L’Assommoir, 1878, Various artists, written by Émile Zola (French, 1840-1902), published by Marpon and Flammarion (French, established 1875), France, Book with sixty wood engravings and…

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Severus Alexander, AD 234, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 2.9 cm, 20.13 g

Dupondius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Hadrian, AD 117/138, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 2.7 cm, 13.97 g

Portofino from the Sea, Genoa, October 1841, Elizabeth Murray, English, c. 1815-1882, England, Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on gray wove paper, 188 mm × 267 mm

Kensington Gardens, No. I (small plate), 1859, Francis Seymour Haden, English, 1818-1910, England, Etching on cream Japanese paper, 157 × 119 mm (image/plate), 264 × 206 mm (sheet)

Breech-Loading Center-Fire Gun in form of a Walking Stick, 1800/1900, European, Europe, Iron, leather, brass, steel, and horn, L. 88.9 cm (35 in.)

Artist in a Rocky Landscape, 1816, Pierre-Antoine Mongin (French, 1761-1827), printed by Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788-1839), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 440 × 321 mm…

Pages from the illustrated book Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran), 1801, 1804, or 1806, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849,…

Ammonites auritus, 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…

November, A General Post Delivery in Opposition from George Cruikshank’s Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853, 1839, printed c. 1880, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published…

Gothic Church Behind an Oak Grove with Tombs, 1810, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German, 1781-1841, Germany, Lithograph in black, with white heightening, on brown wove paper, 482 x 342 mm…

Untitled Valentine (Pink Flower), 1825, Unknown Artist, German, 19th century, Germany, Watercolor and pen and brown ink on buff wove paper, 78 x 142 mm (folded sheet)

Mace, c. 1540/50, German, possibly Italian, Germany, Iron, L. 62.9 cm (24 3/4 in.)

Two Girls under an Umbrella, c. 1788/89, Chobunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 26 x 5 3/16 in.

Various Rounded-Style Calligraphy, from Encyclopédie, 1760, Aubin (French, active 18th century), after Charles Paillasson (French, 1718-1789), published by André le Breton (French,…

An Interior, probably 1891, printed posthumously, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on cream wove proofing paper, 44 x 49 mm (image), 63 x 61…

Color-Printed Wrapper for the series Furyu Nishiki-e Ise Monogatori, c. 1772/73, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792, Japan, Color woodblock print, Overall: 63.5 x 40.8 cm (25 x…

The Man was Alone in a Night Landscape, from Night, 1886, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper collé, laid down on white wove paper, 295 × 220 mm…

Beggar with a Duffle Coat (Philosopher), 1865/67, Édouard Manet, French, 1832-1883, France, Oil on canvas, 187.7 × 109.9 cm (73 7/8 × 43 1/4 in.)

The Lamp, 1890–91, Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926), printed with Leroy (French, active 1876-1900), United States, Color aquatint, drypoint, and soft ground on ivory laid paper, 323 x 252…

Anolis richardi, Print, Anolis is a genus of anoles, iguanian lizards in the family Dactyloidae, native to the Americas. With more than 425 species, it represents the world's most species-rich…

Hercules and Nessus, from The Labors of Hercules, 1542, Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 50 x 78 mm (image/plate), 52 x 79 mm (sheet)

Potpourri Vase, c. 1885, Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, Worcester, England, founded 1751, Worcester, Soft-paste porcelain and gilding, 25.4 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm (10 x 7 x 7 in.)

The Dimple, or The Game of Stones, from The Games of the Urchins of Paris, 1770, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard (French, 1740–1813), after Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736-1807), France, Etching…

The Festival, 1875, Sir Edward John Poynter, British, 1836-1919, England, Oil on canvas, 137.2 × 53.4 cm (54 × 21 in.)

Suicide, plate eleven from Woman, c. 1886, Albert Besnard, French, 1849-1934, France, Etching and aquatint on cream Japanese paper, 318 × 247 mm (plate), 339 × 247 mm (sheet)

Altar Frontal, Late 16th century, Italy, Bands of linen, plain weave, linen, plain weave, pulled thread work, embroidered with silk in back, four-sided, overcast, running, single faggot, and…

Panel Formerly Part of the Wall Covering in the Deuxième Salon des Grands Appartements of the Palais de Meudon (Château Neuf) (Empire style), 1808, Woven by Lacostat et Trollier, France, Lyon,…

Profile of Eva Gonzales, Turned to the Left, 1870, Édouard Manet, French, 1832-1883, France, Etching with plate tone in black on cream laid paper, 241 × 161 mm (image), 241 × 161 mm (plate), 388…

The Presentation in the Temple, n.d., Stefano Pozzi, Italian, c. 1699-1768, Italy, Oil on canvas, 46 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (118 x 90 cm)

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River, c. 1784, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, right sheet of oban diptych (left sheet: 1925.2656), 37.7 x 25.6 cm

Amulet of Pataikos, Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 3 × 1.25 × 1 cm (1 3/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.)

