Cover for the first album of L’Estampe originale, 1893, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901), printed by Imprimerie Edward Ancourt, published by L’Estampe originale (French,…

Interior view of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome, 1768, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching on heavy ivory laid paper, 430 x 680 mm (image), 437 x…

Coverlet, 1840, Sarah Douglas Smith (American, active c. 1840), United States, Illinois, Christian County, Stonington, Illinois, Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning…

Cape Provencale (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1725/75, France, Cotton, plain weave, block printed, 192.7 × 95.3 cm (75 7/8 × 37 1/2 in.)

Suzani (large embroidered hanging or cover), 1825/75, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Linen with design of leaf squares enclosing flower sprays., 232.7 x 51 cm (91 5/8 x 20 in.)

Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series Sundial of Young Women (Musume hi-dokei), c. 1794/95, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿, Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806, Japan, Color woodblock…

Tree Branches, n.d., Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825-1885, France, Etching on cream China paper, laid down on white wove paper, 101 × 69 mm (image), 172 × 122 mm (plate), 111 × 81 mm…

Sampler, 19th century, Mexico, México, 71.1 x 38.1 cm (28 x 15 in.)

Little Salute, 1879/80, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper, 82 x 210 mm (plate, approx.), 87 x 210 mm (sheet)

Scarab: Uninscribed, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1985–1773 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Amethyst, 0.6 × 1.4 × 1 cm (1/4 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.)

Panel, 1725/75, France, Silk, plain weave with self-patterning ground wefts, 'watered' (moiré), 81.4 × 75.2 cm (32 × 29 5/8 in.)

Julia Jackson, 1864/65, Julia Margaret Cameron, English, 1815–1879, England, Albumen print, 22.5 × 16.9 cm (image/paper, oval), 34.1 × 28 cm (mount)

God Vishnu with Lakshmi and Sarasvati, Pala period, 9th/10th century, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Bronze, 24.5 × 18 × 7.7 cm (9 5/8 × 7 1/16 × 3 in.)

Young Man with Umbrella Knocking on Gate in Snow, c. 1774, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 27 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.

Gaming Bag, 1670/1700, France, Silk, cut velvet weave, embroidered in silver-gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core, outlined in yellow silk threads, blue ground, 23.5 × 23.5 cm (9 1/4 × 9…

Cup and Saucer, 1839/40, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding, Cup: 6.4 x 8.7 cm (2 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.), Saucer: 2.9…

Scarab: Nefera with Hieroglyphs (kA-signs, xaw), Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasties 12–17 (about 2055–1550 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glazed steatite, 1.3 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm (1/2…

Tankard, c. 1810, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware (marble pearlware), 12.1 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

Ear Ornaments, A.D. 400/800, Tiwanaku-Wari, Coastal Peru or highland Bolivia, Peru, Shell, stone, silver, and copper, Diam. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)

Fragment (Border), 1601/50, Italy, probably Genoa, Italy, Linen, bobbin straight lace, 8.2 x 27.3 cm (3 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

Table, 1836/46, John and Joseph W. Meeks Company, American, active 1836–59, New York, United States, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, and marble, 78.1 × 106.8 × 61 cm (30 3/4 × 42 × 24 in.)

Houses of Parliment, 1850–1900, probably English, 19th century, England, Albumen print, from the album "Views of London

Mr. Jean-Joseph-Chaboulard… first prize for good health!, plate 28 from Professeurs et Moutards, 1846, Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879), printed by Aubert & Cie. (French, active…

Izaak Walton’s House at Shallowford, Staffordshire, 1888, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Photogravure, plate XXX from the album "The Compleat Angler or the…

Sauce Tureen and Cover from the Hood Service, 1807/08, Paul Storr, English, 1771-1844, London, England, Sterling silver, 17.8 × 22.9 × 13 cm (7 × 9 × 5 1/8 in.)

Beaker, 1500/1600, German, Germany, Green glass, H. 10.5 × 7.9 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

Fan, 19th century, Italy, Carved and painted wood sticks and guards, painted paper mount, mirror set in guard on front, cameo set in guard on reverse, metal reivet and loop, 27.3 cm 27.3 cm (10 3/4…

Preliminary Design for Monument to John Gay the Poet, c. 1736, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, 1693-1770), or Richard Wilson (English, 1714-1782), Flanders, Pen and brown ink, with brush and…

Apogon trimaculatus, Print, Pristicon trimaculatus, the 'three-spot cardinalfish, is a nocturnal fish that lives in the Western Pacific Ocean, living around inshore coral reefs in waters around…

Sincerity (valentine), 1840/50, Thomas Wood, English, 19th century, England, Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 99 × 72 mm (folded sheet)

Willows in a Landscape, 1844, Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894, France, Etching on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 76 × 124 mm (image), 114 × 160 mm (chine), 120 ×…

