Amulet of a Hippopotamus Head, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1985–1773 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Serpentine, 1.6 × 1 × 0.6 cm (5/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)

Sampler, 1719, Germany, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with linen and silk, 127 x 38 cm (50 x 15 in.)

Gamo Sadahide’s Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen), 1890, Tsukioka…

Asakurajô (Old Man Asakura) Noh mask, 16th century, Japan, Japanese cypress, colors, and horsehair

Ideal Pastoral Life, n.d., Edward Calvert, English, 1799-1883, England, Woodcut on paper, 43 × 77 mm (image), 60 × 101 mm (sheet, trimmed within plate mark)

Vase with Stylized Petals, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), or Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), 12th/14th century, China, Stoneware with black and brown glazes, H. 19.6 cm (7 3/4 in.), diam. 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)

Gaspar de Guzman, Conde Duque of Olivares, 1778, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828), after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660), Spain, Etching with engraved inscription…

Fragment, 1601/25, Spain, brocaded silk, 19.7 x 24.8 cm (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

The Pig Faced Lady of Manchester Square and The Spanish Mule of Madrid, published March 21, 1815, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818),…

Riding School and Horses, 1806, Johann Adolph Darnstedt, German, 1769-1844, Germany, Etching on ivory wove paper, 138 × 181 mm (image), 150 × 204 mm (plate), 183 × 240 mm (sheet)

Fragment, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century, Japan, 46 x 34.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in) (per old card)

The Invention of Copper Engraving, c. 1591, Theodor Galle (Flemish, 1571-1633), after Joannes Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605), Flanders, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 202 × 273 mm…

Johann Kupetzky, 1737, Bernhard Vogel (German, 1683-1737), after Johann Kupetzky (Slovakian, 1667-1740), Germany, Mezzotint in black on ivory wove paper, 364 x 264 mm

Needlework, 1896, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper, 197 x 143 mm (image), 284 x 228 mm (sheet)

Fragment, Fatimid period (969–1171), Egypt, Egypt, Linen and silk, tapestry weave, 9.5 × 26.1 cm (3 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Fragment, 1625/75, Italy, brocaded plain compound cloth, 12.8cm × 23.5 cm (5 1/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

Calais Boats in Vlissingen, 1850, Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868), after Reinier Nooms (Dutch, c. 1623-c. 1664), France, Etching, drypoint, engraving and roulette on tan laid paper, hinged to…

Rook Shooting, May 21, 1881, Henry Peach Robinson, English, 1830–1901, England, Albumen print, 27.6 × 37.2 cm (image/paper), 36.4 × 51.8 cm (mount)

Arnoglossus tapeinosoma, Print, Drab flounder, 1866-1872

Apotheosis of Franklin (Furnishing Fabric), c.1785, After mezzotint by Valentine Green (England, 1739-1813) and after portrait by John Turnbull (American, 1756-1843), England, Manchester,…

The Boat with Lowered Sail, 1868, Felix Bracquemond, French, 1833–1914, France, Etching on cream laid paper, 165 × 135 mm (image), 307 × 211 mm (sheet)

Panel, 1640/60, France, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by floats of complementary ground wefts and by areas of plain interlacing, 96.5 × 51.7 cm (38 × 20 3/8 in.)

Spring View from the Foot of Asuka Hill (Asukayama shita haru no kei), from the series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), c. 1835/44, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese,…

Venus with Golden Apple in Right Hand, for the Troy Triptych (sketchbook #2639), c. 1873–77, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English, 1833-1898, England, Graphite on ivory wove paper, 254 × 178 mm

Plate Two from Raccolta di Vasi diversi di Stef. de la Bella Fiorentino, 1646, Johanna Sibylla Kusell (Kuslin Kraus) (German, active 1650-1717), after Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664),…

Panel, 1825/30, England, Cotton, plain weave, roller printed, 165.2 × 113.1 cm (65 × 44 1/2 in.)

Group of People on a Terrace, 1797, Jacob Philipp Hackert, German, 1737-1807, Germany, Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite and traces of white gouache, on cream laid paper,…

Teapot, c. 1780, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass, 11.3 × 10.8 cm (4 7/16 × 4 1/4 in.)

