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An ink and wash drawing of two figures sitting at a table.

Black Coffee, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Gathering of objects including the corner of a Japanese screen on left, open book, and screened container on right.

The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase), 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

A page of a book with text in French and an illustration of a woman in an evening gown tilting her head back.

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A woman, wearing an extravagant dress and bonnet, stares at the viewer as she marks her place in a book.

Mrs. James Arnold, active 1839–1847

Narcisse Othon

Painted still life of a hanging fish with two spring flowering twigs behind it.

Fish (Decorative Panel), 1835 - 1910

John La Farge

Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)

Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), founded 1759

Wedgwood

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), founded 1759

Wedgwood

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), founded 1759

Wedgwood

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, left-hand side of a bifolio

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, left-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Karna Attacks Ghatotkacha (text, recto; painting, verso), folio from a Razmnama (Book of War) series

Karna Attacks Ghatotkacha (text, recto; painting, verso), folio from a Razmnama (Book of War) series

Attributed to Kamal

Object Stand for Hand Cup in the Form of a Chimera with a Book on its Back, the Chimera Emerging from Waves

Object Stand for Hand Cup in the Form of a Chimera with a Book on its Back, the Chimera Emerging from Waves

Chinese

Copy of the Book of Medicinal Herbs (Materia Medica) by Ken'i Ajari (active 1072-1145) (Yakushushō)

Copy of the Book of Medicinal Herbs (Materia Medica) by Ken'i Ajari (active 1072-1145) (Yakushushō)

Japanese

Bust of a Young Man Leaning His Head on His Left Hand

Bust of a Young Man Leaning His Head on His Left Hand, 1579 - after 1648

Oliviero Gatti

Ladies Watching Hunters Chasing Animals into a Pit

Ladies Watching Hunters Chasing Animals into a Pit, 1555 - 1630

Antonio Tempesta

Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: 7; Nafa, Okinawa Main I., Cotton, Ordinary Cloth"

Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: 7; Nafa, Okinawa Main I., Cotton, Ordinary Cloth"

Japanese

Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: Kume Islet, Pongee, Old textile used by Royal Family"

Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: Kume Islet, Pongee, Old textile used by Royal Family"

Japanese

A Dismounted Horseman, Bridle in Hand, Shows His Dead Mount to Others

A Dismounted Horseman, Bridle in Hand, Shows His Dead Mount to Others, 1600 - 1699

Anonymous Italy (Bologna) 1699

A Dismounted Rabbit Hunter Attempts to Extricate His Horse from a Wall

A Dismounted Rabbit Hunter Attempts to Extricate His Horse from a Wall, 1600 - 1699

Anonymous Italy (Bologna) 1699

Illustration V: Representation of Saint James holding a staff and a book (Epistle of Saint James).

Illustration V: Representation of Saint James holding a staff and a book (Epistle of Saint James)., 16th century

Anonymous England 1539

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