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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Hanging scroll of a long-tailed pheasant on a rock beside pale peonies, with calligraphy on a brown silk ground.

A pheasant, a rock, and peonies

Emperor Huizong )

Ink painting on silk of a robed immortal and a spotted deer gazing up at a dragon in a hazy sky.

An immortal and a deer looking at a dragon overhead

Tuan Shigen, 1644

Ink landscape hanging scroll with mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, a small hut by a stream, and calligraphy at upper left.

The thatched hut at Liangchang

Ink painting on silk of a gnarled pine tree growing from rocks, with bamboo and grasses at its base.

Pines, rock, and bamboo

Ink landscape scroll with a tall mountain, two ferry boats on a river, a village by willows, and birds flying.

Landscape with ferry boats

Ma Lin, 1800

Hanging scroll of a towering misty cliff above a riverbank with gnarled trees and a small pavilion in brown tones.

Landscape: perpendicular cliffs and rough water

Ink scroll of fishermen on boats with cormorants on a river below steep cliffs and reeds.

Fishing with cormorants

Handscroll landscape of green mountains, pine trees, a river with a wooden bridge, and pavilions among cliffs.

Traveling at dawn in the snowy foothills 《雪麓早行圖》

Fan Qi, 1700

Hanging scroll of a wintry mountain landscape with pines, a stone bridge over a river, and calligraphy inscriptions.

Winter landscape

Hanging scroll of a standing woman beside tall garden rocks and peonies, with calligraphy inscriptions above.

A female figure, garden rocks, and peonies

Hanging scroll of a misty river at dusk with moored boats, a willow tree, a pavilion and a mountain under a pale moon.

Boats moored on the nighttime river

Yuan Jiang, 1700

Painting of an eagle perched on a gnarled bare branch against a golden silk background with red seals.

An eagle on a branch

Emperor Huizong )

Hanging scroll of mountains, red pavilions on a lake shore, pine and willow trees, and small boats, with calligraphy above.

Palaces on the shore of a lake

Hanging scroll of a woman holding a fruit bowl beside a deer, with pine tree and rocky cliffs in the background.

The immortal Ma Gu with a deer

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, gnarled pines and a tiled-roof pavilion on a rock ledge, in muted ochre tones.

Whiling away the summer in the shade of pines 《松陰消夏圖》

Zhe School, 1400

Ink sketch of a smiling man dancing, holding a folding fan overhead in flowing robes, bare feet visible.

Dancing man

Katsushika Hokusai

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat, face turned to the side, on brown paper.

Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Pencil portrait of a curly-haired man with a mustache, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and cravat, gazing toward the viewer.

Portrait of Whistler

Edward Poynter, 1850

Ink line drawing of a seated woman on a wooden veranda beside reeds and trees, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), Kujō Yoshitsune

Katsushika Hokusai

Pastel drawing of a standing woman in pink robes with an orange sash, head bowed, beside purple irises on brown paper.

The Purple Iris

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Ink drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat by an easel, beside a dark seated figure seen from behind at a lit table.

Whistler drawing Poynter; back view of a man seated at a table near a lighted lamp

Edward Poynter, 1860

Ink sketch of a robed woman seated on an elephant, with a bald monk and a seated figure in a tall hat below.

Preparatory sketch for <em>The Courtesan Eguchi as the Bodhisattva Fugen and the Monk Saigyo</em>

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Pencil sketch of an arched doorway opening onto a shop interior with stairs, a vase, shelves of jugs, and a counter.

La Marchande de Moutarde

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Oval portrait of two seated boys in dark jackets beside a leafy tree, with a sea view under a pale sky.

Portrait of J. McNeill Whistler and His Brother William (Dr. William Whistler)

Emile Francois Dessain, 1840

Ink sketch of a laughing man in flowing robes stretching one long arm across the page, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Long-armed man stretching

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Pastel drawing of a standing woman in a blue dress and coat with red hair against a blue and tan background.

The Blue Girl

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Etched portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a cane, with vertical hatching behind him.

After Whistler's Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter

Percy Thomas, 1870

Etching of a standing man in a long coat and top hat, drawn in loose caricature style with sketchy hatched lines.

Portrait of Whistler

Carlo Pellegrini, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a bonnet at a table, with a loosely drawn second figure beside her on the right.

Couple seated at a table

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Caricature of a man in a long tan overcoat, dark hat and monocle, holding a cane, titled A Symphony.

A Symphony

Leslie Ward, 1870