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Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with a dark trunk and spreading branches, small buds visible at the twig tips, on aged paper

Sketch of budding tree branches

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal and chalk study of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat with lace cuffs on brown paper.

Study for figure at left in "Penn's Treaty," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1908

Lithograph of top-hatted men walking a city street, one yawning widely, by Honoré Daumier, 1846.

Promenade hygiénique et sentimentale, légèrement embêtante, mais remplissant parfaitement son but qui est de faire re…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Watercolor study of trees, a green hedge, and a stone wall in a landscape on grey-blue paper.

Study of landscape with trees and stone wall

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a nude man in a top hat and a nude woman on a rocky path, each with a mask at the hip, after sin.

Apres le Peche

Engraving of the muse Calliope seated with a laurel wreath, holding an open book, with stacked books beside her.

Calliope, plate 1 from the series The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Pen and ink sketch of a young girl holding a stick beside New Year 1891 greeting lettering on a cream card.

Sketch for a greeting card: A Happy New Year 1891 from M.G.A. and E.A.A.

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a shepherd leading a flock of sheep across a field toward bare trees under a cloudy sky.

Paysage - Troupeau des Porcs

Charles Émile Jacque, 1845

Etching of Doric temple ruins at Paestum with herdsmen and water buffalo among broken walls in the foreground.

Vuë de ce qui reste encore des Murs A. de l' ancienne Ville de Pesto . . . (View Showing the Remains of the Ancient C…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Brown wash drawing of two glazed wooden sheds beside overgrown shrubs, with a fence and steps at the right.

Shacks and Shrubs

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap and dark draped cloak, seated with one hand on a chair arm.

Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Charcoal and red chalk study of a standing female figure with arms outstretched on blue-grey paper.

Study for "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a bohemian procession with a cart, mounted riders with feathered hats, and figures on foot along a road.

Les bohemiens en marche; l'arriere-garde (or Le depart) from the series Les bohemiens

Ink drawing of a bowing man in Elizabethan dress reaching toward a standing woman in a long embroidered gown.

Gratiano: "My eyes, my lord, can look as swift as yours," from Act III, Scene ii, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and overcoat with a woman gripping his lapel beside a poster reading répétition.

O (sic) vous me donnerez un bon petit role...

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Graphite sketch of a nude female figure with arms outstretched, leaning forward, on cream paper.

Study for figure of 9 am for "The Hours" mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a shawl facing a bearded man in a hat, with two figures standing behind them.

Figure Scene, study for "A Castle in Spain"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of ruined Doric temple columns with shepherds and goats among the overgrown stone remains.

Vue des restes du derrière du Pronaos du Temple de Neptune dessiné dans les deux planches précédentes (Rear View of t…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Engraving of the dead Christ lowered from the cross, held by mourners, with a ladder, crown of thorns, and distant town.

The Lamentation, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1501

Woodblock print of a woman in an orange kimono with a green umbrella beside a stream, a frog and willow tree nearby.

Parody of Ono no Tofu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling mountains and a valley under cloudy sky, with a stone wall in the foreground.

The Vale of Ambleside, Wansfell

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose watercolor washes in grey, green, and yellow on paper, with faint suggestions of a landscape and white reserved highlig

Unidentified sketch - landscape (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono at a tea house, one reaching to a lattice shelf beside a red lantern and gift bo

Waitresses at a tea house (Ebisu-ya) :Twelve prints of beautiful women

Kitagawa Utamaro

Etching of a black bull attacked by armed men with lances on a bare plain, with a fallen man on the ground.

Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias-lunas, banderillas y otras armas (The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lanc…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Loose watercolor sketch of figures in period dress seated and standing around a bench under green trees.

Figures seated along an outdoor bench

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etched portrait of a woman with upswept hair and a dark fur collar, rendered in loose black hatching lines.

Mrs. Granberg

Anders Zorn, 1903

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and overcoat with a monocle and cane, standing before city buildings.

Si mon lorgnon m'empeche de voir, ca ne regarde personne!

Paul Gavarni, 1858

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of court women, attendants and an ox-drawn carriage in a garden procession.

Mitate Procession of Palace Attendants Arriving at a Mansion

Rekisentei Eiri, 1797

Loose watercolor and ink sketch of a man in a top hat sweeping a walkway beside an arched doorway and green shrubs.

Man in tophat and shirtsleeves sweeping a walkway

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a man hoisting another over his shoulder beside a wall placard reading BAC and a falling top hat.

Tu danseras, Coquardeau!...

Woman with green parasol walking against wind beside a bending willow branch, in a Japanese woodblock print.

A Windy Day in Summer

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Black ink print of a figure reaching toward a tree, with a skeleton crouched in the landscape to the right.

