Blue-Coat Hospital, Dublin, published March 1798, James Malton, English, 1761-1803, England, Hand-colored aquatint in black on ivory wove paper, 255 × 377 mm (image), 315 × 425 mm (plate), 420…

The Xuehong Pavilion in a Scholar’s Garden, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1831, Qian Du (1763-1844 ), Chinese, China, Handscroll, ink and colors on gold-spattered paper, 7 7/8 × 32 3/8 in.

Holy Family with Angels, n.d., Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, French, 1713-1789, France, Etching on cream laid paper, 391 × 361 mm

Obsession, 1894, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 364 × 228 mm (image/chine), 452 × 347 mm (sheet)

Belly-Amphora (Storage Jar), About 550/540 BC, Attributed to the Painter of Berlin 1686 or the Painter of Tarquinia RC 3984, Greek, Athens, Athens, terracotta, decorated in the black-figure…

Band, 19th century, England, Cotton, plain weave, embroidered with silk in chain and cross stitches, backed with silk, weft-float faced 4:1 satin weave, bow of silk, weft-float faced 4:1 satin…

Chasuble Showing the Arms of France, 16th century, Flanders, France or Spain, Flanders, Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming solid cut and uncut velvet, stamped, (known…

Young Woman, 18th century, Nevers, France, Glass, lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature, H. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Angkor period, 11th century, Cambodia, Cambodia, Sandstone, 45.1 × 25.4 × 9.9 cm (17 3/4 × 10 × 3 7/8 in.)

Antilope gnu, Print, The black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) is one of the two closely related wildebeest species. It is a member of the genus Connochaetes and family Bovidae.…

Draped Standing Male Figure, c. 1873–77, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English, 1833-1898, England, Graphite on ivory wove paper, 252 × 178 mm

Sutra Cover, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590’s, China, Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced 1:5 'S' twill weave, 33 × 11.7 cm (13 × 4 5/8 in.)

Pendant Cross, 17th century, Spanish or Spanish Colonial, Spain, Gold and emeralds, 6.3 × 2.7 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/6 in.)

Scarab: Hieroglyphs (Hs-vessel and wAs-Scepters), New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (?) (about 1550–1295 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Stone, 1.3 × 1 × 0.6 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)

Kylix (Drinking Cup), 510/500 BC, Manner of the Epeleios Painter, Greek, Athens, Attica, terracotta, decorated in the red-figure technique, 14 × 40.3 × 31.1 cm (5 1/2 × 15 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

Singers on the Stage, 1877/79, Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917, France, Pastel, over monotype, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board, 120 × 169 mm (plate), 138 × 182 mm (sheet)

Cavalry Exercise in a Meadow, n.d., Constantin Guys, French, 1802-1892, France, Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper, 158 × 260 mm

The Little Bridge near the Rock, from the series Set of Landscapes, n.d., Herman Naijwincx, Dutch, 1624-1651, Netherlands, Etching on ivory paper, 119 x 130 mm

The Pool, 1859, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper, 138 x 215 mm (plate), 163 x 240 mm (sheet)

Miser Bag, 1801/50, France or England, France, Steel cut beads, silk crochet, steel findings, trimmed with spiraled wire and beads strung and joined in pattern, 45.3 × 6.4 cm (17 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Road to Cavalry, c. 1585, Leandro Bassano, Italian, 1557-1622, Italy, Black chalk and charcoal heightened with white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove board, 422 × 309 mm

Dish with Peacock and Floral Motif, 15th century, Vietnam, Vietnam, Glazed stoneware with cobalt-blue underglaze, 6.8 × 33.2 × 33.2 cm ( 2 11/16 × 13 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.)

Steambath, Geysers, Napa County, California, 1867, Carleton Watkins, American, 1829–1916, United States, Albumen print, stereo, No. 1581 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast

Standing Warrior Figure with Removable Mask and Headdress, A.D. 700/1000, Classic period Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, Veracruz state, Ceramic and pigment, 31.4 x 25.7 x 11.3 cm (12 3/8 x 10 1/8 x 4…

Pilgrimage Jug with Christian Symbols, 578–636 AD, Byzantine, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of, Glass, mold-blown technique, 15 × 9.1 × 7 cm (5 7/8 × 3 9/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

Beaker, c. 1730, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass with engraved gold leaf decoration, 10.3 × 7.9 cm (4 1/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

Portrait of a Man, c. 1820, Jean–Auguste–Dominique Ingres, French, 1780–1867, France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 103 × 78 mm (image/plate), 275 × 185 mm (sheet)

Furisode, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868, Japan, Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu), embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches,…

The Mass of St. Gregory, from a Book of Hours, 1460/70, Willem Vrelant or his workshop (Bruges), Netherlandish, flourished 1449-1481, Netherlands, Manuscript cutting in tempera and liquid gold…

Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock, 1668–71, Sébastien Bourdon, French, 1616-1671, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 302 × 440 mm (plate), 441 × 596 mm (sheet)

Cameo with Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 2.5 × 1.7 × 0.6 cm (1 × 11/16 × 1/4 in.)

