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Yale University Art Gallery

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Charcoal sketch of a woman in a long puffed-sleeve gown leaning in a doorway, with faint preliminary outlines visible.

Sketch of a Lady for the scene "Waiting for her Lover," from Old Songs (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1889)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Lithograph of two women in 1830s bonnets and gowns in a room with a folding screen; one gestures toward the other.

LA SELLETTE. Madame est sur la sellette parce qu'elle a un mari, ...

Paul Gavarni, 1837

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the Christ child by a stone wall, with a castle and hills behind them.

The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

La Cloche

Lithograph of a sulking harlequin seated by a chair while a standing man in a plaid outfit looks on, 1839.

Oui, pleurniche, va! pleurniche!...

Paul Gavarni, 1839

Lithograph of a standing dancer in a short full ballet costume with ruffled sleeves and lace gloves, within a ruled border.

Costume de Mme Alexis, dans le ballet de Stradella. ...

Etching of a dim kitchen with a woman silhouetted by a window, pots on shelves, and plates on racks at right.

The Kitchen, from the French Set (Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature or Twelve Etchings from Nature)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Sketch of three figures - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etched bookplate with a nude woman beside a rose-covered tree, reading Ex Libris Gustav Borgmann, with a town and spires behi

Bookplate: Ex Libris Gustav Borgmann

Heinrich Vogeler, 1912

Black and white lithograph of two men in period dress, one tossing a coin in a bedroom while the other watches it.

Voyons! j'aime Clara, si c'est face...

Watercolor costume sketch of a standing man in an orange cloak and blue crowned cap, beside a fabric swatch labeled Northumbe

Northumberland, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pastel sketch on blue paper of a bowed man in a black coat and red cloak, head lowered, hand raised to his face.

Figure study for "Measure for Measure" (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Figure study for "The Hours" - (3 am): sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a woman carrying branches and a man chopping wood beside a felled tree and stacked faggots.

Les faiseurs de fagots (Faggot-Makers)

Alphonse Legros, 1878

Sheet of studies

Edwin Austin Abbey

General Washington, #1 from a set of 12 American Statesmen portraits

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1781

Stipple engraving portrait of George Washington in a dark coat and lace jabot, with a caption below.

General George Washington

David Edwin, 1800

Costume sketch of a gentleman in a green hat, fur-trimmed white robe, red sleeves and belt, holding a cane.

A Gentleman, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a woman in a puffed-sleeve gown beside a door and console table with a pitcher and flowers.

(Curiosite.)

Charcoal study of a standing woman in a long medieval gown and tall headdress, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Study for Lady Anne, for King Richard III (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored print of a standing man in a white robe with gold embroidery, fur trim, sword and red boots.

SEIGNEUR. Guerre des servantes

Lithograph of a man in a top hat gesturing toward a woman in a full gown who turns away beside a door marked Loge Louée.

Merci,monsieur, je ne danse pas...

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Etching of a towering vaulted prison interior with arches, scaffolding, chains, and a smoky fire with tiny figures.

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Lithograph of a seated woman in a bonnet holding a child, with an older woman leaning in beside them and drapery at left.

J'ai assez vu mon cousin, moi!...

Lithograph of a man in a plumed hat and laced boots, smoking a pipe, one hand on his hip, against a plain background.

ALGUAZIL. Chapeau de feutre garni de velours. ...

Lithograph of a woman in a corset and full skirt turning away as a man leans toward her beside a draped curtain.

Ah par example! voila qui est bizarre!...

Julia Farnese

Engraving of Pilate seated while a servant pours water over his hands, with a crowd and a distant town with crosses.

Pilate Washing his Hands, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Lithograph of two men in top hats and frock coats talking on a city street, with a shadowy figure on the wall behind them.

Voyons, Coquardin, que diable! il faut se faire une raison...

Lithograph of two women in bonnets beside a poster advertising Daumier's forty caricatures, Les Bas Bleus, 1844.

Voyez-donc un peu, Isménie!. . .comment le Gouvernement permet-il d'afficher de pareilles turpitudes?. . .(Have a loo…

Honoré Daumier, 1844