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Title
La Mode élégante
Artist
V. Muchot
Physical Description
This colored engraving depicts two women in elaborate dress examining an illustration in an interior space. The woman on the left has her back turned to the viewer. She is wearing a dark green dress with an exaggerated bustle. Her head is topped with a green hat decorated with pink ribbons and flowers. She holds an image on paper, which both figures contemplate. The woman on the right is shown in profile and outfitted in a lavender dress that also features an exaggerated bustle. She wears a black hat decorated with lavender flowers and green leaves.
Object Creation Date
circa 1870
Accession Number
2012/2.202
Medium and Support
wood engraving with hand coloring on paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Le Bon Ton. Journal de Modes, pl. 90
Artist
C. Thierry
Physical Description
This colored engraving features two women and a young girl in elaborate dress on a balcony overlooking a vista with mountains in the distance. The woman on the left is seen seated from behind wearing a green dress accented in black ribbons and a black lace-like fabric. The young girl to the right of her leans over the balcony railing and dons a beige dotted dress trimmed with brown. The woman on the right of the composition wears an elaborate white dress with vertical ribbon accents and a hat decorated with pink flowers with green leaves. She holds an unopened fan in her left hand and looks toward the two other figures.
Object Creation Date
circa 1870
Accession Number
2012/2.199
Medium and Support
wood engraving with hand coloring on paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Classical scene (Achilles and Hector?)
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This black and white drawing depicts an outdoor classical scene. In the center of the composition a nude male figure donning an ornate helmet and brandishing a sword drags a lifeless classically draped figure before an altar on the left on top of which rests armor, a helmet and drapery. Behind this altar is positioned another draped male figure. A fully draped figure points toward two mourning female figures in the right midground. The paper is squared for transfer.
Object Creation Date
circa 1770-1800
Accession Number
2012/2.204
Medium and Support
pen and ink over graphite, heightened with black and white chalk over Stylus (?) on medium buff wove paper, squared for transfer
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Untitled (Abstract)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
An image of various abstract shapes, resembling body parts. The silhouettes are going in a vertical format from the upper right corner down to the lower left corner.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2013/2.529
Medium and Support
drypoint on wove paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Daniel Intervening on Behalf of Susanna
Artist
Hans Collaert I
Physical Description
A large gathering of figures looks toward a young male figure gesticulating to the crowd on the right with his back to the viewer. Two imposing older male figures are positioned to the left of the young man. The architectural cityscape recedes perspectivally in the distance. A large domed building looms over the horizon line.
Artist Life Dates
c. 1530-1581
Object Creation Date
circa 1579
Accession Number
2012/2.224
Medium and Support
engraving on medium off-white laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Grape Picker
Artist
Antonio Frasconi
Physical Description
This two-color woodcut in black and pale pink depicts a standing female figure against a black background in vertical format. The figure is shown bending over collecting grapes in the folds of her apron. Her skirt is decorated in a bird motif and her hair is windswept. The verso of this print contains an announcement for an exhibition at Weyhe Gallery in New York in March and April of 1951.
Artist Life Dates
1919-2013
Object Creation Date
circa 1951
Accession Number
2012/2.187
Medium and Support
two-color woodcut on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Torso of Goddess
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
A small figurine of a torso of a goddess. She has a long oval head with a decorated head piece and dress. Her eyes are circular in shape and hollowed out, so they appear very dark.
Century
pre-historic
Accession Number
2012/2.166
Medium and Support
terracotta
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Study of Two Angels
Artist
Henri Laurens
Physical Description
A drawing of two angels side by side in almost the same position.
Artist Life Dates
1885-1954
Accession Number
2013/2.541
Medium and Support
black chalk on brown paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Scene with Antique Ruins
Artist
Hubert Robert
Physical Description
This red-chalk drawing depicts a draped male figure standing with his arms crossed gazing up at a large column with a large urn on top of it amidst classical ruins. Other spoiled sections of columns and an ornate capital are piled next to the central column. The darkly shaded foreground contrasts with the light sky, which takes up the upper three-quarters of the composition.
Artist Life Dates
1733-1808
Accession Number
2012/2.183
Medium and Support
red crayon on heavy laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Martyrdom of St. Matthew
Artist
Workshop of Michael Wolgemut
Physical Description
A haloed man kneels in three-quarter profile in the left center of the foreground of the composition. A male figure stands behind the haloed figure in a wide stance with an ax raised above the kneeling figure's head. In the background is another male figure wearing a pointed hat and a jester or demonic figure shown falling of a column in the distance in the upper left.
Artist Life Dates
1434-1519
Object Creation Date
circa 1493
Accession Number
2012/2.205
Medium and Support
woodcut on medium ivory laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Artist
Nicolaus van Aelst
Physical Description
This black and white print depicts a scene with groups of figures separated compositionally by a large wooden post that is placed in the foreground of the composition, just left of center. Four male figures on the left look toward the scene on the right where a woman kneels in prayer before a child accompanied by two angels and a haloed man feeding hay to a donkey.
