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The Flowering of Joseph's Rod, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602-1604. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; sheet: 26.2 x 15.1 cm (10 5/16 x 5

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fifty-first night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-first night, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1830-1835. George Richmond (British, 1809-1896). Watercolor with graphite heightened with white paint ; sheet: 27.8 x 21.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/2 in

Bolton Abbey, c. late 1840s-1857. David Cox (British, 1783-1859). Watercolor; sheet: 48.8 x 75.4 cm (19 3/16 x 29 11/16 in

Florilegium: (page 18 verso) boquet of orange lilies, 1608. France, 17th century. Bound manuscript of 48 leaves, 77 drawings; watercolor, ink, silver and gold over occasional traces of pencil, on vellum; sheet: 31.1 x 20.2 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16

Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213-1291). Style of Sultan Muhammad (Iranian), style of Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi (Persian, 1430-1520). Opaque watercolor, ink, gold and silver on paper

Text Page, Persian Verses (recto) from the Shahnama of Firdawsi, c. 1350. Iran, Shiraz, Inju Period, 14th Century. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 29 x 20.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.); text area: 22.5 x 15.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in

Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602), c. 1590. India, Mughal school, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper; image:

Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–1661), c. 1635. India, Mughal, 17th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 28.4 x 25.7 cm (11 3/16 x 10 1/8 in

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighth night: The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper;

Virgin and Child, c. 1662. Anna Maria Carew (British). Watercolor heightened with gum on vellum, with gold; diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eleventh night: The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a message to the Brahman, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Jain Monk Teaching with a Manuscript Page a Disciple and Two Laywomen and Two Laymen Below (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Text (verso), 1279. Pradyumnasuri (Indian). Opaque watercolor and

Maid Bringing a Hookah to a Lady (recto); Krishna Weighted against Precious Objects (?) (verso), 1800s. India, Calcutta, Kalighat painting, 19th century. Black ink, watercolor, and tin paint on paper; secondary support: 48.6 x 30.1 cm (19 1/8 x

Portrait of a Woman at a Harpsichord, c. 1788. François Dumont (French, 1751-1831). Watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century stamped gold and gilt metal frame; diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter of frame: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in

Seated Young Lady Facing Right. John Downman (British, 1750-1824). Brush and black chalk wash and watercolor with traces of black crayon; image: 20.1 x 16.7 cm (7 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.); secondary support: 25.1 x 21.4 cm (9 7/8 x 8 7/16 in

View of the Old City of Jerusalem, 2nd half 1800s. John Fullylove (British, 1845-1908). Watercolor over black chalk; sheet: 14.2 x 23.9 cm (5 9/16 x 9 7/16 in

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Tenth night: The vizier’s wife sends the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for an ordinary one, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: The Story of Kalakacharya: Nuns Teaching Women (verso), 1278. Western India, Gujarat, 13th century. Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; Manuscript 2; overall: 5.4 x 32.1 cm (2 1/8 x 12 5/8 in

Portrait of Prince Alexander Bezborodko, mid to late 1700s. Pierre-Charles Cior (French, 1769-1840). Watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century gilt metal frame; diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); diameter of frame: 10.2 cm (4 in

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Sixteenth night: The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a vagabond, comes down to meet him, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and

The Holy Family, c. 1620s. Northern India, Mughal court, early 17th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

St. Stephen's Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1860. Richard Principal Leitch (British, 1844-1865). Watercolor; sheet: 6 x 13 cm (2 3/8 x 5 1/8 in

Mountains and Cattle. Peter De Wint (British, 1784-1849). Watercolor

Portrait of Lady Grace Anna Newenham, 1784. Horace Hone (British, 1756-1825). Watercolor on ivory; framed: 9 x 7.6 cm (3 9/16 x 3 in.); sight: 7.6 x 6 cm (3 x 2 3/8 in

A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of St. Cloud & Mount Calvary taken from Pont de Sêve, 1802, printed 1810 or after. Thomas Girtin (British, 1775-1802), Frederick Christian Lewis (British, 1779-1856). Softground

Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1785. Charles Henard (French, c. 1757-aft 1814). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal mount; framed: 6.3 x 5.2 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.); unframed: 5.5 x 4.4 cm (2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in

Black-eyed Susan, 1828-1835. Pancrace Bessa (French, 1772-1846). Pencil and watercolor

Florilegium: (page 19 recto) orange fritillaria imperialis (crown imperial) , 1608. France, 17th century. Bound manuscript of 48 leaves, 77 drawings; watercolor, ink, silver and gold over occasional traces of pencil, on vellum; sheet: 31.1 x

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fifty-second night: The son of the pious man slays the dragon, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Page from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari, 1603-1607. Mushfiq (Indian), and others (Indian). Ink, opaque watercolor and gold

Portrait of a Woman, 1646. Samuel Cooper (British, 1608/09-1672). Watercolor on vellum with gold border in a silver gilt frame; framed: 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.); sight: 7.3 x 6.1 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in

Rendering for Interior Design, about 1880- 1900. August Frederick Biehle (American, 1854-1918), M. James Bowman (American, 1872-1970). Watercolor and black and brown ink with traces of graphite and touches of gouache ; sheet: 24.5 x 53.5 cm (9

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighth night: The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, 1558-1560. Shravana (Indian). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Album with Views of Rome and Surroundings, Landscape Studies, page 48a: Roman Panoramic View. Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp (German, 1794-1876). Watercolor with graphite

The Village Dance. Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756-1827). Watercolor

Neath Abbey, c. 1840s. Peter De Wint (British, 1784-1849). Watercolor with traces of graphite underdrawing and scratch-away; overall: 16 x 23.6 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in

Snuff Box with Figures, late 18th century. Continental, (France), late 18th century. Watercolor on ivory, wood and tortoiseshell with painted miniatues under glass and gilt metal mounts; overall: 4.2 x 8.9 x 7.5 cm (1 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 15/16 in

Plate 50 from 'Caricaturana' (Les Robert Macaire). Published in le Charivari, May 28, 1837: Caricaturana (plate 50): Breach of Civil Code Article 24, 1837. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879), Edouard Bouvenne (French). Lithograph hand-colored

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twelfth night: The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, c. 1560. India, Mughal court, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, gold,

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-fifth night: Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (recto), 1607-1608. India, Mughal, early 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper (blue border); page: 33.7 x 21.9 cm (13 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.); text field: 21.2 x

A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night, c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); miniature: 25.4 x 19.7 cm (10 x 7 3/4 in

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eleventh night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the eleventh night, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper; overall: 20.1 x 13.6

Vase with flower arrangement and scrollwork, c. 1750-1800. India, Lucknow, Mughal, second half of 18th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-seventh night: The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a magic shell to be placed on top of the turban, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque

Lady Elliott, Commonly Called Dolly The Tall, 1775/1827. Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756-1827). Graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor, heightened with traces of white gouache; image: 16.2 x 10.9 cm (6 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.); secondary

Floral Designs with a Blue Bird, c. 1773/74. Giacomo Cavenezia (Italian). Pen and black and brown ink, brush and black and brown wash, watercolor and gouache, over traces of black chalk; sheet: 32.3 x 22.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 in

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fifteenth night: The cat attacks the mice which disturb the lion, 1558-1560. India, Mughal court, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Sixteenth night: The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of its food by a bird, as it unsuccessfully attempts to catch a fish, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th

The Goddess Kali Standing upon a Mountaintop, c. 1730. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Mandi. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 28 x 18.4 cm (11 x 7 1/4 in.); miniature: 24.8 x 15.2 cm (9 3/4 x 6 in

Aulad Tied to a Plane Tree, from a Shahnama by Firdausi, 1575-1600. Sadiqi Bek (Iranian, 1533-1609). Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper; sheet: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.); image: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in

Illuminated page, from a Mir’at al-quds of Father Jerome Xavier (Spanish, 1549–1617), 1602. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 26.1 x 15.4 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/16 in

