Venus, plate 43 from Planets and Spheres, c. 1465, Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, Italian, active c. 1465, Italy, Engraving on paper, 180 x 100 mm (plate), 187 x 105 mm (sheet)

Alcyonium asbestinum, Print, Alcyonium is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.

Paperweight, c. 1846–55, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Lunéville, Glass, Diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Sailboat, 18th century, Nevers, France, Glass, lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature, H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Pink-Mouth Murex (phyllonotus erythrostomus), c. 1646, Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech, 1607-1677, Bohemia, Etching on ivory laid paper, 97 × 133 (sheet, trimmed within plate mark at right)

Delaying the announcement of dawn, c. 1767/68, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.

Antennarius chironectes, Print, Antennarius is a genus of 11 species of fish in the family Antennariidae. These fish spend most of their lives on the bottom in relatively shallow water between 20…

Tankard, 1740/74, Attributed to William Hookey, Sr., American, c. 1728–1812, Newport, Rhode Island, Newport, Silver, 20.6 × 12.4 cm (8 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

The Director, n.d., Nicolas-Joseph Voyez, French, 1742-1806, France, Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 297 × 216 mm (image), 405 × 294 mm (plate/sheet)

The Last Three Hopes of the Republican Party, from Puck, 1892, Frederick Burr Opper, American, 1857-1937, United States, Color lithograph on newsprint, 308 x 480 mm

Study, n.d., Possibly John Hayter, English, 1800-after 1891, England, Black chalk, with stumping, on cream wove paper, 188 × 276 mm

Serpent-Halo, 1890, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 302 × 222 mm (image/chine), 542 × 402 mm (sheet)

Fragment, 18th century, France or Italy, France, Silk and gilt metal strips, plain weave, with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, 66.1 × 53.7 cm (26 × 21 1/8 in.)

The Dinner Horn, published June 11, 1870, Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), published by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916), United States, Wood engraving on paper, 346 x 228 mm (image), 397…

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play Osome Hisamatsu Shinju Tamoto no Shirashibori, performed at the Morita Theater, 1720, 1720,…

Four Eyes of the God Horus (Wedjat) Amulet, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 4.5 × 4.7 × 0.6 cm (1 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 1/4 in.)

Study for the Vignette-Frontispiece of Lucretius’s De la Nature des Choses, Book II, c. 1768, Hubert François Gravelot, French, 1699-1773, France, Pen and black ink, and black chalk, on pale…

Bust Portrait of Child, n.d., Elizabeth Murray, English, c. 1815-1882, England, Watercolor over graphite on cream board, 147 mm × 260 mm

Alydus, Print, Alydus is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There are about 11 described species in Alydus, including 2 extinct species.

Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris, small plate, 1854, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, with ivory laid paper affixed at bottom, 118 × 79 mm (image), 118 × 79 mm…

Amulet of the God Horus, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 3.5 × 1 × 0.6 cm (1 3/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)

Did any of them get away?, 1893, B. W. Kilburn, American, 1827–1909, United States, Albumen silver print, stereo, 7.5 x 7.6 cm (each image), 8.8 x 17.7 cm (card)

Sharing an Umbrella, A Set of Three (Aigasa sanpukutsui), c. 1755, Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese, 1711-1785, Japan, Color woodblock print, uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e, 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171), Egypt, Egypt, Linen and silk, tapestry weave, 5.1 × 20.4 cm (2 × 8 in.)

Amulet of the God Thoth Holding an Offering Table (?), Late Period (about 664–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 1.6 × 0.5 × 0.6 cm (5/8 × 3/16 × 1/4 in.)

Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River, 1871, Timothy O’Sullivan, American, born Ireland, 1840–1882, United States, Albumen print, stereo, No. 4 from the series Explorations and Surveys…

Three Women at the Base of a Sacred Pine Tree, c. 1790, Katsukawa Shuncho, Japanese, active c. 1780-1801, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 38.4 x 26.2 cm

St. Paul’s, 1894, Joseph Pennell, American, 1857-1926, United States, Aquatint with sandpaper ground on cream wove paper, 176 x 250 mm (image), 280 x 270 mm (sheet)

Bivouac Kitchen, n.d., Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863), printed by Francois Seraphin Delpech (French, 1778-1825), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 189 × 262 mm (image), 261 ×…

Anas chalcoptera, Print, Anas is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes the pintails, most teals, and the mallard and its close relatives. It formerly included additional species but following…

Merrymakers in an Inn, 1674, Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch, 1610–1685, Holland, Oil on panel, 18 3/8 × 16 1/8 in. (46.7 × 41 cm)

Bust from the Adams Memorial, Modeled 1892–93, cast 1912, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, born Ireland, 1848–1907, United States, Bronze, 51.4 × 30.5 × 26.7 (20 1/4 × 12 × 10 1/2 in.)

Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie, 1760, A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century), published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent…

Gourd Vase, 1893–1900, Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat, French, 1844-1910, Bourg-la-Reine, France, Bourg-la-Reine, Glazed stoneware, 36.8 × 10.8 cm (14 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.) (at base)

Fish in a stream, c. 1840, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color woodblock print, kotanzaku, 34 x 7.2 cm (13 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.)