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 17th century, Iran (Persia, Isfahan), Iran, Silk, brocaded fancy compound satin, 34.4 x 10.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1848–55, George Bacchus & Sons, English, founded 1840, Birmingham, Glass, Diam. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II, Ichikawa Komazo II, and Arashi Otohachi I in the play Fude Hajime Soga no Tamazusa, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1768, 1768, Torii…

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1894, Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903), printed in collaboration with Louis Roy (French, 1862-1907), France, Wood-block print in black ink, over a…

The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle (recto), Crowned Woman Kneeling in Landscape, and Other Sketches (verso), n.d., Attributed to Prospero Fontana, Italian, 1512-1597, Italy, Pen…

View of the So-Called Temple of Concord, from Views of Rome, 1774, published 1800–07, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro…

Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession, c. 1820, India, Rajasthan, Mewar, Udaipur, attributed to Ghasi (active c. 1820-36), India, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Image: 57.1 × 41.6 cm (22 1/2 ×…

Vase Depicting a Courtly Scene, A.D. 600/800, Late Classic Maya, Petén region, Guatemala, Guatemala, Earthenware, slip, stucco, and pigment, 19.1 x 15.9 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)

Sol, plate four from Der VII Planeten, n.d., Conrad Meyer, Swiss, 1618-1689, Switzerland, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 69 x 49 mm (sheet)

Dancing Monkey, c. 1835/40, Christophe Fratin, French, c. 1800-1864, Cast by: Quesnel Foundry, French, France, Bronze, H. 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)

Antilope nasomaculata, 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…

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1757, Thomas Worlidge (English, 1700-1766), after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640), England, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 137 × 94 mm (image), 141 × 96…

Joseph’s Brothers Showing His Coat to Jacob, 1640s, Jan Victors, Dutch, 1619-1676, Netherlands, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, 195 x 246 mm

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1893/94, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Wood-block print in black ink on tan wove paper, 203 × 354 mm (image), 207 × 358 mm (sheet)

Baluster-Shaped Vase with Lotus Flowers, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), late 12th/early 13th century, Korea, Korea, Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze incised decoration, H. 34.9 cm (13 3/4…

Geneva from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel’s World History), Plate 22 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1493, portfolio assembled 1929, Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434/37–1519) and…

Panel, 1625/75, Italy, Silk, warp-float faced satin weave self patterned by ground wefts, 51.7 x 55.45 cm (20 3/8 x 21 3/4 in.)

St. George on Foot, 1502, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Germany, Engraving in black on cream laid paper, 111 x 70 mm (image/sheet)

Revised Panoramic View of Yokohama (Saikai Yokohama fukei), 1861 and 1873, Utagawa Sadahide, Japanese, 1807-1873, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban polyptych, 36.5 x 148.7 cm

Coin Depicting a She-Wolf Nursing Romulus and Remus, AD 117/192, Roman, minted in Ilium, Troas, Rome, Bronze, Diam. 1.9 cm, 5.47 g

Box, c. 1735, Germany, Amethyst glass and gilt bronze mounts, 4 x 6 x 5.4 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Cain and Abel, 1886, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 184 × 120 mm (plate), 333 × 214 mm (sheet)

Paperweight, 19th century, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)

Fun’ya no Yasuhide, from the series Allegory of the Six Poets (Furyu rokkasen), c. 1768, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 27.9 x 20.7…

The Amateur Guitarist. Defying everyone’s yawns, As he sings his puny verse, He would sing a parlor-song, On the ruins of the universe…, plate 4 from Monomanes, 1840, Honoré Victorin…

The Reed Offered to Christ, 1630/40, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641), Lucas Vorsterman I (Flemish, 1595-1675), Flanders, Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 261 × 212 mm…

John Fisher, Évêque de Rochester, November 1, 1793, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543), Italy, Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper, 328…

A Town in a Valley, n.d., Anthoni Waterlo, Dutch, 1609-1690, Holland, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 121 x 210 mm (image), 124 x 212 mm (sheet)

Carpet fragment, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850/1900, China, Solid cut and uncut velvet, 268 × 63.1 cm (105 1/2 × 24 7/8 in.)

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the Play Katakiuchi Chuko Kagami (Vendetta: A Model of Loyalty and Filial Duty), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Fifth Day…

Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang), 19th century, Minangkabau people, Indonesia, West Sumatra, Solok village, Sumatra, Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave,…

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1583, Bernardino Passeri, Italian, c.1540-1591, Italy, Engraving in black on paper, 430 x 281 mm

Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 16th century, dated 1580/1590, Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 27.3 x 14.6 cm (10 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)

Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1819, Samuel Jones, American, 19th century, Possibly John Lewis Krimmel, American, born Germany, 1786–1821,…

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Philip the Arab, AD 244/249, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 3.1 cm, 22.64 g

Double House for Mr. Straus, Perspective View, 1883, Adler & Sullivan, Architects (American, fl. 1883–1895), Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856–1924), Dankmar Adler (American, 1844–1900),…

