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Roman

An etched off-white paper depicted with a European port scene. Small groups of men are along the bottom with tall, white buildings behind them on the left. The right side shows tall ships. There is script writing along the bottom edge.

The Old Port of Messina, 1707 - 1783

Jacques Philippe Le Bas

m is for magick

m is for magick, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Untitled

Untitled, born 1948

Julião Sarmento

Oil painting of people and buildings in front of grassy hill

Ajaccio, Corsica, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Text folio with illuminated margin and illuminated sarlawh (text recto, sarlawh verso of folio 4) from a manuscript of prayer

Text folio with illuminated margin and illuminated sarlawh (text recto, sarlawh verso of folio 4) from a manuscript of prayer

Ottoman

Text folio with the colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 69), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Text folio with the colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 69), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Mihras, the Envoy of Ceasar, Offers Nushirvan the Treasure of Rum (text, recto; painting and text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Mihras, the Envoy of Ceasar, Offers Nushirvan the Treasure of Rum (text, recto; painting and text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Persian

The Lovers are Reunited under the Tent (painting with text, recto; text, verso of folio 110) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

The Lovers are Reunited under the Tent (painting with text, recto; text, verso of folio 110) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

A relief sculpture made of light red sandstone that shows a tall person at the center, standing on a smaller person and surrounded by other small figures. The tall person is holding small objects in their hands and is wearing beaded jewelry.

Architectural Relief with Chamunda

Indian

Silk Bag

Silk Bag

Japanese

Sketch of figures lying on the ground surrounded by snakes

The Brazen Serpent, 1499 - 1592

Michiel Coxcie

Printing Block: Pages Twenty Seven (recto and verso) and Twenty Eight (recto and verso) of the Appendix to the Collected Literary Works of Hunsu Sŏnsaeng [Chŏng Manyang 鄭萬陽 (1664–1730)]

Printing Block: Pages Twenty Seven (recto and verso) and Twenty Eight (recto and verso) of the Appendix to the Collected Literary Works of Hunsu Sŏnsaeng [Chŏng Manyang 鄭萬陽 (1664–1730)]

Korean

A page of a book with text in French and an illustration of a woman in an evening gown

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Text with a single color illustration of a man leading a bear on a chain

The Old Tales (Les Vieilles Histoires), Cover-Frontispiece, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A page of a book with text in French and an illustration of a woman in an evening gown

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Two orange colored discs bearing classical decorations and text.

Die Stadt Nürnberg, active 1883-1909

Hans Ströbel

Two women in flowing dresses run in a garden with a small child in a carriage

The Beloved Child, 1732 - 1806

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Text with Thistle and Grass, for the "Ballad of Santa Zita" from "Tuscan Songs"

Text with Thistle and Grass, for the "Ballad of Santa Zita" from "Tuscan Songs", 1837 - 1917

Francesca Alexander

This image shows black text and a red stamp on the left edge and a branch with leaves and flowers across the rest of hte image.

Blossoming Chrysanthemum, 1789 - 1866

Cho Hŭi-ryong

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