Two Figures Ascending, 1560/70, Follower of Luca Cambiaso, Italian, 1527-1585, Italy, Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on tan laid…

Neapolitan Conveyance, Copy of a Painting at Lacock Abbey, c. 1840, William Henry Fox Talbot, English, 1800–1877, England, Salted paper print, 13.8 × 21.3 cm (image), 18.7 × 22.9 cm (paper)

Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae), 1858, Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), Japanese, 1786-1864, Japan, Color woodblock print, part of triptych, 35.2 x 73.7…

Qur’an cover, 17th century, Iran, Iran, Leather, exterior: embossed and gilt decoration, interior: filigree and gilt decoration, Overall: 19.4 x 36.2 x .125 cm (7 5/8 x 14 1/4 x 1/8 in.),…

Carpet Strip, 1870/1900, United States, Wool, tied and free plain weave double cloth, woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment, 448.4 x 87.8 cm (176 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.)

Portraits, n.d., Attributed to Daniel Maclise, Irish, 1806-1870, Ireland, Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash and touches of graphite, on tracing paper, laid down on card, 85 x 106 mm

Lithyalin Beaker, c. 1830, Workshop of Friedrich Egermann, Bohemian, 1777-1864, Bohemia, Glass, marbled opaque red, blown and gilded, 9.2 × 7.5 cm (3 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordianus, AD 238/244, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 3 cm, 15.56 g

Untitled Valentine (Heart on Fire), 1850/59, John Windsor, English, 19th century, England, Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 93 × 69 mm (folded sheet)

Paperweight, c. 1845–55, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Mount for Last Poppies, 1897–99, Theodore Roussel, French, worked in England, 1847-1926, England, Drypoint, aquatint, softground and lavis in blue-green and yellow-brown metallic on ivory…

Kesa, Meiji period (1868–1912), late 19th century, Japan, Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings…

Ware, Herts, 1880s, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Photogravure, plate II from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Volume I"…

Caricature of Léon Manchon, c. 1858, Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926, France, Charcoal, with stumping and heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper (partially discolored to yellowish gray),…

Veneration of the Buddha’s Relics, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century, Present-day Pakistan or Afghanistan, Ancient region of Gandhara, Gandhara, Schist, 24.4 × 24.3 × 9.7 cm (9 9/16 × 9 9/16 ×…

Saint Mark, plate two from The Four Evangelists, 1588, Jacob de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565-1629), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617), Netherlands, Engraving in black on laid paper, 150 mm…

Rug, 1875/1900, Turkey, Turkey, Tapestry-woven kilims, 139.7 x 195.6 cm (55 x 77 in.)

Panel, c. 1725, England, Silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts à la disposition, 86.4 ×…

Shishak, 16th century, Eastern Europe, possibly Russian or Turkish, Eastern Europe, Steel, 43.2 × 20.3 cm (17 × 8 in.)

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in the scene Sukeroku in the play Hitokidori Harutsuge Soga (The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler), c.…

Paperweight, 19th century, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, Saint-Louis, Glass, Diam. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)

Fragment, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century, Japan, Printed plain simple twill, silk., 24.2 x 35.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in)

Covered Goblet (Pokal) with Musicians, 1730/40, Silesia, Poland, Silesia, Blown and molded glass with engraved decoration, H. 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo lll as Soga no Juro Sukenari (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no Soga no Juro Sukenari), 1795, (Kansei 7), Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan,…

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, France, Glass, Diam. 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Anolis equestris, Print, The knight anole (Anolis equestris) is the largest species of anole in the Dactyloidae family. Other common names include Cuban knight anole or Cuban giant anole,…

Handled Cup, Tang dynasty (618–907), China, Slip-coated and glazed stoneware, H. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.), diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the…

Munemori Visiting Chikubu Island in the play Nunobiki Monogatari (Munemori Chikubushima mode, Nunobiki Monogatari), section of a sheet from the series Reflections of Dramas in Cutouts (Harimaze…

Statuette of Herakles, 4th/3rd century BC, Etruscan, Etruria, Bronze, 9.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm (3 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 3/4 in.)

Figures du mode, c. 1710, Jean Antoine Watteau, French, 1684-1721, France, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 109 × 69 mm (image), 125 × 78 mm (plate), 142 × 95 mm (sheet)

Courtesan and Her Child Attendant Playing with a Cat, c. 1768, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 28.6 x 21.2 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)

Button with Sacrifice to Hygieia, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), Diam. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

The Actor Takii Hannosuke as an effeminate youth, c. 1707, Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, Japanese, 1664-1729, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, tan-e, vertical o-oban, 56.5 x 29.1 cm (22 x 11…

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

Saint Jude, from Christ, the Apostles and Saint Paul, 1510/15, Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, 1472-1553, Germany, Woodcut in black on buff laid paper, 305 x 182 mm (image/sheet trimmed within block)

Study for Country Festival near Antwerp, c. 1646, David Teniers the Younger, Flemish, 1610-1690, Flanders, Graphite on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper, 210 × 361 mm

Composite Smallsword and Scabbard, Hilt: c. 1650/60, blade: 1750/60, Hilt: Flemish or Dutch, blade: French, Dutch, Steel, gilding, copper, wood, and leather, Overall L. 88 cm (34 5/8 in.)