Mirror with Dragon Arabesque, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period or early Western Han dynasty, 3rd/2nd century B.C., China, Bronze, Diam. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.), Thickness: 1.5 mm (1/16 in.)

Coin Portraying Empress Salonina (wife of Gallienus), AD 254/268, Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire, Billon, Diam. 2.2 cm, 10.32 g

Paperweight, c. 1845–55, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Antilope grimmia, Print, Blackbuck, The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The blackbuck is the sole extant…

Torso of a Female Figurine, Mauryan period, 3rd/2nd century B.C., India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Mathura, Hand-modeled gray terracotta, 9.4 x 7.6 cm (3 7/8 x 3 in.)

The Little Thatched Cottages, 1878, Félix Hilaire Buhot, French, 1847-1898, France, Etching, drypoint and aquatint on ivory laid paper, 100 × 137 mm (plate), 191 × 234 mm (sheet)

Death of Atilius Regulus, 1662, Salvator Rosa, Italian, 1615-1673, Italy, Etching with drypoint on thick ivory laid paper, 462 x 726 mm (plate), 527 x 763 mm (sheet)

Scarab: The God Ptah with Name of Usermaatra Setepenra (Rameses II), New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, Reign of Rameses II (about 1279–1213 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Steatite, 1.9 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm (3/4 × 1/2…

Standing Draped Male Figure in Three-quarters Profile (recto), Putto (verso), 1540/50, Follower of Baccio della Porta, called Fra Bartolommeo, Italian, 1472-1517, Italy, Black and white chalk…

Kawasaki: The Rokugo Ferry (Kawasaki, Rokugo watashibune), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34,…

Amphibulina oblonga, Print

Pull Devil, Pull Baker!, published April 30, 1819, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published by Thomas Tegg (English 1776-1846), England, Hand-colored engraving on paper, 205 × 327 mm…

Pike Pool, Beresford Dale, 1880s, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Photogravure, plate L from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation,…

Incense Burner, c. 1830, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Glazed earthenware with polychrome enamel decoration, H. 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)

Aramides viridis, Print, Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae., 1700-1880

Crowds at the Year-end Fair at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan toshi no ichi gunshu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), c. 1832/38, Utagawa…

Shield (Targone) for the Gioco del Ponte, 1776, Italian, Pisa, Pisa, Wood, iron, and paint, 106 × 21.5 cm (41 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka), c. 1793/94, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿, Japanese,…

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home (Tenjiku Tokubei Kokyo no Torikaji), performed at the Nakamura Theater in the…

Teapot, c. 1770, Leeds, England, Leeds, Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware) and polychrome enamels, 12.7 x 15.6 x 8.3 cm (5 x 6 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, 1860, Utagawa School, Japanese, 19th century, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban

Teapot, c. 1820, Birch and Villers (John Birch and William Villers), England, active c. 1775-1820, Birmingham, England, Birmingham, Pewter (Britannia metal) and wood, 15.2 × 10.8 × 26 cm (6 × 4…

Paperweight, 19th century, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, 1 7/8 in.

Teapot, 1755/65, Staffordshire, England, Staffordshire, Salt-glazed stoneware, polychrome enamels, 10.8 x 17.8 x 10.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 x 4 1/4 in.)

Sunrise, from the series Fashionable Three Beginnings (Furyu mittsu no hajime), c. 1770/72, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.

Ely Cathedral: Choir to Northeast, 1891, Frederick H. Evans, English, 1853–1943, England, Lantern slide, 8.2 × 8.2 cm

Full Moon over Takanawa (Takanawa meigetsu), section of a sheet from the series Cutouts of Famous Places in Edo (Harimaze Koto meisho), 1852, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese,…

A Token from a Dead Young Brother (recto) and Father Mucius in His Cell (verso) from Altvaeterleben (Life of the Patriarchs), Plate 6 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1488,…

Saint Hymer in Solitude, c. 1735, Jean Restout, after, French, 1692-1768, France, Oil on canvas, 23 3/8 × 29 13/16 in. (59.4 × 75.1 cm)

Bevor (Barbote), 1470/90, Spanish or Italian, Spain, Steel

Panel, 1752/55, England, Spitalfields, Spitalfields, Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats, watered (moiré), 63.3 x 49.1 cm (25 x 19 1/4 in.)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Fuwa no Bansaku, 1794, Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 31.0 x 14.4 cm

True View of a Yokohama Mercantile House (Yokohama shokan shinzu), 1861, Utagawa Sadahide, Japanese, 1807-1873, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban diptych (part of a triptych)

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Baccarat, Glass, Diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

The Shrine of Love, 18th century, Nevers, France, Glass, lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature, H. 17.8 cm (7 in.)

Peasant Family on the Tramp, c. 1652, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching on cream laid paper, 113 x 93 mm (image/plate), 117 x 97 mm (sheet)

Wheellock Rifle, first half of 17th century, Silesia (present day Poland), Germany, Iron, silver, fruitwood, staghorn, and mother-of-pearl, L. 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in.)