Artist Life Dates
1526-1613
Object Creation Date
circa 1604-1606
Accession Number
2012/2.185
Medium and Support
engraving and etching on off-white medium laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (?)
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This sketch shows ancient ruins. The top half of the page is left empty with sky. At the righ is an apsed portico and from it, to the left of the page, runs a wall studded with windows. In the foreground is a set of stairs with shrubbery overgrowing.
Century
18th century?
Accession Number
2013/2.559.2
Medium and Support
red crayon on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Two Scenes of Armies Fighting
Artist
Hans Burgkmair
Physical Description
This woodcut features a multitude of armored figures, some of which are on horseback, engaged in a battle with swords and lances in a hilly countryside. Two cannons are arranged on the lower right in the foreground and one cannon is being manipulated by a figure in the lower left corner of the composition. Various flags are included in the image including one with a Burgundian cross. In the distance of the scene there is a walled town with mountains positioned behind it.
Artist Life Dates
1473-1531
Object Creation Date
early 16th century
Accession Number
2012/2.179
Medium and Support
woodcut on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Portait of Berthe Morisot
Artist
Marcellin Desboutin
Physical Description
This etching and drypoint is a full-length portrait of a woman dressed in black and seated in an armchair holding a fan at her knees. The chair is turned to the side but the figure is seen frontally and looks directly out at the viewer. The figure and her costume are described in full while the chair and fan are depicted loosely in outline.
Artist Life Dates
1823-1902
Accession Number
2012/2.190
Medium and Support
etching and drypoint on heavy wove paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Alexander Pope Esq.
Artist
Jacobus Houbraken
Physical Description
The upper portion of this print depicts an ornate round frame inside of which is a three quarter portrait of a man from the waist up with his left hand held to his head. The lower portion of the print depicts the base on which the frame rests decorated with a classical scene of figures in a landscape. A collection of objects including books, a mask, a crown, a tambourine and sheet music rest atop the base.
Artist Life Dates
1698-1780
Object Creation Date
1747
Accession Number
2012/2.209
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on wove paper with printed text on accompanying shet
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
View of a Hilltown
Artist
Pierre Antoine Patel
Physical Description
This pen and ink and wash drawing depicts a view of a town amidst a hilly landscape. A dog stands atop a hill and looks toward a body of water in the midground. A cluster of buildings are scattered throughout the composition. The central building has a large arched portico. Clouds of smoke appear to be billowing out of buildings.
Artist Life Dates
1648-1707
Accession Number
2012/2.197
Medium and Support
pen and brown and black ink grey wash over red chalk on thin laid paper laid down on medium laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Etude du tableau de la dame de Charité
Artist
Jean Baptiste Raphaël Urbain Massard
Physical Description
This black and white engraving features a portrait of a young woman in a roundel in the upper portion of the print. The young woman’s face is shown in three-quarter profile. Her hair is pulled back and her head is partially covered in a hooded cloak that appears to be bordered with fur. In the lower register of the print there is an illustration framed by a decorative wreath. The illustration features a bedroom scene populated by several figures. A figure lies on the bed on the right of this image while several figures attend to the bed-ridden figure, including a woman whose costume mirrors that of the woman in the roundel above this image. In this image she is accompanied by a child whom she embraces as she gestures toward the figure on the bed.
Artist Life Dates
1740-1822
Object Creation Date
1772
Accession Number
2012/2.176
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Three Women and a Man in the Garden
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
Oval format, three women next to a man in a group, one man off in the distance. Garden setting.
Century
18th-19th century
Accession Number
2013/2.547
Medium and Support
engraving on laid paper, oval format
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Boaz and the Elders. from the Story from Ruth in Gerard de Jode's "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
A group of men in an outdoor setting of a stone structure all seated having a conversation. Towards the one side you can see two houses in the distance. The men are all wearing cloaks.
Century
16th century
Accession Number
2013/2.534
Medium and Support
engraving on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Regent Duck, Dutch Galliot
Artist
Edward William Cooke
Physical Description
Sketches of a ship, seamen and their distinct Dutch clogs, and of masts.
Artist Life Dates
British, 1811 - 1880
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
December 13, 1827
Accession Number
2013/2.553
Medium and Support
graphite on paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Classical Scene after Panini
Artist
Anonymous French
Physical Description
An outdoor scene of a man next to a stone fountain, with a man on a horse and various other people around. The fountain has an arched top and is part of a stone wall with other rounded arched openings. There is a decoration of an ornate handled urn. There is also a fleur-de-lis watermark.
Century
18th-19th century
Accession Number
2013/2.538
Medium and Support
pen and wash on paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Head of Bodhisattva (mounted)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
The head of Bodhisattva looking straight ahead. She has an elaborate crown on the top of her head that has many swirls and dots.
Century
5th century
Object Creation Date
400-499
Accession Number
2012/2.168
Medium and Support
Mathura sandstone
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Aqueduct of Nerone, Tivoli
Artist
Joseph Antoine David de Marseille
Physical Description
This drawing depicts a landscape with two figures against a tree in dark wash in the lower left foreground and a faintly washed mid-ground scene of a relief of a crowd of figures on an architectural element. An arch of an aqueduct and a faint castle tower somewhat in ruins appear in the background surrounded by lush foliage.