Goblet with Cover, c. 1720/25, Germany, Schleswig, Schleswig, Glass, 21 x 8.4 cm (8 1/4 x 3 5/16 in.)

Group of Portrait and Compositional Studies, n.d., Jules-Élie Delaunay, French, 1828-1891, France, Pen and ink and graphite on paper, 105 × 50 mm (upper left), 105 × 85 mm (upper center), 112 ×…

Amulet of a Cross, Byzantine, 4th century AD or later, Byzantine, Egypt, Glass, 2 × 1.5 × .5 cm (3-4 × 9/16 × 3/16 in.)

Bedcover (Flowers and Fruit Bedcover), 1847, United States, Cotton, plain weave, pieced and quilted, aplliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed, embroidered in wool threads in a variety of…

The Yugao Chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji Yugao), from a series of Genji parodies, c. 1710, Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686-1764, Japan, Woodblock print, oban, sumizuri-e, 27.3 x 39.6 cm

Fragment, Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800, Japan, Plain compound twill, silk and gilt paper, 3 strips to m.m., 18.1 x 23.9 cm (7 1/8 x 9 3/8 in) (per old card)

Letter P, 1630, Peter Aubry, German, 1596-1668, Germany, Engraving on paper, 244 x 163 mm

The Madonna with SS. Catherine, Rose from Lima, and Agnes from Montepulciano, 1763/64, Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806), after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770), France,…

Anna Maria Luisa, 1730, published 1761, Georg Martin Preissler (German, 1700-1754), after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (Italian, 1692-1768), published by Giuseppe Allegrini, Florence, 1761,…

Don’t worry, Eleonore… it’s nothing, it’s just a little wind announcing the arrival of spring, plate 34 from Croquis Parisiens, 1857, Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879,…

Fragment, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century, Japan, Plain compound twill, silk and gilt paper, 3 strips to m.m., 37.8 x 26.4 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/8 in) (per old…

Fragment, 1601/25, Italy, Silk, cut, uncut, and voided velvet against plain weave foundation, 17.5 x 14.5 cm (6 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.)

The Independent Shoe-Black, 1877, John Thomson, Scottish, 1837–1921, Scotland, Woodburytype, from the album "Street Life in London

Soup Plate, c. 1755, Bow Porcelain Factory, London, England, 1744-1775, Bow, Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels and gilding, H. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.), diam. 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role, c. 1779, Katsukawa Shunko I, Japanese, 1743-1812, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 30.7 x 14.7 cm (12 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Seated Woman, Head in Right Hand, 1897, Jean Louis Forain, French, 1852-1931, France, Lithograph in sanguine and black on ivory wove paper, 390 × 490 mm

Coin Portraying Emperor Hadrian, AD 133/34, Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt, Khorasan, Bronze, Diam. 3.3 cm, 23.17 g

S. P. Peck Apothecary, 1839/60, American, 19th century, United States, Daguerreotype, 8 x 10.8 cm (plate), 9.3 x 12 x 1.5 cm (case)

Fragment, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/25, Japan, Plain compound twill, silk and gilt paper, 2 1/2 strips to m.m., 28.3 x 29.5 cm (11 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome, 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi,…

Wine Glass, c. 1790, Netherlands, England, Glass, cut and stipple engraved, 13.3 × 6.8 cm (5 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Empress Faustina, AD 176, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 3 cm, 27.24 g

Dream Vision, c. 1880, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Etching amd drypoint on ivory wove paper, cut within platemark and mounted on ivory wove paper, 88 × 102 mm (image/sheet), 193 ×…

Fragment, Edo period (1615–1868), 1725/75, Japan, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterning wefts, 19.1 × 18 cm (7 1/2 ×…

Paperweight, Mid 19th century, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Baccarat, Glass, Diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Sunflowers, Marché St Germain, Paris, 1888/93, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory Japanese paper, 220 x 278 mm (image,…

Parrot Komachi (Omu Komachi), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi), Edo period (1615–1868), 1751/64, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese,…

Dwarf, Tang dynasty (618–906), China, Earthenware

Anthus rufulus, Print, The paddyfield pipit or Oriental pipit (Anthus rufulus) is a small passerine bird in the pipit and wagtail family. It is a resident (non-migratory) breeder in open…

Cameo Portraying Emperor Claudius as Jupiter, Cameo: Roman, AD 41/54, Mount: Italian, late 16th century, Roman, Italy, Italy, Cameo: sardonyx, 7.6 × 5.7 × 0.8 cm (3 × 2 1/4 × 5/16 in.)

