The Soliloquy of the Broom, 1843, William Henry Fox Talbot, English, 1800–1877, England, Salted paper print, 16.8 × 20.6 cm (image), 17.5 × 21.3 cm (paper)

August, Dogs Have Their Days from George Cruikshank’s Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853, 1839, printed c. 1880, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published by Pickering &…

McVickers Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Sketch, c. 1883–1891, Louis H. Sullivan, American, 1856–1924, Madison Street, 78-84 West, Graphite on paper, 34.6 × 21 cm (13 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Pont-au-Change, Paris, 1854, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 158 × 335 mm (image), 158 × 335 mm (plate), 257 × 396 mm (sheet)

Three Sketches of Sleeves, n.d., Henry Stacy Marks, English, 1829-1898, England, Black pastel, heightened with touches of white pastel, on blue laid paper, 439 × 309 mm

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

Joseph Greeting his Brothers, c. 1656, Pier Francesco Mola, Italian, 1612-1666, Italy, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove…

Panel, 1730/33, Design in the style of Jean Revel (French, 1664–1751), France, Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, 99.1 × 55.4 cm (39 × 21 3/4 in.)

Plaque with Representation of God Khonsu, New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period (?), Dynasties 18–25 (about 1550–664 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Jasper, 0.6 × 1.4 × 1 cm (1/4 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.)

Plaque with Head of a Satyr, 1770, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 12.1 × 8.6 × 2.4 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 15/16 in.)

Argyreiosus vomer, Print, 1700-1880

Fortune and the Young Child, 1818, Horace Vernet, French, 1789-1863, France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 190 × 243 mm (image), 282 × 387 mm (sheet)

Geisha Applying Makeup, c. 1781, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 68.7 x 11.5 cm

Untitled, c. 1850, Charles Marville, French, 1813–1879, France, Albumen print, from the series "Bois de Bologne

Taihu Rock, Qing dnasty (1644–1911), c. 1860, Rushan, Chinese, active mid-late 19th century, China, Folding fan (mounted), finger painting in ink on paper, 23.5 × 51.5 cm (9.3 × 20.3 in.)

Three Graces, Late 18th century, James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, Scotland, Stoneware (jasperware), H. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)

Amulet of a Duck, New Kingdom, Dynasties 18–20 (about 1550–1069 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glass, 2.2 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm (7/8 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)

Wallpaper Fragment, 1820, France, Dauptain et Soeur, Paris, Block-printed, handmade paper, 55.9 x 35.2 cm (22 x 13 7/8 in.)

Marriage Chest, Early to mid 18th century, Bavaria, Germany, Wood, painted and gilded, metal mounts, 26.5 x 35.9 x 24.5 cm (10 7/16 x 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

The Pleasures of Fishing., You are always in such a rush, Good God, we only just got here at noon and it is now only a quarter past five, Just give me a little more time, I am sure I’ll end…

Bowl with Bold, Irregular Geometric Bands of Stripes, Zigzag, and Checkerboard Motifs, A.D. 850/950, Cibola, Posibly Kiatuthlanna Black-on-white, East-central Arizona or west-central New…

Ornamental Design for Knife Handle with Air, from The Four Elements, c. 1590, After Johann Theodor de Bry, German, 1561–1623, Flanders, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 90 × 22 mm…

Antennarius lioderma, 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…

Agate Head of Cleopatra, n.d., Giuseppe Grisoni, Italian, born Flanders, 1699-1769, Italy, Gouache, heightened with touches of gold paint, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, 272 x 144 mm

On the Juniata. The Five Fair Ladies, 1860/69, Anthony & Company, American, active 1848–1901, United States, Albumen print, stereo, No. 519 from the series "The Picturesque on the…

The Island, Boyles’s Farm, 1869, Francis Seymour Haden, English, 1818-1910, England, Etching with drypoint on copper printed on ivory laid paper, 175 × 253 mm (image/plate), 210 × 297 mm (sheet)

A Scene in the New Farce Called The Rivals, 1819, Charles Williams (English, active 1797-1830), published by S. W. Fores (English,1785-1825), England, Hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper, 226…

Songs of the Painters with Etchings, 1838, Rudolph von Normann, German, 1806-1882, Germany, Etching on ivory wove paper, 289 x 231 mm

Visiting (Kayoi), from the series Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi), c. 1780, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 25.6 x 18.7 cm

Purse-Shaped Vinaigrette, 1818/19, Joseph Willmore, English, active 1808-1855, Birmingham, England, Birmingham, Silver and silver gilt, 2.5 × 2.5 cm (1 × 1 in.)