Portrait of Auguste Brunet, 1818, Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault, French, 1791-1824, France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 187 × 148 mm (image), 316 × 241 mm (sheet)

Kabayama, the Chief of Naval Staff, Attacking Enemy Ships from onboard Saikyomaru (Kabayama gunreibucho Saikyomaru o motte tekikan ni ataru), 1894, Adachi Ginko, Japanese, active c. 1874-97,…

Sampler, 1853, Mexico, México, 68.6 x 33.7 cm (27 x 13 1/4 in.)

Bacchus, 1887, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, French, 1815-1891, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper, 72 × 47 mm (image), 250 × 158 mm (sheet)

Triumph of Caesar, 1599, Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629), after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506), Italy, Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark…

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1825/75, France, Cotton, plain weave, engraved roller printed, 137.1 × 80 cm (54 × 31 1/2 in.)

Veil, c. 1810, Mary Chadbourne Keith Norton (American, 1807-1890), United States, probably Maine, South Berwick, United States, Silk, machine-made net, embroidered with silk in darning and…

A March Pastoral (Suffolk), c. 1883/87, printed 1888, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Photogravure, pl. XII from the album "Pictures of East Anglian Life" (1888),…

Two Gypsy Women with Child, n.d., Attributed to Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664), or after Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635), France, Pen and brown ink, with graphite, on ivory laid…

Pair of Plaques with Profile Animal Heads, Western Zhou dynasty ( 1046–771 BC ), 10th/8th century B.C., China, Bronze, 30.2 × 22.4 × 0.2 cm (11 7/8 × 8 13/16 × 1/6 in.)

Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Venus with Cupid, 84/83 BC, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.9 cm, 3.53 g

Plaque: Nebmaatre/Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amunhotep III (about 1390–1352 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Steatite, 1.4 × 1 × 0.6 cm (9/16 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)

Entry of His Highness, Representing the Sun, from The Combat at the Barrier, 1627, Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 155 × 242 mm (plate), 172 × 252…

A Friendly Remembrance (valentine), n.d., Unknown Artist, American or English, 19th century, United States, Collaged elements on cut and embossed ivory wove paper (folded), with blue wove…

Panel, 1600/28, Iran (Persia), Iran, Silk, velvet weave, 153 x 72.4 cm (60 1/4 x 28 1/2 in.)

Scarab: Linear Motifs, First Intermediate Period–Early Middle Kingdom, Dynasties 9–12 (about 2160–1773 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Stone, 1.3 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm (1/2 × 5/16 × 3/16 in.)

Denarius (Coin) Depicting the God Mars, 55 BC, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.8 cm, 4.08 g

The Hammock, 1880, James Tissot, French, 1836-1902, France, Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 279 × 183 mm (image/plate), 300 × 199 mm (sheet)

Scarab: Uninscribed, Middle Kingdom–Late Period, Dynasties 12–26 (about 1985–525 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Stone, 1 × 1.6 × 2.2 cm (3/8 × 5/8 × 7/8 in.)

Osiride Pillars and Great Fallen Colossus, c. 1857, printed 1862, Francis Frith, English, 1822–1898, England, Albumen print, from the album "Egypt, Palestine and Nubia" (1862), 14.3 × 22.7…

Band, A.D. 700/900, Possibly Nazca-Wari, Probably central or south coast, Peru, Peru, Slit tapestry, warp fringe., 457.2 x 1 cm (180 x 3/8 in.)

Hagitsubo, A Parody of Shibaraku, 1785 (?), Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, o-oban, 22.9 x 36.4 cm

Fragment, 19th century, Europe, Europe, Silk, plain compound cloth, 22.9 × 40.6 cm (9 × 16 in.)

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus, 1475/1500, Northern Italian (Verona?), Italy, Tempera or distemper on canvas, 55.3 x 55.6 cm (21 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.)

Fragment of a Tomb Wall Depicting Ibdu and his Wife with Offering Bearers, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6 (about 2345–2181 BC), Egyptian, Saqqara, Tomb of Ibdu, Egypt, Limestone, 120.7 × 50.2 × 7.6 cm…

Salesman’s Sample, 1780/90, France, possibly Lyon, France, Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet, embroidered with silk floss in outline,…

England (Igirisu), from the Countries of Europe (Yoroppa-shu no uchi), 1861, Utagawa Yoshikazu, Japanese, active c. 1850-70, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban

Apuleius Changed into a Donkey, 1530/40, Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560), after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592), in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael…

Holy Family with Angel, c. 1525, Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Vecchio, or his school, Italian, c. 1480-1528, Italy, Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, laid down on gray card, 120 x 196 mm

Untitled (Ruins of Roman Forum), c. 1867, Robert MacPherson, Scottish, 1811–1872, Scotland, Albumen print, 31.5 x 40.2 cm (image/paper), 46.4 x 64.1 cm (mount)

Agassiz Column from Glacier Point Trail, Yosemite, 1861/76, Carleton Watkins, American, 1829–1916, United States, Albumen print, stereo, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast

Bowl, 1820/40, American, 19th century, Probably Kent or Mantua, Ohio, Ohio, Blown glass, 7.9 × 24.1 cm (3 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)