Ribbon, 1810, France, Silk, gold and silver metal thread (wound around a silk fiber core), warp-faced plain weave, additional metal threads in float pattern tied at intervals. backed with…

Furness Abbey, c.1853/58, William Henry Fox Talbot, English, 1800–1877, England, Photoglyphic engraving, 7.3 × 6.9 cm (image), 13.5 × 10.7 cm (paper)

Woman Beside a Cherry Tree, c. 1688/90, Japanese, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, vertical o-oban, tan-e, 55.7 x 32.0 cm (21 1/4 x 12 in.)

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio, Wife of Ito Sukekiyo, in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772, c. 1772, Ippitsusai…

Mastoid (Drinking Cup) with Handles, about 500/480 BC, Greek, Athens, Attributed to the Manner of the Haimon Painter, Athens, terracotta, decorated in the black-figure technique, 9.5 × 16.5 ×…

Bamboo Grove at Kume Village (Kumemura no chikuri), from the series Eight Views of Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei), c. 1832, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849, Publisher:…

Christ Among the Doctors, from The Life of the Virgin, c. 1503, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Germany, Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper, 293 x 208 mm

Fragment, 1601/25, Netherlands, Netherlands, Linen, plain compound cloth

The Duet, 1894, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper, 246 x 165 mm (image), 283 x 227 mm (sheet)

Coin Depicting the Goddess Rhodos, 333/304 BC, Greek, Ancient Greece, Bronze, Diam. 1.2 cm, 1.13 g

The Prison, from Vedute, 1735/44, Canaletto, Italian, 1697-1768, Italy, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 140 x 211 mm (image), 143 x 211 mm (plate), 433 x 581 mm (sheet)

Bajazet Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, 1815, John Young, English, 1755-1825, England, Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper, 375 × 253 mm

Untitled (Man Standing, en Face), 1855/1869, Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French, 1811–1881, France, Salted paper print, 24.2 × 19.6 cm

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1856, Printed and Manufactured by Lancaster Prints, England, Lancashire, Lancaster, England, Cotton, plain weave, engraved roller printed, glazed, 544.8 × 60.7 cm (214…

Portions of a Field Armor, 1588/1590, Jacob Halder (English, 1558-1608), Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England, Greenwich, Steel, brass, gilding, leather, and silk velvet textile, H. (mounted with…

Beaker, 1573, German, Germany, Colorless glass and enamel, 25.1 × 13.7 cm (9 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.), Wt. 558.6 g (18 oz.)

Stephane Mallarmé, No. 2, 1892, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black with scraping, on cream laid paper, 93 x 61 mm (image), 226 x 181 mm (sheet)

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Shoki the Demon Queller in the Play Date Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Tenth Month, 1768, c. 1768, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川…

Courtyard of a Peasant Dwelling, 1846, Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894, France, Etching on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 107 × 163 mm (image), 119 × 173 mm…

Paperweight, c. 1846–55, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, France, Glass, Diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Acklam in Cleveland in the County of Yorke, plate 64 from Britannia Illustrata, published 1707, Jan Kip (Dutch, c. 1653-1722), after Leonard Knyff (Dutch, 1650-1721), published by David…

Anne of Austria, Queen of France, 1660, Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623-1678), after Pierre Mignard I (French, 1612-1695), France, Engraving on paper, 327 × 250 mm (plate), 382 × 302 mm (sheet)

Courtesan Stepping out of a Palanquin, c. early 1820s, Keisai Eisen, Japanese, 1790-1848, Japan, Color woodblock print with metallic pigments, shikishiban, surimono, 20.4 x 18.0 cm

Lobed Dish with Lotus Scrolls, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), first half of the 14th century, China, Luanbai (eggshell white) ware, porcelain with underglaze molded decoration, H. 1.6 cm (5/8 in.),…

The Love Letter, n.d., Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792), after Nicolas Lavrince (Swedish, 1737-1807), France, Engraving in black ink on paper, 450 × 305 mm (image), 455 × 330 mm (plate), 467…

Landscape with the Temptation of Christ, 1799, Johann Christian Reinhart, German, 1761-1847, Germany, Etching on paper, 257 x 338 mm (image), 280 x 360 mm (plate), 350 x 480 mm (sheet)

Covered Jar, Tang dynasty (618–906), early 8th century, China, Slip-coated earthenware, H. 35.6 cm (14 in.), diam. 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.)

Vase with Dragon-Shaped Handle and Two Loop Handles, Sui dynasty (581–618), China, Stoneware with olive-green glaze, H. 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.), diam. 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)

Evening Walk, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle, 1774, François Robert Ingouf (French, 1747-1812), after Sigmund Freudeberg (Swiss, 1745-1801) and…

Coin Depicting the God Zeus, 222/204 BC, issued by Ptolomy IV (?), Greco-Egyptian, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 4 cm, 42.33 g

Sweeping a Cobweb, c. 1775, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 26 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.