Fête d’Après-Midi, c. 1880, Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli, French, 1824-1886, France, Oil on panel, 17 × 21 7/8 in. (43 × 55.5 cm)

The Shadow of Death, 1878, Frederick Stacpoole (English, 1813-1907), after William Holman Hunt (English, 1827-1910), United Kingdom, Mixed method engraving on ivory chine laid down on off-white…

Boy, 1750/99, Nevers, France, Glass, lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature, H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Plate, Early 17th century, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Blue glass with enamel decoration, Diam. 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper, 409 x 550 mm (image), 409 x 550…

Victory, n.d., Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbó, Spanish, 1838-1874, Spain, Etching on paper, 258 x 160 mm

Vinaigrette in the Form of a Mussel Shell, 1876, London, England, London, Silver gilt, 4.5 x 2 cm (1 3/4 x 3/4 in.)

Nude Girl with Arms Raised, 1873/78, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper, 192 x 101 mm (plate), 381 x 240 mm…

Amulet of the Goddess Isis, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Ceramic, 3.75 × .75 × 1 cm (1 1/2 × 1/4 × 3/8 in.)

The Great Forth Bridge, Near Edinburgh, Scotland, 1891, B. W. Kilburn, American, 1827–1909, United States, Albumen silver print, stereo, 7.9 x 7.6 cm (each image), 8.8 x 17.7 cm (card)

Ships at Sea During Storm, 1830/49, Jules Dupré (French, 1811-1889), or possibly James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903), France, Pen and black ink, with graphite, on ivory wove paper, 219…

Anthus pratensis, Print, The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of northwestern Eurasia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of…

Pilate Washing His Hands, from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi, c. 1503, Urs Graf, the Elder (Swiss, 1485-1527/28), published by Johann Knobloch (German, born Switzerland, died 1528),…

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

It’s a Boy!, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle, 1776, Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721-1777), after Jean Michel Moreau (French, 1741-1814), published…

Courtesan in Front of New Year’s Decoration of Pine and Bamboo, c. early 1770s, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e

Panel, 1750/75, Germany or Netherlands, Germany, Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, 181.7 x 48.2 cm (71 1/2 x 19 in.)

Coin Depicting a Boeotian Shield, about 196/146 BC, Greek, Boeotia, Ancient Greece, Bronze, Diam. 1.4 cm, 1.99 g

Marshman Going to Cut Schoof-Stuff, 1886, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Platinum print, pl. XXII from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads"…

Anas obscura, Print, The American black duck (Anas rubripes) is a large dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. It was described by William Brewster in 1902. It is the heaviest species in the…

Sword Pommel, early 17th century, Italian, Italy, Iron, Overall

Ammonites parkinsoni planulatus, Print, Ammonoidea, Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to…

Love (Valentine), 1855–60, Unknown Artist, American or English, 19th century, United States, Collaged elements under cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 95 x 73 mm (folded sheet)

Teapot, 1750/59, Staffordshire, England, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware (agateware), 9.5 x 15.2 x 9.5 cm (3 3/4 x 6 x 3 3/4 in.)

Anampses cuvieri, Print, Anampses is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans., 1824-1839

Destruction of the Pharoah’s Host, from Illustrations of the Bible, 1833, John Martin, English, 1789-1854, England, Mezzotint in black on ivory wove paper, 190 × 290 mm (image), 268 × 357…

Artamus viridis, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded…

Border (From a Cover), 1525/1600 (lower edge: c. 1600), Italy, Linen, plain weave, cut and drawn work embroidered in double faggot, double hem, overcast and padded overcast stitches, needle…

Young People Bathing, 1894, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 100 x 140 mm (image/plate), 300 x 400 mm (sheet)

River Boat, c. 1860, Charles François Daubigny, French, 1817-1878, France, Oil on board, 8 1/4 × 17 7/8 in. (21.2 × 45.4 cm), unframed

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1850s, England, London, London, Cotton, plain weave, painted with pigment and ink, 119.5 x 92 cm (47 1/8 x 36 1/4 in.)

Woman’s Shoe, 1801/25, England, Leather

Toby Jug, 1780/90, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware, H. 25.4 cm (10 in.)

Sheet of Sketches, 1829, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), published by Chez Gihaut Frères (French, 19th century), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 234 × 296 mm…

Shoulder Cloth (?), End of the 19th century, Komering (?), Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area, Indonesia, Cotton, bands of plain weave, of plain weave embroidered with cotton in chain,…

Mother Bathing, 1894, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 120 x 157 mm (image/plate), 300 x 400 mm (sheet)

Coin Depicting the Goddess Kybele, 2nd/1st century BC, Greek, Izmir, Bronze, Diam. 1.9 cm, 4.74 g

Hanging Up a Mosquito Net, c. 1767/68, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 26 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.