Figure Lassoing a Horse Illustrated Page from an Unidentified Manuscript (recto), 1400s-1500s. Iran, Herat or Qazvin, Late Timurid or Safavid Period, 16th Century. Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper; sheet: 31.1 x 15 cm (12 1/4 x 5

"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. , c. 1482. Iran, Shiraz, Turkoman Period, 15th century. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper;

The Fisherman (Le Pêcheur), c. 1840-45. Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812-1867). Pen and brown ink and brush, gray andblack wash (scratched away in places), with touches of pink watercolor; sheet: 20.9 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.); secondary support:

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Seventh night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the seventh night, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Cloud Study, 1800s. Anonymous. Watercolor

Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325–1389), 1575-76. Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi (Persian, active mid- to late 1500s). Ink and opaque watercolor with gold on paper, illuminated calligraphy (verso); page: 28 x 23.8 cm

Landscape (recto). Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875). Watercolor with gouache, and graphite; sheet: 15.5 x 23.1 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/8 in

Venetian Canals, c. 1898. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924). Watercolor; sheet: 35.2 x 25.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in

Portrait of Sandford Peacocke, 1801. William Wood (British, c. 1768-1809). Watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed reverse; framed: 8.6 x 7.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.); sight: 8 x 6.7 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in

Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from sarga (chapter) 49 of the Aranya-kanda (Book of the Forest) from a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey) of Valmiki (Indian, active c. mid-1000s BC), c. 1605. Mughal, perhaps made at Datia for Raja Bir Singh Deo (r.

Thinking, Portrait of Emma Madox Brown, c. 1870. Catherine Madox Brown (British, 1850-1927). Watercolor and gouache on medium-weight wove paper; sight: 52.7 x 36.5 cm (20 3/4 x 14 3/8 in

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-fourth night: The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and

Mahliqa, Daughter of the Emperor of China, Pointing at the Bird-Man Khwaja Mubarak: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I, c. 1710. India, Mughal, early 18th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); page: 42.2 x

Portrait of a Young Woman in White, 1805. Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760-1836). Watercolor on ivory mounted on a box; box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in

Young Lady with a Pink Bow on Her Bodice, 1792. John Downman (British, 1750-1824). Brush and black chalk wash and watercolor, heightened with white chalk; image: 20.3 x 16.7 cm (8 x 6 9/16 in.); secondary support: 25.2 x 21.7 cm (9 15/16 x 8 9/16

Star Flower. Mary Altha Nims (American, 1817-1907). Watercolor

Descent into the Plain of Granada, 1834. David Roberts (British, 1796-1864). Watercolor with gouache, scratch-away, and graphite; sheet: 23.2 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 13/16 in

Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge, c. 1765. Style of Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, narrow border of gold foliate meander (recto); page: 33.1 x 24.9 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in

Ruin of a Church, 1849. Rudolf von Alt (Austrian, 1812-1905). Watercolor with gouache and glazing; image: 25 x 17.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 in

Iconographic Drawing of Tantric Enlightened Beings (verso), c. 1500. Tibet, early 15th Century. Ink and watercolor on cotton; overall: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in

Leaping Trout, 1889. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Watercolor over graphite; sheet: 35 x 50.6 cm (13 3/4 x 19 15/16 in

Princess Smoking a Hookah (as Salabhanjika), 1700s. India, Mughal, Kulu influence, 18th century. Opaque watercolor on paper; sheet: 30.5 x 21 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.); image: 13.4 x 10.2 cm (5 1/4 x 4 in

Study for "The Peep-O’-Day Boys’ Cabin, in the West of Ireland" ("The Sleeping Whiteboy"), 1835. David Wilkie (British, 1785-1841). Watercolor, point of brush and gouache with graphite and brown ink; sheet: 23.4 x 21.9 cm (9 3/16 x 8 5/8 in

