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Pencil drawing of a human skeleton in side view, arms and legs extended in a striding pose, on toned paper.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Pen and wash drawing of a young woman carrying a tray of food on her head while walking past a stone pillar.

London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head (

Paul Sandby, 1759

Hand-colored title page reading AMERICA PROPHECY with clouds, robed figures, and a fallen figure above dark waves.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 2, Title Page

William Blake, 1793

Anterior view drawing of a human skeleton with annotated measurements on a pale sheet, by George Stubbs, 1795.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Brown wash drawing of a ragged street seller with a paper, a walking man behind him, and a crowd near a gallows.

London Cries: Last Dying Speech and Confession

Paul Sandby, 1759

Winged figure crouches head-bowed on a ledge beside a nude woman holding a child under a dark, fiery sky.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

William Blake, 1793

Pencil drawing of a fowl skeleton in side view, showing skull, neck, ribs, wing and leg bones on pale paper.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl S…

George Stubbs, 1795

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man holding a pole with hanging lace, with a young woman in an apron beside him.

London Cries: A Lace Seller

Paul Sandby, 1759

Hand-colored Blake plate: a nude man crouches amid dark flames beneath blue handwritten verse on a cream page.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 12,

William Blake, 1793

Anatomical drawing of a standing human figure seen from behind, with red and grey lines showing muscles and blood vessels.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Brown wash drawing of a street vendor balancing a basket on his head, with pots and pans on a pole and a city skyline behind

London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a dark cloak and lace collar, hand on chest, with Latin inscription bel

D. Petrus Paulus Rubbens Eques

Paulus Pontius, 1630

Pencil anatomical drawing of a fowl skeleton in side view with handwritten labels for neck and leg muscles.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl B…

George Stubbs, 1795

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in a tricorn hat and long coat, holding a walking stick.

London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

Paul Sandby, 1759

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a cap and cloak, seated beside a drape, with Latin inscription below.

Icones Principum Virorum

Robert van Voerst, 1630

Engraved reproduction of an ornate allegorical ceiling with a central oval of cherubs and winged figures, framed by smaller p

From the Painting of the Ceiling in the Banqueting House at White-Hall in the Year 1720

Simon Gribelin, 1720

Brown wash drawing of a street seller in a tricorn hat carrying a sack of brushes over his shoulder.

London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

Paul Sandby, 1759

Engraved oval portrait of Charles I in armour with long hair, white collar and chain, against draped fabric.

Charles I

William Faithorne the Younger, 1658

Engraving of William Hogarth seated at an easel, palette in hand, painting a sketch of the Comic Muse beside a column.

Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse

William Hogarth, 1764

Ink and wash drawing of a milkmaid with a yoke handing a pail to an elderly woman in a doorway, with metal milk cans.

London Cries: A Milkmaid

Paul Sandby, 1759

Engraving of a hooded figure on a rocky ledge overlooking a river and a moonlit city skyline with domed buildings.

YCBA London a Pilgrimage 07

Gustave Doré, 1872

Engraving of a London street where a coachman whips a fallen horse beside a carriage, sheep and onlookers.

The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

William Hogarth, 1751

Pen and wash drawing of a street vendor holding a bundled cloth aloft as women and a child watch on a city street.

London Cries: Fun upon Fun

Paul Sandby, 1759

Pencil sketch of an old wooden alms box with iron bands and a pitched roof on a stone base, drawn on tan paper.

An Ancient Alms Box, Walsingham Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1805

Engraving of boys torturing animals in a city street, with a crowd watching and a church spire behind the buildings.

The First Stage of Cruelty: Children Torturing Animals

William Hogarth, 1751

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat carrying a large bundle and a walking stick.

London Cries: A Man with a Bundle, Old Clothes

Ink and wash drawing of a temporary arch with putti and two allegorical figures, one with a lute and one armored.

Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War

Inigo Jones, 1622

Engraving of a public dissection with surgeons, spectators, skeletons, a dog and a corpse on a round table.

The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty

William Hogarth, 1751

Brown wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat and long coat holding a bottle, standing against a shaded background.

London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

Paul Sandby, 1759

Brown ink drawing of a plumed horse rearing up, with a rider in the saddle and a flowing tail.

A Plumed Saddle-Horse

Inigo Jones, 1640