.

Centaur Carrying Off a Woman

Honoré Daumier

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse with one arm raised and cloak flying behind, on pale paper.

Don Quixote

Honoré Daumier

Loose ink and wash drawing of an actor in a cloak posing before an oval mirror, with a skull on a ledge.

Actor Posing in Front of a Mirror

Honoré Daumier, 1870s?

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a tall hat and flowing cloak, on cream paper.

Lawyer

Honoré Daumier

Charcoal sketch of a dancer balanced on pointe with a billowing skirt, drawn on tan paper.

Dancer

Honoré Daumier

Ink and wash drawing of an elderly woman in a chair gazing upward while holding a small child on her lap.

The Grandmother

Honoré Daumier

Pencil and wash sketch on tan paper showing robed figures in interior scenes with a crowd beneath.

Scene in a Palace of Justice

Honoré Daumier

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of three seated men, the central one leaning forward as if reading.

The Reading

Honoré Daumier

Ink and graphite sketch of a seated woman with curly hair and a sheer veil across her face, arm resting in her lap.

Woman with Veil

Honoré Daumier

Head of a Man

Honoré Daumier

Engraving of a crowded omnibus with top-hatted passengers, a child on a lap, and a man leaning from the roof on a city street

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Julien Antoine Peulot after Honoré Daumier, 1867

Hand-colored lithograph of a heavyset man in green coat tasting red wine at a dinner table, with a bottle and oyster shell.

Bordeaux-Laffite

Honoré Daumier, 1836

Hand-colored caricature of a woman, dandy and soldier on a balcony looking down at grotesque crowd faces below.

O qu'ils sont laids!

Honoré Daumier, 1836

Engraved knife handle ornament with a central scene of Tobias, cherubs, scrolling foliage and a Latin inscription.

Ornament for Knife Handle

Engraved ornament panel with an oval shepherd carrying a sheep, flanked by dragons, scrollwork and fruit motifs.

Ornament

Engraved print of nine ornate pendant jewelry designs with floral and scroll patterns, numbered 8.

Jewelry Ornament

Engraving of nude figures bathing around a tiered fountain beside a colonnade, with dancers and a village church at right.

Fountain of Youth

Johann Theodor de Bry after Sebald Beham

Engraving of a village country fair with dancing peasants, feasting at tables, a May pole, riders, and a church on the right.

Country Fair

Johann Theodor de Bry after Sebald Beham

Circular engraving of a pastoral woodland scene with reclining figures, peacock, turkey, goat and cherubs beneath a tree.

The Golden Age

Johann Theodor de Bry after Abraham Bloemaert after Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1608

Etching of a marching army with pikemen, camels, wagons, and a skeleton figure of Death at the rear, with Latin text below.

Army Train and Death

Johann Theodor de Bry after Erhard Schön

Engraved frieze of a baggage wagon, marching pikemen, women and a mounted officer in a plumed hat.

The Baggage Train with the Sergeant-Major

Johann Theodor de Bry after Sebald Beham

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a skullcap and white collar, with a Dutch caption below.

Solomon de Bray

after Jan de Bray Dirck de Bray, 1664

The Actress Ellen Andrée

Edgar Degas, 1879

Graphite sketch of two seated women in loose garments and headscarves on a tan sheet, by Eugène Delacroix.

Women of Algiers

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Graphite portrait drawing of a child with shoulder-length hair, head turned slightly, on light paper.

Portrait of a Child

Eugène Delacroix

Watercolor of a striped tiger resting on grassy ground with blue mountains behind it.

Tiger

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1830

Lithograph of a young tiger playing with its mother in a shaded grassy landscape, rendered in soft gray tones.

Young Tiger Playing with its Mother (Jeune tigre jouant avec sa mère)

Eugène Delacroix, 1831

Etching of two horsemen on galloping horses, one striking at the other with a sword across a sketched landscape.

Two Horsemen Fighting

Pieter van Laer

Symmetrical engraved ornament with two nude figures, a serpent around a flower vase, skulls, birds, and dogs.

The Fall of Man

Etienne Delaune

Engraved ornamental panel with two figures over a cauldron, hunters with stags and hounds, birds and scrollwork borders.

Essau Selling his Birthright

Etienne Delaune