Paperweight, 19th century, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, France, Glass, Diam. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)

The Tenth Month (Ju gatsu), from the series Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu), c. 1793, Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国, Japanese, 1769–1825, Japan, Color woodblock…

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III with a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life, c. 1783/84, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print,…

Plate, Mid 17th century, Netherlands, Haarlem, Haarlem, Majolica, Diam. 32.2 cm (12 5/8 in.)

The Siren, n.d., Félicien Rops, Belgian, 1833-1898, Belgium, Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 255 × 123 mm (image), 264 × 133 mm (plate), 449 × 323 mm (sheet, folded)

Mme. Ledieu, c. 1820, Jean Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767-1855), printed by Charles Étienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836), France, Lithograph in black on tan China paper, laid down on ivory…

Virgin and Child, 1485/90, Hans Memling, Netherlandish, 1435/40–1494, Netherlands, Oil on panel, Frame: 41.1 × 33.4 cm (16 3/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

Untitled (Central Pacific Railroad), 1864/69, printed 1870, Alfred A. Hart, American, 1816–1908, United States, Albumen print, stereo, from the series "Watkin's Pacific Railroad

Scene in the Campagna, plate 38 from Liber Studiorum, Published February 1, 1812, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), Engraved by William Say (English, 1768-1834), England, Etching…

Mahana no atua (Day of the God), 1894, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Oil on linen canvas, 68 × 91 cm (26 7/8 × 36 in.)

Combat, 1620/50, Antoine Jacquard, French, active 1620-1650, France, Engraving on cream laid paper, 62 × 52 mm (image/sheet, trimmed within plate mark)

Women Tossing the Hay, 1890, printed 1906, Camille Pissarro, French, 1830-1903, France, Etching in dark brown on ivory laid paper, 198 × 134 mm (image/plate), 316 × 240 mm (sheet)

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1600/44, China, Silk and gilt and silvered paper on linen and silk core, 118 × 55.9 cm (46 1/2 × 22 in.)

Pair of Tomb Chamber Doors, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 1st century B.C., China, probably from Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Gray earthenware with impressed and carved decoration,…

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira’s journey to the east, c. early 1770s, Masunobu, Japanese, active c. 1764-72, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 26 5/8 x 4 11/16 in.

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Baccarat, Glass, Diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Teapot, c. 1770, Leeds, England, Leeds, Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware) and polychrome enamels, 13.3 x 19.4 x 11.4 cm (5 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Anodonta sinuosa, Print, Anodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

E. R. Bacon, 1897, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 230 x 149 mm (image), 238 x 155 mm (plate), 375 x 280 mm (sheet)

From Barnard’s Book on Coloring, 1855, Elizabeth Murray, English, c. 1815-1882, England, Watercolor on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper, 189 mm × 282 mm

Anoplosomaton utriculus, Print

Pair of Mitten Gauntlets, c. 1520 with modern restorations, Flemish, Flanders, Steel and leather, Each 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)

Autumn, from The Four Seasons, 1570, Pieter van der Heyden (Flemish, c. 1530–after 1584), after Hans Bol (Netherlandish, 1534–1593), published by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, c. 1510–1570),…

Bowl Depicting a Ritual Figure and Flaming Torches, A.D. 300/600, Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Ceramic, plaster, and pigment, Diam. 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, France, Glass, 12.4 × 5.4 cm (4 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Amphibulina putris, Print

Two Figures (related to the painting Tahitian Landscape), 1891/93, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Black chalk, with touches of watercolor and watercolor offset on cream wove paper, 352…

Heavenly Ganymede, 1804, Henry Fuseli, Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825, England, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 315 × 240 mm (image), 382 × 279 mm (sheet)

What a shame that I don’t speak Chinese… I would love to say something real nice to her and something rather nasty to her husband, plate 4 from En Chine, 1859, Honoré Victorin Daumier,…

Shoe, 16th century, England, Silk, plain weave over leather, slashed, insole of wool, plain weave, stitched with waxed linen, 21.5 × 9.2 cm (8 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, December 1, 1797, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543), Italy, Stipple engraving on cream wove paper, 207…

Ammonites ornatus compressus, Print, Ammonoidea, Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to…

On the Nile, Near Philae, 1871, Eugène Fromentin, French, 1820-1876, France, Oil on canvas, 25 × 43 1/2 in. (63.8 × 110.6 cm), The August Moon, 1889, William Trost Richards, American,…

The Death of Hercules, from The Labors of Hercules, 1548, Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 52 x 77 (image/plate), 55 x 79 mm (sheet)