Amulet of the Goddess Sekhmet, Third Intermediate Period (1070–664 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 8 × 2.75 × 2 cm (3 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 3/4 in.)

Anoplotherium spec., Print, Anoplotherium is an extinct genus of ungulates which lived from the Late Eocene to the earliest Oligocene. It was first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris., 1700-1880

Breech-Loading Swivel Gun with Chamber on Stand, early 16th century, Western European, Western Europe, Iron, Length overall of cannon: 33 1/2 in. (81.5 cm)

Landscape with Pan Playing a Flute, 1795, Johann Christian Reinhart, German, 1761-1847, Germany, Etching on ivory laid paper, 194 × 277 mm (image), 206 × 287 (plate), 375 × 501 mm (sheet)

Halberd, c. 1500, German, Germany, Steel and wood (oak), Blade L. 39.3 cm (15 1/2 in.)

The Absinthe Drinker, 1862, Édouard Manet, French, 1832-1883, France, Etching and plate tone in black on ivory laid paper, 248 × 145 mm (image), 289 × 161 mm (plate), 291 × 164 mm (sheet)

Mars and Venus, n.d., Jacob Toorenvliet, Dutch, 1635/36-1719, Holland, Black chalk with pen and gray ink and brush and gray wash, with touches of graphite, on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream…

The Declaration, 1894, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923, France, Lithograph in black on cream chine laid down on ivory wove paper, 261 × 180 mm (image), 272 ×…

Landscape with Steeple, 1817, Louis Faure (French, 1785-1879), printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 284…

Jug (Pot à l’eau tourné), 1763, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Painted by Louis-Jean Thévenet (French, active 1741/45-1777), Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain,…

Sales by Auction, published May 6, 1819, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published by J. Sidebotham (English, active 1802-1820), England, Hand-colored etching on paper, 214 × 339 mm…

Venus Disarming Cupid, 1852/57, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French, 1796-1875, France, Charcoal, with stumping, scraping and erasing, heightened with white gouache, on dark cream wove paper…

Cameo, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 5 × 2.4 × 0.6 cm (1 5/16 × 15/16 × 1/4 in.)

Corinth: Temple of Neptune and the Acrocorinth, 1846, Théodore Caruelle d’Aligny, French, 1798-1871, France, Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper, 325 × 478 mm (image),…

Architectural Fitting (Gong), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.), 7th century B.C., China, Qishan county, Shaanxi province, China, Bronze

Bearded Man, n.d., Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879, France, Pen and brown iron gall ink on cream wove paper, 130 × 121 mm

Decorated Initial A with Grotesque and Flora from a Choir Book, 15th century, French, France, Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum, 94 × 113 mm

Venus Clipping Cupid’s Wings, first plate, 1869–70, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French, 1796-1875, France, Etching on off-white Japanese paper, 238 × 157 mm (plate), 390 × 280 mm (sheet)

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great, 356/323 BC, Roman or Greek, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 2.8 cm, 16.75 g

Flirtation, plate six from Woman, c. 1886, Albert Besnard, French, 1849-1934, France, Etching, aquatint and drypoint on cream Japanese paper, 319 × 247 mm (plate), 394 × 312 mm (sheet)

Cape Collar, 1875/1900, Belgium, Belgium, Cotton, bobbin part lace of a type known as "Duchesse de Bruxelles

The Adoration of the Magi, 1515/25, Workshop of Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Netherlandish, 1460/65-1527, Netherlands, Oil on panel, 28.2 × 35.6 cm (11 3/16 × 14 in.)

The source of the Seine is the Cote d’Or, and it empties into the Channel. On its way it traverses Paris where the inhabitants escape the summer’s heat and try to find freshness and purity in…

Alcyonium palmatum, Print, Alcyonium palmatum or red dead man's fingers is a species of soft coral in the Alcyoniidae family.

Knife Hilt with Horse-Head Pommel, Mughal period, 18th century, India, India, Jade, gold, and rubies inset in the kundan technique, 9.6 x 4.5 x 2 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in.)

Ring: Udjat Eye, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 (about 1325 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, W. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.), diam. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

Goblet, c. 1750, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass, 24.3 × 11.9 cm (9 9/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

The Holy Family Leaving by a City Gate, plate seven from The Flight into Egypt, 1753, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727-1804, Italy, Etching on paper, 187 x 241 mm

Argyreiosus setipinnis, Print, 1700-1880

Coverlet, 1820s/30s, United States, Wool and cotton, point twill weave (multiple shaft) with main warp fringe, two loom widths joined, 213.1 x 184.9 cm (84 x 72 7/8 in.)

Border, 1875/1900, Italy, Linen, needle lace, 3.6 x 392.3 cm (1 3/8 x 154 1/2 in.)