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251/253, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 2.8 cm, 13.07 g

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, 195 × 301 mm…

Aquamarine Urn, n.d., Giuseppe Grisoni, Italian, born Flanders, 1699-1769, Flanders, Gouache heightened with touches of gold paint, over black chalk, on ivory wove paper, 107 × 90 mm

Martyrdom of Saint John, the Major, plate four from The Martyrdoms of the Apostles, n.d., Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching on paper, 72 × 46 mm

Study of Levi, 1526/32, Alonso Berruguete, Spanish, 1486-1561, Spain, Pen and brown ink, on tan laid paper, tipped onto yellow wove paper, 253 x 110 mm

The Riva, Looking Towards the Grand Ducal Palace, 1880, Frank Duveneck, American, 1848-1919, United States, Etching on cream wove paper, 334 x 217 mm (plate), 369 x 247 mm (sheet)

Entrance of the Ambassador of Poland into Rome, 1633, Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664, Italy, Etching on ivory laid paper, 155 x 428 mm (image), 208 x 558 mm (sheet)

Fragment (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1806, Designed by J.J. Pearman (English, active c. 1900-1925), Manufactured by Bannister Hall Print Works (English, 1798-1893), England, Cotton, plain weave,…

Wollzeile No. 3, Zinshaus des Peter Ritter von Calvagni, 1860s, Austrian, 19th century, Austria, Albumen print, 29.9 × 23 cm (image/paper), 61.2 × 42.7 cm (album page)

Isabella Gardener, 1894, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 247 x 200 mm (image/plate), 427 x 298 mm (sheet)

Dick Christian’s Last Fall, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, published 1830, Charles Bentley (English, 1806-1854), after Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851), published by R.A. Ackermann…

Paul et Virginie (Paula and Virginie) (Furnishing Fabric), after 1818, Engraved by Tony Johannot (German, active 1813-1852) and others after works by Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger (French,…

Teapot, c. 1745, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Salt-glazed stoneware, 17.8 × 14.6 cm (7 × 5 3/4 in.)

Fragment, 18th century, France, Silk and linen, velvet: cut, uncut, voided, against satin weave foundation, 12.7 × 14.7 cm (5 × 5 3/4 in.)

Non-Commissioned Officer and Soldiers of the Volhynie Regiment (Imperial Guard), Camp Vosnessensk, 1842–44, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), printed by Auguste Bry (French,…

Purse, 17th century, Italy, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with wool in Florentine stitch, ribbon: silk, satin weave, edging: linen, plain weave, lining: linen, plain weave, 10.4 x 18.5 cm (4 1/8 x…

Christ Among the Doctors, n.d., School of Lambert Lombard, Flemish, 1506-1566, Flanders, Pen and brown ink and brush and blue wash,heightened with lead white (partly discolored), on blue laid…

Prince Jérôme, 1860–69, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, French, 1819–1889, France, Albumen print, 8.6 × 5.4 cm (image/paper), 10.4 × 6 cm (mount)

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

Statue of Mercury, n.d., Michael Henry Spang, Danish, active 1750-1767, Denmark, Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and orange wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on…

The Promenade on the Boulevard, c. 1760, Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, French, 1724-1780, France, Black chalk, with brush and black, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on cream…

Parrot on Quince Tree, c. 1770, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777, c. 1777, Katsukawa…

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo I as Araki Shozaemon and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Daidoji Tahatanosuke in the play Chigozakura Futabajikki, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the tenth month, 1746,…

Young Man Seated on an Ox, 1765, Shichu, Japanese, 18th century, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

Square Dish with Symbols of Longevity and Immortality (Deer, Bats, Fungus, and Clouds) and the Phrase Tian Zhi Mei Lu (Beauty of Heavenly Prosperity), Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), China, Longquan…

Wine Jar (Hu), Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn/early Warring States period (770–222 B.C.), early 5th century B.C., China, Bronze, H. 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.), diam. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)

Fukusa (Gift Cover), late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century, Japan, Mon side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, slit and single…

Empress’ Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1840/60, Manchu, China, Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'S' twill weave, embroidered with silk,…

Autumn Moon of the Strumpets (Kekoro no Aki no Tsuki), from the series Eight Views at the Foot of Ueno Hill (Toei fumoto hakkei), c. 1777, Kitao Shigemasa, Japanese, 1739-1820, Japan, Color…

Gerda Hagborg I (Pour plaire), 1893, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 159 x 120 mm (image/plate), 332 x 258 mm (sheet)

Standing Female Nude, 1881, Marie Mathieu, French, 19th century, France, Pen and brown ink on cream wove paper, 180 × 119 mm

Tea Bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th/13th century, China, Jian ware, stoneware with dark brown "hare's fur" glaze and metal rim, H. 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.), diam. 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)

Imado, section of a sheet from the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue), 1857, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color woodblock…

Teapot, 1747/49, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, London, England, c. 1745-1784, Chelsea, Soft-paste porcelain, 5.6 × 10 × 10.2 cm (6 1/8 × 3 15/16 × 4 in.)

The Clock-Makers, Paimpol, 1893, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper, 202 x 150 mm (image), 329 x 210 mm (sheet)

Fragment of Mother Goddesses (Matrika) Panel with Ganesha, 10th/11th century, Nepal, Nepal, Copper repoussé, 16.9 x 28.8 x 10.7 cm (6 5/8 x 11 5/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Washing Cloth in a Stream, c. 1768/69, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 10 3/4 x 8 in.