The Child and the Cat, 1778, Marguerite Gérard, French, 1761-1837, France, Etching and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper, 228 × 170 mm (image), 261 × 191 mm (plate), 271 × 203 mm (sheet)

Antilope scoparia, 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…

Charles Norman, 1874, Julia Margaret Cameron, English, 1815–1879, England, Albumen print, 27.8 cm (image/paper, diameter), 44.3 × 35.4 cm (mount)

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

Agrion, Print

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft, from Old English Masters, 1899, printed 1902, Timothy Cole (American, born England, 1852-1931), after John Opie (English, 1761-1807), United States, Wood engraving…

Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis, 1460 (binding 1580/90), French (possibly Besançon), France, Manuscript with 88 folios, 13 miniatures and other decorations in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin…

Panel (Originally a Lucnheon Cloth), c. 1775, Sweden, Sweden, Cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, 73.6 x 73 cm (29 x 28 3/4 in.)

Cup and Saucer, c. 1730, Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, 1666-1766, Saint-Cloud, Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, Cup: H. 7.6 cm (3 in.), diam. 7.9 cm (3 1/8…

Tunic (Jibbeh), 1885/99, Mahdiyya State, Sudan, Sudan, Layers of cotton, plain weave, pieced and quilted, appliquéd with wool and wool and cotton plain weaves and wool twill weaves, embroidered…

Model of a Counterweight (Quan or Huanzhen), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C., China, Glazed buff stoneware with incised and impressed decoration,…

Street at Saverne, 1858, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Cancelled copper etching plate, 210 x 160 mm

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, France, Glass, Diam. 7.2 cm (2 7/8 in.)

Ely Cathedral: Carving Over Prior’s Door, 1891, Frederick H. Evans, English, 1853–1943, England, Lantern slide, 8.2 × 8.2 cm

Seated Youth: Study for Flagellation of Saint Andrew, c. 1608, Domenichino, Italian, 1581-1641, Italy, Charcoal on blue laid paper, laid down on cream laid card, 254 x 176 mm

Avarice, from the Vices, 1552, Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502-c.1560, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 103 x 62 mm (image/plate)

Panel, 17th century, Northern Europe, Northern Europe, Linen and silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, 261.7 x 50.7 cm (103 x 20 in.)

At the Window, rue des Trois Frères, 1878–79, Camille Pissarro, French, 1830–1903, France, Pastel on cream wove pastel paper, perimeter mounted on light gray wove paper, 380 × 263 mm…

Panel, 1894, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan, Silk, satin weave, underlaid with pieced cotton, plain weaves, some printed, covered with paper, embroidered with wild silk and silk,…

Dancing Couple, plate five from The Large Wedding-Dancers, 1538, Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502-c.1560, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 117 x 77 mm (image/image/plate)

Student at a Table by Candlelight, c. 1642, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching on paper, 145 x 133 mm (image), 146 x 133 mm (plate), 149 x 135 mm (sheet)

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Ego! ego! ego!…tous égaux., 1853, Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 197 × 158 mm (image), 286 × 216 mm (sheet)

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III in Three Roles: Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess), Ukare Zato (A Blind Street Performer), and Sakata no Kaido-maru, in the Play Zoho Natsu Matsuri (Expanded…

Clear Weather after Snow at Matsuchi Hill (Matsuchiyama no yukibare), from the series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), c. 1835/38, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese,…

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gallienus, AD 253/268, Roman, Roman Empire, Billon, Diam. 2.4 cm, 11.92 g

Earring, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1070 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glass, 2.6 × 2.7 × 0.6 cm (1 × 1 1/16 × 3/16 in.)

Teapot, 1750/55, Staffordshire, England, Staffordshire, Salt-glazed stoneware, with applied decoration and polychrome enamels, 9.2 x 15.6 x 9.2 cm (3 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

Box with Scale and Set of Weights, 1661, Wilhelm von Essen, German, 17th century, Pluckhoff, Cologne, Germany, Cologne, Wood, brass, iron, and copper, 3.2 × 25.7 × 13 cm (1 1/4 × 10 1/8 × 5 1/8…

Coat of Arms of Rohrbach and Eilge von Holzhausen, after 1470, Master bxg (German, active ca. 1470–90), after Master of the Housebook (German, active c. 1470-1500), Bayern, Engraving in black…

Legends of the Yuzu Nembutsu Sect, 14th century, Japanese, active 14th century, Japan, Handscroll, ink, colors, and gold on paper, 30.5 × 1176.9 cm (12 × 460 in.)

Weight in the Form of Nestled Birds, Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D.), China, Gilt bronze, H. appro×. 2 1/8 in.

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, 1865, Édouard Manet, French, 1832–1883, France, Oil on canvas, 190.8 × 148.3 cm (74 7/8 × 58 3/8 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Baccarat, Glass, Diam. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)