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Engraved print of Saint John the Baptist standing in a landscape with trees and a distant tower, dated c. 1505.

Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Campagnola, c. 1505

Red chalk drawing of a child presented to a seated noblewoman beneath draped curtains, with classical architecture behind.

Moses Brought to Pharaoh’s Daughter

William Hogarth, 1751

Pen drawing of a seated official washing his hands while figures are led away past soldiers and an arched building.

Pilate Washing His Hands, with Christ Being Led Away

After Giovanni de Boulogne, called Giambologna, 1575-1599

Pencil drawing of a bishop holding a domed reliquary, with a study of a female saint's bust and hands at upper right.

A Bishop Carrying a Reliquary with a Skull and Study of Two Hands Holding a Reliquary of a Female Saint

School of Eustache Le Sueur, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a castle on a rocky island with sailboats in a bay and a crowd of people on the shore.

Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall: Regatta Scene

J. G. Doyle, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a robed preacher addressing a crowd in a columned interior, with kneeling and reclining figures in the foreg

The Sermon of Saint Paul in Ephesus

Eustache Le Sueur, 1649

Pencil sketch of Christ with Mary and Martha in an arched interior, with grid lines and a standing woman at right.

Christ with Mary and Martha

Eustache Le Sueur, 1650

Antoine de Parcieux. Line engraving by A. de Saint Aubin, 1771, after C. N. Cochin

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Etching of Saint James's Park with trees, horse-drawn carriages and strolling pedestrians in loose linework.

Saint James's Park

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1884/1886

Sepia drawing of Saint Jerome ascending on clouds, with angels, putti and bishops around him.

Ascension of Saint Jerome

Karel Škréta, 1600s

Engraving of Christ in glory with the Virgin and a bishop saint, above a kneeling Saint Francis before an altar.

The Vision of Saint Francis

Federico Barocci, 1581

Etching of a street lined with shopfronts under awnings, with small figures walking and standing along the pavement.

Saint James's Place, Hounsditch

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd worshipping at a fiery altar beneath a large tree, with a wide landscape beyond.

The Adoration of the Golden Calf

Claude Lorrain, 1653

Watercolor and pen drawing of a Neapolitan cathedral interior with clergy at an altar and a kneeling crowd in the foreground.

The Blood Miracle of Saint Januarius in the Cathedral of Naples

Louis Jean Desprez, 1780

Etching of three women in robes looking up at a winged angel with a halo above an open tomb.

The Three Marys at the Tomb with the Angel

After Jacques Bellange, c. 1870-1940

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin Mary ascending among angels above apostles gathered around an open tomb.

Assumption of Mary

Jacques Callot, 1631

Brown ink drawing of the infant Moses in a basket by a river, with a kneeling woman, reclining river god and hilltop city.

The Exposure of Moses on the Nile

Francisque Francisque Millet Millet

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man seen from behind holding cloth over a grid, with a drapery study below.

Study for Saint Bartholomew and Drapery

Pompeo Batoni, c. 1740

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling woman with long hair beside an organ, with a helmeted guard and a city in the background.

Design for Moxon's Tennyson - Saint Cecilia

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1856

Ink drawing of a kneeling woman with a halo inscribed ANCILLA SANC GRAAL, holding a cup, in a star-patterned robe.

Launcelot at the Shrine of the Holy Grail - Study for The Angel of the Holy Grail

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1857

Pen and wash drawing of a dying old man on a bed with a haloed figure pointing upward, angels above, and mourners around.

The Death of Saint Joseph

Michel Corneille the Younger

Red chalk drawing of robed apostles on a rocky hill under a tree, with a kneeling crowd gathered in the foreground.

Appointing of the apostles

François François-Alexandre Verdier Verdier

Grey wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with a figure on a gridiron over flames, soldiers, and a robed judge in a colonnaded h

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Unknown artist, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a bound nude figure being beaten by men in a columned hall, with onlookers at the sides.

Flagellation of Christ

Workshop of Luca Cambiaso, 1570s

Red chalk drawing of Christ beside Ionic columns reaching toward a lame man on a pallet, with a crowd and landscape behind.

Christ heals a lame man

Brown wash drawing of God enthroned on clouds above a crowd of saints, angels and musicians playing harps.

God Enthroned Surrounded by Saints

Giovanni Battista Trotti, possibly 1585/1590

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the shepherds with an infant, kneeling figures, an ox, sheep and a classical arch.

Adoration of the shepherds

Sébastien Bourdon

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, attendants and classical arch.

Adoration of the kings

Gilbert Francart, 1677

Grey wash drawing of a winged angel at an empty tomb with three veiled women, one kneeling and one holding a jar.

The angel with the three Marys at the empty tomb of Christ

Engraved view of a Gothic church interior with hooded mourners, soldiers, candles and heraldic shields for a funeral.

Funeral procession of Charles the third of that name, Duke of Lorraine, held at Nancy in the year 1608, sixth of the…

Friedrich Brentel, 1609

Engraved print of a tiered funeral catafalque with many candles and crosses above a crowned effigy of a duke.

Funeral procession of Charles the third of that name, Duke of Lorraine, held at Nancy in the year 1608, eighth of the…

Friedrich Brentel, 1609

Chalk drawing of cherub heads peering from clouds, with red and black chalk and white highlights on a tan ground.

Angel heads in clouds (Birth of Christ)

François Boucher, 1750