Father Time, 1500/1600, Italian, Italian, Bronze, 3 3/4 x 9 3/8 x 5 in. (9.5 x 23.9 x 12.7 cm)

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, European, possibly English, England, Glass, Diam. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.), Male Figure, 500/300 B.C., Chupícuaro, Formative period, Guanajuato, Chupícuaro, Mexico,…

Fishing Quarter, Venice, 1880, Frank Duveneck, American, 1848-1919, United States, Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper, 281 x 394 mm (image), 295 x 407 mm (plate), 368 x 488 mm (sheet)

Character Sketch, n.d., Possibly John Hamilton Mortimer (English, 1740-1779), or Francis Le Piper (English, 1640-1698), England, Pen and gray ink, with brush and wash, on cream laid paper, laid…

Draped Figure of Woman Playing on a Harp, c. 1873–77, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English, 1833-1898, England, Graphite on ivory wove paper, 253 × 178 mm

Landscape with Trees, 1880/85, Alfred Sisley, French, 1839-1899, France, Pastel and colored pencils on tan laminated card, 545 × 378 mm

Sand Dunes, c. 1880/90, printed January 1891, B. Gay Wilkinson, English, 1857–1927, England, Photogravure, from "Sun Artists, Number 6" (1891), 14.3 × 18.7 cm (image), 27.9 × 37.8 cm (paper)

Foot of a Cista (Storage Box), early 5th century BC, Etruscan, probably Vulci, Vulci, Bronze, 15.6 × 10.4 × 5.4 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Inside the Colosseum, c. 1823, Franz Ludwig Catel, German, 1778-1856, Germany, Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 137.5 cm (39 1/2 × 58 1/4 in.)

Tile, 16th/17th century, Syria, Turkey, Fritware, painted in blue, turquoise, green, purple, and black under a transparent glaze, 26.2 × 25.7 × 2.2 cm (10 5/16 × 10 1/8 × 7/8 in.)

Border, 1625/50, Italy, probably Genoa, Italy, Gold-gilt-silver-and-copper-metal strip and gold-gilt-silver-and copper-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace, 8.8 x 92 cm (3 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.)

Drawing for Standing Nude, c. 1879, Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926, United States, Graphite on buff wove paper, traced over for soft-ground etching with offset of soft-ground on verso,…

Folio Five from Burchard of Sion’s De locis ac mirabilibus mundi, or an Illuminated Geography, c. 1460, French (Paris), written by Burchard of Mount Sion (German, active 13th century), France,…

Untitled, 1855/75, 19th century, Unknown Place, Tintypes, 3 x 3 cm (each plate), 4.4 x 4.4 cm (case)

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, France, Glass, Diam. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)

Saint Joseph and the Sleeping Christ Child, 1670/75, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish, 1618-1682, Spain, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper,…

Young Woman Holding a Kerria Branch (parody of Ota Dokan), c. 1764/65, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, mizu-e, 31.0 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x…

The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga (Ashikaga Gyodozan kumo no kakehashi), from the series Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran), c.…

The Death of the Virgin, 1639, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 397 x 315 mm (sheet trimmed within plate mark)

Street Corner in a Village, n.d., Henri-Emile Lessore, French, 1830-1895, France, Drypoint on cream laid paper, 77 × 119 mm (image/plate), 145 × 195 mm (sheet)

The Two Pilgrims, plate three from The Beggars, c. 1622, Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching on paper, 143 × 87 mm (plate), 147 × 92 mm (sheet)

Street at Saverne, 1858, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching with foul biting in black ink on tan Japanese paper, 207 x 159 mm (plate), 248 x 198 mm (sheet)

Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece for Le sourire, 1899, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper, 100 × 186 mm…

Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons, 1857, Gustave Le Gray, French, 1820–1884, France, Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons

Jeweled and Crowned Buddha (Jambupati), c. 17th century, Burma (Myanmar), Burma, Bronze, 38 × 16.7 × 11.5 cm (15 × 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Unidentified Literary Illustration with a Group of Figures Surrounding Reclining Figure in Landscape, n.d., Hubert François Gravelot, French, 1699-1773, France, Graphite, over red chalk, on…

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

Othman 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

Study for the Head of the Rescuing Lover in Escape of the Heretic, 1857, Sir John Everett Millais, English, 1829-1896, England, Graphite and red chalk, on cream wove paper (discolored from ivory)…

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Diocletian, 294/305, issued by Diocletian, Roman, minted in Trier, Germany, Trier, Gold, Diam. 1.8 cm, 5.27 g

Cupid Begging Jupiter for Mercy for Psyche, 1530/40, Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560), after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592), in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio,…

Mars, plate three from Der VII Planeten, n.d., Conrad Meyer, Swiss, 1618-1689, Switzerland, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 46 x 62 mm (image), 67 x 50 mm (plate), 103 x 84 mm (sheet)