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

Young Man Carrying a Girl Sees her Reflection in the Water, c. 1771, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 26 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.

Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated 1485 (890 A.H.), Iran, Iran, Opaque watercolor on paper, 27.9 x 17.8 cm (11 x 7 in.)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1776, c. 1776, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese,…

Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 1780s, Kitao Shigemasa, Japanese, 1739-1820, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 15 1/8 × 10 in.

Family Group: Ozias, King of Judah, Nursed by his Mother, n.d., After Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475-1564, Italy, Pen and brown ink, with graphite, on tan laid paper, 143 x 109 mm (max.)

Ale Glass, c. 1780, England, Glass, 17.1 × 7.3 cm (6 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.)

Vessel, Archaic Period/Old Kingdom, Dynasty 1–3 (3050–2630 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Alabaster, 10.1 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm (4 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)

The Little Houses, Kercassier, c. 1875, Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894, France, Etching on ivory wove paper, 87 × 212 mm (image), 165 × 220 mm (plate), 317 × 452 mm (sheet)

Travelers with Two Mules, n.d., Jan Miel (Flemish, 1599-1663), or Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618-1652), Netherlands, Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card, 189 x 244 mm

The Battle around the Shield and Lance, c. 1527, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, 1500/05–1565), after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), Italy, Engraving in black on…

Teapot, 1845, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain and gilding, 15.4 x 18.7 cm (6 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

The Last Supper, from The Small Passion, 1624/31, Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 75 × 57 mm

Fragment of an architectural molding, Marinid dynasty (1244–1465), 14th century, Morocco, Morocco, Wood with relief carving, 20.8 x 110.0 x 5.1 cm (8 3/16 x 43 5/16 x 2 in.)

Young Boy Seated, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography, 1803, Thomas Barker (English, 1769–1847), published by Philipp André (German, active London, 1800–1805) and James…

Plate, Early 19th century, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain with dark blue ground, polychrome enamels, and gilding, 2.6 x 23.3 cm (1 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)

Apteryx australis, Print, The southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi (Apteryx australis) is a species of kiwi from New Zealand's South Island. Until 2000 it was considered conspecific with…

Quinarius (Coin) Depicting the God Apollo, about 97 BC, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.7 cm, 1.87 g

Prince Rupert, 1775, Valentine Green (English, 1739-1813), after Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), England, Mezzotint in black on cream laid paper, 471 × 357 mm (image), 510 × 358 mm…

The Rapids Above Niagara, 1886, Thomas Moran, American, born England, 1837-1926, United States, Etching in brown on cream laid paper, 150 x 204 mm (image/plate), 232 x 310 mm (sheet)

A Madman in a Dismal Landscape, plate 3 of 6, 1885, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 223 × 193 mm (chine), 451 ×…

View of the Piazza del Popolo, from Views of Rome, 1750/59, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching on heavy ivory laid paper, 383 x 540 mm (image), 405 x 545 mm (plate), 469…

The Distant City, 1868, Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825-1885, France, Etching on tan chine, 97 × 181 mm (image), 127 × 208 mm (sheet)

Plaque with Boys Playing, 1769/80, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 17.3 × 22.4 cm (6 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

Mise-en-carte (Point-paper), 1787, Designed by Germain Frères, France, Lyon, France, Ink and gouache on hand drawn graph paper, 45.1 × 55.3 cm (17 3/4 × 21 3/4 in.)

Handkerchief, 1760s, France, Valenciennes, Valenciennes, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with cotton and linen in antique hem, back, padded overcast, and padded satin stitches, edged with…

The Songs of the War, published November 23, 1861, Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), published by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916), United States, Wood engraving on paper, 350 x 509…

Pentadrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy I Soter, 285/247 BC, issued by King Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Greek, minted in Cyprus, Cyprus, Gold, Diam. 2.4 cm, 17.82 g

Omnibus, 1892, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 266 x 190 mm (image), 275 x 197 mm (plate), 435 x 321 mm (sheet)

I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed Like Forms of Spirits, plate 21 of 24, 1896, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory…

Sketch of a King, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19–20 (about 1295–1069 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Limestone and pigment, 24.1 × 15.2 × 3.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 × 1 1/4 in.)

Allegory of Peace and War, 1776, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian, 1708-1787, Italy, Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 × 39 in. (136 × 99 cm)

The Die, also called the Weight of Passions, 1878/82, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Graphite with pen and black ink, heightened with white lead (discolored) on cream wove paper, 171 ×…

Royal Guard, Norman Cavalier, not in Full Dress, and Horse, No. 3, c. 1818, Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836), printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849),…

Amulet of the God Imsety (one of the four Sons of Horus), Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 3.5 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.)

All for Thee (valentine), 1850/59, John Windsor, English, 19th century, England, Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 81 × 125 mm (folded sheet)

Awl, 17th century, Germany, Wood, pewter, brass, and iron, L. 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)