The Bronco Buster, Modeled 1895, cast 1899, Frederic Remington, American, 1861–1909, Cast by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co., American, 19th century, United States, Bronze with brown patina, 61 × 39.4…

Standing Male Figure, A.D. 650/800, Late Classic Maya, Jaina, Campeche or Yucatán, Mexico, Campeche, Ceramic and pigment, H. 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Coin Depicting the Goddess Artemis, 286/220 BC, Greek, Ancient Greece, Bronze, Diam. 1.7 cm, 3.83 g

I Love a Girl that’s Good and Fair (valentine), 1860/69, Unknown Artist, American, 19th century, United States, Lithograph with hand-coloring on embossed ivory wove paper, 138 x 93 mm (folded sheet)

Obol (Coin) Depicting a Dove, 400/323 BC, Greek, Ancient Greece, Silver, Diam. 1.1 cm, 0.72 g

Sledde Bridge, from Picturesque Selections, 1860, James Duffield Harding, (English, 1798-1863), Published by W. Kent and Co., England, Lithograph on paper, 280 × 380 mm (image, primary support),…

The Laundresses, 1879–80, Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917, France, Etching and aquatint on cream laid paper, 117 × 157 mm (image/plate), 214 × 287 mm (sheet)

Saint George and the Dragon, n.d., Master of the Nuremberg Passion (German, active before 1450), after The Master of the Playing Cards (German, active c.1425-1450), Germany, Engraving on ivory…

The Bridge and Goats, plate 43 from Liber Studiorum, published April 23, 1812, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), Engraved by Fredrick Christian Lewis (English, 1779-1856),…

Anomalon, Print

Yard of an Old House, n.d., Cornelis Saftleven (Dutch, 1607-1681), or Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685), Holland, Black crayon and brush and gray wash, with touches of black chalk, on buff…

Pont-au-Change, Paris, 1854, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching on ivory laid chine, 158 × 337 mm (image), 158 × 337 mm (plate), 223 × 396 mm (sheet)

Brunnhilde, 1886, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on white wove paper, 118 × 99 mm (image), 247 × 158 mm (sheet)

Tama River in Musashi Province (Musashi Tamagawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei), 1858, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color…

Miss Ida Heath, English Dancer, 1894, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 355 × 261 mm (image), 377 × 280 mm (sheet)

Antennarius tridens, Print, Antennarius is a genus of 11 species of fish in the family Antennariidae. These fish spend most of their lives on the bottom in relatively shallow water between 20 and…

Sword Pommel, c. 1520, European, Europe, Iron and silver, Overall

Vase, c. 1820, England, Leeds, With Transfer Decoration after Adam Buck, Irish, 1759-1833, Leeds, Earthenware with silver lustre decoration, monochrome brown, and yellow ground, H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)

Blanche and Noire, 1896, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph on cream laid Japanese paper, 449 × 294 mm (image), 545 × 339 mm (sheet)

Fragment, 1750/75, France, Silk, cut, uncut, and voided velvet against satin weave foundation, 23.7 × 14 cm (9 3/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Paperweight, Mid 19th century, French, France, Glass, 6 × 3.8 cm (2 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

Needlework (Depicting the Five Senses), 1601/25, England, Silk, satin weave, embroidered in silk floss foremost in buttonhole, couched, knot, padded and outlining, "purl" and satin stitches,…

Agnostus pisiformis, Print, Agnostus is a genus of agnostid trilobites that lived during the upper Middle Cambrian–lower Upper Cambrian (about 506 to 492 million years ago). It is the type genus…

The Embroiderer. An example of the errors, nature sometimes makes in labeling the sexes. Just as one sees the would-be women who wear pants, some kind of a moustache, who play a cornet or the…

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play Shunkan Shima Monogatari, performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791, c. 1791, Katsukawa Shun’ei, Japanese,…

The Madame B Album, 1870s, Marie-Blanche-Hennelle Fournier, French, 1831–1906, France, Albumen prints with watercolors (in album), 29.2 × 41.9 cm

Sampler, 1851, Germany, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk, 26.7 x 30.5 cm (10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)

The Madame B Album, 1870s, Marie-Blanche-Hennelle Fournier, French, 1831–1906, France, Albumen prints with watercolor (in album), 29.2 × 41.9 cm

Chinese Poet, c. 1761/65, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, mizu-e, 12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.

Woman and Two Children, n.d., After Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, Italian, 1503-1540, Italy, Red chalk on tan laid paper, 207 x 267 mm (max.)

Self-Portrait with Model II, 1899, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory wove paper, 247 x 178 mm (image/plate), 370 x 273 mm (sheet)

Penance of St. John Chrysostomus, n.d., Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550), after Barthel Beham (German, 1502-1540), Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 54 x 77.5 mm (image/plate), 55 x…

A Piece by Schumann, 1864, Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904, France, Etching in black on cream Japanese paper, 185 × 280 mm (image/plate), 215 × 308 mm (sheet)

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, plate five from The Martyrdoms of the Apostles, n.d., Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching on paper, 71 × 45 mm