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Seated Yellow Jina Shantinatha Enshrined (recto), 1279. Hemachandra (Indian). Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; depicting seated yellow Jina Shantinatha enshrined (recto); overall: 7.5 x 31.1 cm (2

A marbled picture of Rustam catching Rakhsh, c. 1650. Attributed to Shafi (Indian, active about 1650). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 37.2 x 21 cm (14 5/8 x 8 1/4 in

King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala with the Dream Diviners, from a Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475-1500. Western India, Gujarat. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in

Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila, c. 1790. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, 18th century. Opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 20.9 x 31.2 cm (8 1/4 x 12 5/16 in

Vishnu and Lakshmi, 1800s. India, Calcutta, Kalighat painting, 19th century. Black ink, watercolor, and tin paint, with graphite underdrawing on paper; secondary support: 47.8 x 29.1 cm (18 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.); painting only: 45.6 x 27.7 cm

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night; verso: calligraphy of a quatrain, c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, four lines of Persian poetry

Boy with Anchor, 1873. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Watercolor and gouache with graphite; sheet: 19.4 x 34.9 cm (7 5/8 x 13 3/4 in

Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur), c. 1590. India, Mughal school, 16th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 28 x 16.5 cm (11 x 6 1/2 in.); overall: 41 x 27.1 cm (16 1/8 x

Bird Study. George Edwards (British, 1694-1773). Watercolor with gouache

Portrait of a Woman Reclining on a Sofa, c. 1804. Jean-Antoine Laurent (French, 1763-1832). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame circa 1805; image: 7.9 x 8.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.); diameter of frame: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in

Two Elephants Fighting in a Courtyard Before Muhammad Shah, c. 1730-40. Attributed to Nainsukh (Indian, 1710-1778). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; overall: 62.5 x 42 cm (24 5/8 x 16 9/16 in

The Goddess Kali, 1800s. India, Calcutta, Kalighat painting, 19th century. Black ink, watercolor, and tin paint on paper; secondary support: 49.7 x 29.3 cm (19 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.); painting only: 45.9 x 28 cm (18 1/16 x 11 in

A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed “khuuchir” and a lotus, c. 1590. India, Mughal, late 16th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, mounted with borders of gold-decorated cream and blue paper; page: 31.6 x

A Herdsman with Three Cows by an Upland Pool, mid 1780s. Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788). Watercolor, ink and oil paint heightened with white chalk ("Bristol lead white") on paper and varnished overall; sheet: 21.9 x 31.3 cm (8 5/8 x 12

Group Portrait of Rajas Surrounded by the Courtly Retinue, c. 1700-20. Southern India, Deccan. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; overall: 22 x 32.7 cm (8 11/16 x 12 7/8 in

Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India in the Black Pavilion (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Haft Paykar [Seven Portraits], c. 1400-1410. Iran, possibly Tabriz or Shiraz, Timurid

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Seventh night: The daughter of the king of the jinns bows before the King of Kings who has just undergone the ordeal of passing through boiling oil to emerge as a youth, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): First night: Khujasta kills the pet myna who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper; page:

The Garden Court, 1870-1875. Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833-1898). Graphite and watercolor, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 32.3 x 60.2 cm (12 11/16 x 23 11/16 in

Mary Magdalene Presents Ointment to Jesus, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602-1604. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period. Opaque watercolor, ink, color and gold on paper; sheet: 26.4 x

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (recto), 1279. Western India, Gujarat, 13th century. Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; script on recto and verso; Manuscript 2; overall: 5.7 x 14 cm (2 1/4 x 5 1/2 in

Enclosed Valley, c. 1623-1630. Hercules Seghers (Dutch, 1589/90-c. 1638). Etching on cloth, hand colored with watercolor; platemark: 10.7 x 19 cm (4 3/16 x 7 1/2 in

Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter, from a Mir’at al-quds of Father Jerome Xavier (Spanish, 1549–1617), 1602-1604. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period. Opaque watercolor, ink, color and gold on paper;

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fiftieth night: The guard spares the life of the slave when her learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold

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