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Pen and ink study with green wash of a bound nude male figure with arms raised, beside a draped cloaked figure.

Study for Saint Sebastian

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman in a wide hat carrying a basket of flowers while walking, glancing over her shoulder.

London Cries: Flowers

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a powdered wig seen from behind, holding a quill beside a handwritten letter.

Self-portrait

James Jefferys, 1771

Graphite drawing of a nude man seen from behind with both arms spread wide, on toned brown paper.

Male with Arms Spread Wide Seen from Behind

Watercolor of a smiling woman and boy beside a street vendor's table with a sign reading Twelve London Cries.

London Cries:

Paul Sandby, 1760

Brown ink and wash design of classical gods and cherubs among clouds above columns and a cornice, for a ceiling.

A Design for a Ceiling

James Thornhill

Studies of Rows of Spectators

Brown wash drawing of a boy in a hat leading a donkey with a large wicker basket on its back.

London Cries: Boy with a Donkey

Paul Sandby, 1759

Watercolor sketch of a pointed stone archway opening onto a shaded woodland path with tall trees.

East Bergholt Church, Looking Out the South Archway of the Ruined Tower

John Constable, 1806

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a fan and bonnet facing a servant in a white headscarf with scissors at her waist.

A Roman Lady with a Duenna

John Brown, 1775

Brown wash drawing of a man holding a bucket, with a horse and a figure with a long staff behind him.

London Cries: A Tinker and His Wife

Paul Sandby, 1759

Graphite sketch of flowers in a faceted pitcher with handwritten plant notes along the bottom edge.

Flowers in a Pitcher

Pencil and wash drawing of several nude male figures tangled together in a vertical struggle, with an inscription below.

But Deliver Us From Evil

John Flaxman Jr., 1805

Watercolor sketch of a swaggering man with long hair, tricorn hat, cloak and walking stick, in brown and grey washes.

London Cries: A Man Swaggering

Pencil drawing of ruined stone priory walls with arched windows, a doorway, and a tall tree under a cloudy sky.

Ruin of St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester

John Constable, 1809

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man in a plumed hat and long cloak, turned toward a smaller seated figure.

Study of a Gentleman, called Dr. Johnson

John Flaxman Jr.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a young woman in a bonnet carrying a basket of oranges through a street.

London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a bonnet and shawl seated and reading an open book, by John Constable, 1812.

Mary Constable Reading

John Constable, 1812

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman seen from behind with a child looking over her shoulder.

Back View of a Woman with Child Looking Over Her Shoulder

John Flaxman Jr.

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman cleaning a shoe beside a bucket, with a standing man in a tricorn hat at left.

London Cries: Shoe Cleaner

Paul Sandby, 1759

Male Nude

John Constable, 1808

Portrait of William Blake

John Flaxman Jr., 1804

Pen and wash drawing of a frontispiece cartouche with a winged cupid writing, an old man pointing, and an open book.

Design for a Frontispiece: Cupid Studying Nature

Pencil sketch of a church tower with a cross beside a large shaded tree and a low stone wall.

Leatherhead Church, Near Epsom, from the Northeast

John Constable, 1806

Pencil drawing of three tall lampstands with finials, two with twisted shafts and tripod or round bases, signed lower right.

Study of Three Lampstands

John Flaxman Jr.

Brown ink drawing of a man with curly hair and a high-collared shirt, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

Portrait of John Saxby

,John Hamilton Mortimer

Brown ink and wash drawing of tall trees and two small deer in a woodland landscape with distant hills.

Trees and Deer

John Constable, 1825

Pen and grey wash sketch of two women near a man resting his arms on a counter.

Two Women Talking to a Man at a Counter

John Flaxman Jr.

Studies of Academics

,John Hamilton Mortimer

Grey wash drawing of a large tree and smaller trees in a meadow beneath a pale blue sky with clouds.

Trees in a Meadow

John Constable, 1805