La Jeune Fille et la Mort (The Young Girl and Death)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1854

Hand-colored lithograph of many small caricatured figures in top hats and period dress, with horses and a dog, titled Une Mac

Macedoine

Paul Gavarni, 1824

Black and white lithograph of two men in 19th-century dress, one smoking in a top hat, the other looking downcast.

Oraison Funebre

Etching of a large horse chestnut tree in the foreground with a stone building and a rider on horseback behind it.

The Big Horse Chestnut Tree, Easthampton

Childe Hassam, 1928

Woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child in a landscape with angels, a bearded saint, and God above with doves.

The Holy Family with Five Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1503

Pencil sketch of a standing figure in a robe and plumed hat gesturing toward a seated figure on a pale sheet.

Unidentified illustration (to a Shakespeare play?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a tall hieroglyph-carved Egyptian obelisk in a Roman piazza, with a palace at right and ruined arches below.

Obelisco Egizio. Questo fu erreto da Sisto V. nella Piazza di S. Gio. Laterano (Egyptian Obelisk. This Was Erected by…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1759

Hand-colored print of a harbor with sailing ships, a distant city skyline, and two men on a rocky hill in the foreground.

New York from Heights near Brooklyn

John Hill, 1823

Hand-colored title plate with a seated matador, a smoking man in a red cloak, a dog, a bull, and a drapery bearing the series

Title Plate, from the series Colección de las principales suertes de una corrida de toros (Collection of the Main Act…

Antonio Carnicero, 1790

Etching of a skeleton seated at right while a bearded man and onlookers gather at a doorway with a dog in front.

Death Giving Audience, from Vari capricci (Various Capriccios)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Soft-toned print of an older man's head, turned downward, with tousled hair and moustache against a dark background.

Jean Dolent

Eugène Carrière, 1898

Pencil and chalk sheet of studies showing ruins, seated figures, and lateen-sail boats on a river.

Sheet of Studies

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Black and white lithograph of a seated man leaning toward a boy on his knee, with a top hat on the floor beside them.

Maman dit que vous savez tous les secrets...

Sketch of a sheep's head (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1866

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long gown with studies of hands below, on textured paper.

Seated Woman, sketch for Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower

Lithograph of a seated man in period dress looking up at a woman at a window amid climbing foliage.

Que Ne Suis-je un Comte!

Pen and ink drawing of a palace hall with tiered arcades, columns, and a coffered ceiling in deep perspective.

Study of a Stage Design for the Hall of a Palace

Guiseppe Valeriani, 1745

Lithograph of an elderly man in a turban glancing sideways over playing cards, with a woman in pale dress behind him.

Le valet de coeur est un polisson qui occasionnera beaucoup de pas et demarches...

Drawing of the Holy Family: a seated woman with a child on her lap, another child beside her, and a standing figure near a co

The Holy Family

Laurent de La Hyre, 1630

Etching of the Holy Family at a riverbank, with an angel poling a boat and light rays breaking through clouds.

The Holy Family Arrives at the Edge of a River, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pen and ink drawing of two men at a table by a leaded window, with a decanter and tankard, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

"To Master Anthony Stafford", illustration for The Quiet Life

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Etching of exaggerated dancing figures, women in full skirts and men in ruffled costumes, in a dark stage-like setting.

Si Marina bayló, tome lo que halló (If Marion Will Dance, Then She has to Take the Consequences), from the series Los…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Charcoal and white chalk study of a woman in a flowing robe with raised arms, drawn on gray paper.

Figure study for the Castle of the Maidens(?), from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Bos…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor sketch of a Gothic cathedral facade with a large rose window, arched portal and spire, dated 1889.

Rheims

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1889

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Fishmonger Gorobei from the play A Medley of Tales of Revenge

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Etching of a seated woman with bare legs in a shallow basin, holding her loose white dress, against a dark hatched interior.

La toilette

Édouard Manet, 1862

Etching of several sailing boats at anchor on calm water, with a rowboat and a distant coastal town with cliffs.

Barques de cabotage (Cotes d'Italie)

Adolphe Appian, 1874

Graphite and chalk sketch of leafing tree branches in green and yellow on a gray toned sheet.

Sketch of leafing tree branches

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a woman in a white lace dress seated by a tree, resting her head on her hand while holding an open book.

Le Commentaire

Paul Gavarni, 1843

Charcoal and chalk study of a hooded robed figure holding a long staff, drawn on blue-gray paper.

Figure study for The Departure, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a man in a tricorn hat leaning on a ledge, talking to a woman in a bonnet at a window, with a jug below.

L'Habit Ne Fait Pas Le Moine, Mail Il Fait Le Galant

Hand-colored engraving of two sailing warships exchanging cannon fire at sea, with smoke and billowing sails under a cloudy s

Capture of the Argus, Augs. 14th, 1813

Thomas Sutherland, 1817

Etching of ruined Roman baths with broken arched walls, fallen stones, small figures, and distant hills.

Rovine delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Antonine Baths [Baths of Caracalla]), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1765