Jar, 1750/52, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, London, England, c. 1745-1784, Chelsea, Soft-paste porcelain and polychrome enamels, 22.8 × 16.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

Flowers, 1880, Julian Alden Weir, American, 1852-1919, United States, Watercolor and gouache on cream wood-pulp laminate board, 665 x 560 mm

A French Farrier, plate 12 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone, 1821, Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824), printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (German and…

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Seigen in the Play Ise-goyomi Daido Ninen, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fall, 1768, c. 1768, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active c. 1755-90, Japan,…

Glorification of Saint, n.d., Probably after Ciro Ferri, Italian, 1634-1689, Italy, Pen and brown ink, graphite, and brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove card, 575 x 415 mm

Panel Showing Christ’s Entrance into Jerusalem, 17th century, Germany, Schleswig-Holstein (from North Friesland, Bredstedt), Schleswig-Holstein, Linen and wool, plain weave, tied and free…

Eunuque Noir, plate 21 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque, 1748, Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716-1809, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 194 × 132 mm (image), 205 × 135 mm (plate), 266 ×…

Promis’d Horrors of the French Invasion, published October 20, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Hand-colored etching on…

Peasant Couple Looking in a Basket, n.d., After Jacopo Bassano, Italian, c. 1510-1592, Italy, Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on laid paper prepared with…

Prince Imperial, c. 1860, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, French, 1819–1889, France, Albumen print, 8.6 × 5.2 cm (image/paper), 10.6 × 6.2 cm (mount)

Spring, 1641, Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech, 1607-1677, Bohemia, Etching on off white laid paper, 250 × 182 mm (plate), 255 × 186 mm (sheet)

Le Mouton Chéri (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1785, Engraved by Louis marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793) after Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770) and other artists, Manufactured by Petitpierre Freres…

Shere Mill Pond, No. II (large plate), 1860, Francis Seymour Haden, English, 1818-1910, England, Etching with drypoint on ivory laid paper, 179 × 334 mm (image/plate), 200 × 353 mm (sheet)

A visit to a shrine, from the series Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui), c. 1786, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, koban, 22.2 x 15.8 cm

Amphora (Storage Jar), about 530/520 BC, Attributed to the Ivy Leaf Group, Etruscan, Etruria, terracotta, decorated in the black-figure technique, 38.7 × 27.9 cm (15 1/4 × 11 in.), diam. 19.4 cm…

The Eighth Month (Nanryo), from the series a Calendar of Elegance (Furyu junikagetsu), c. 1788, Chobunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 26.2 x 19.6 cm (10 1/4 x…

Cameo with Head of a Man, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 4.9 × 4.8 × .5 cm (1 15/16 × 1 7/8 × 3/16 in.)

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1750s, Belgium, Flanders, Brussels or England, West Country, Flanders, Linen, bobbin part lace of a type known as "Brussels" with a plaited bar ground, 114.3 × 10.6 cm…

Fragment (Chair Seat Cover), c. 1820, Austria, Austria, Linen and cotton, printed, 42 × 45.2 cm (16 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)

Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument, Memory of the Orient, 1880, Alberto Pasini, Italian, 1826-1899, Italy, Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 × 21 1/2…

Border, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century, Egypt, Akhmin, Egypt, Linen and wool, slit tapestry weave, 21 × 4.5 cm (8 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.)

Two Sketches: Mule Carrying Baskets, Pair of Yoked Oxen, n.d., Attributed to Cornelis de Wael (Flemish, 1592-1667), or Remigio Cantagallina (Italian, 1582-1656), Flanders, Pen and brown ink with…

The Acting Manager, 1884, Walter Richard Sickert, English, 1860-1942, United Kingdom, Etching with plate tone in brown on cream wove paper, 228 x 224 mm (image, trimmed within plate mark), 238 x…

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, France, Glass, Diam. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Fragment, 1750/1800, France or Italy, France, Silk and linen, cut, voided velvet against twin weave foundation, 17.4 × 11.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Railway Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, 19th century, S. Barnett, American, United States, Albumen print (carte-de-visite), 5.4 x 9.1 cm (image), 6.2 x 10.1 cm (card)

Melpomene, plate seventeen from Apollo and the Muses, c. 1465, Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, Italian, active c. 1465, Italy, Engraving on paper, 179 x 100 mm (plate), 183 x 104 mm (sheet)

La Jolie New Yorkaise, 1894, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on ivory laid paper, 226 x 157 mm (image), 324 x 206 mm (sheet)

St. Anthony: Help me, O my God!, plate 2 of 24, 1896, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 216 × 132 mm…

Gift of Friendship (valentine), n.d., George Kershaw, English, 19th century, England, Collaged elements on cut and embossed ivory laid paper (lace), 138 × 95 mm (folded sheet)

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 18th century, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China, Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut solid velvet, 171.5 × 63.5 cm (67 1/2 × 25 in.)

Friar Pedro Wrests the Gun from El Maragato, c. 1806, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828, Spain, Oil on panel, 11 1/2 × 15 3/8 in. (29.2 × 38.5 cm)