Artist Life Dates
1725-1789
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
2012/2.191
Medium and Support
pen and ink, black chalk and grey wash over graphite on laid paper, laid down
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Flying Dragon
Artist
Georges Rouault
Physical Description
This black and white print depicts a creature with an alligator-like open jaw with three sharp teeth. The creature takes up most of the image and appears to be floating in space. A black ground with a suggestion of a small plant appears at the lower edge of the composition.
Artist Life Dates
1871-1958
Object Creation Date
1928
Accession Number
2012/2.186
Medium and Support
etching, aquatint and roulette on heavy laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Rocky Hillside
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This black and white chalk drawing on blue paper depicts a loosely sketched landscape featuring rock formations and small hills. The rocks in the foreground are highlighted in white chalk as is what appears to be a glimpse of sky in the upper right corner.
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2012/2.193
Medium and Support
black and white chalk on blue wove paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Sketch of the Baths of Caracalla (?)
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
Sketch of ruins. In the foreground, piles of rubble can be see. At the back, there are a series of entrances flanked by columns.
Century
18th century?
Accession Number
2013/2.559.4
Medium and Support
red crayon on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]
Artist
Jacques Callot
Physical Description
Saints below surrounding a stone pedestal with the inscription "Non est hic. Mat 28", with the Virgin Mary above in the clouds with arms spread out surrounded by smaller angels. At the bottom edge of the print is engraved (left) "Callot fecit" and (center right) "Israel ex. cum priuil. Reg.".
Artist Life Dates
1592-1635
Century
17th century
Accession Number
2013/2.543
Medium and Support
etching on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Seated Boy with Pot
Artist
Martin Drolling
Physical Description
This graphite drawing depicts a full-length portrait of a young boy sitting on a loosely described ledge and resting his feet on a rock. The figure holds a circular pot or basket in his lap. There is some slight shading throughout the image but otherwise it is quite loosely sketched in outline.
Artist Life Dates
(1789 - 1851)
Accession Number
2012/2.178
Medium and Support
graphite on wove paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Portion of Ramayana Narrative Frieze
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
A section of a frieze displaying two people side by side. They both have their left hands across their chests and are wearing skirts.
Century
5th century
Object Creation Date
400-499
Accession Number
2012/2.160
Medium and Support
terracotta
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Serpent Speaking to a Young Man (Allegory)
Artist
Anonymous Italian
Physical Description
There are three figures. At the left is a man running away. At the center is a woman holding a lute and at the right is a man seated with his hand on his head. At the center, there is a woman-headed serpent facing the seated man. Behind the seated man is an apple tree and in the far distance there is a large fortified city.
Century
15th-16th century
Accession Number
2013/2.576
Medium and Support
engraving on paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Night Scene from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's "The Lectern" [Le Lutrin], Illustration for the 3rd Canto
Artist
Bernard Picart
Physical Description
Three men standing in a surprised movement with an owl coming out of an overturned lectern. There is decorated border around the drawing.
Artist Life Dates
1673-1733
Century
18th century
Accession Number
2013/2.566
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Landscape with Mountains and Castle and Hunter
Artist
Giovanni Maria Verdizotti
Physical Description
In the right foreground of a landscape scene there is a male figure reclining before two tall trees. The figure holds a wooden staff in one arm and points toward his dog with the other. In the distance there is a lake and mountainous landscape replete with many buildings. Several long-necked birds fly in the sky.
Artist Life Dates
1525-1600
Object Creation Date
16th century
Accession Number
2012/2.220
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on medium laid paper, tipped down on heavy white laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
The Detraction of Good Things [Detractio Bonorum] from Sebastian Brant's "Stultifera navis [The Ship of Fools]" published by Johann Bergmann
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
Text on both sides. One side has the image of a man with dogs at his feet. There is also a jester at his feet, kneeling down.
Century
15th century
Accession Number
2013/2.550.1-2
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
The View on the Taking of Quebec. Showing the manner of debarking of English forces of the resolute scrambling of the light Infantry up a Woody Precipice to dislodge the Captain's Post, which defended a small entrenched path, through which the troops were to pass. Also a view of the signal victory obtain'd over The French Regulars, Canadians and Indians which produc'd the Surrender of Quebec. Printed for Carrington Bowles, Map + Printseller, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Ships coming upon the banks and disembarking for the battle that can be see on the left.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
September 13, 1759; executed 1760's
Accession Number
2013/2.561
Medium and Support
hand-colored engraving on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Page from a Printer's or Engraver's Album: Nine Caricatures, includgin works by Henri Daumer and Jean Théophile Gustave Lesestre
Artist
Honoré Victorin Daumier
Physical Description
Nine charactures of men on the same sheet in various situations.
Artist Life Dates
1808-1879
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2013/2.533
Medium and Support
various media on wood pulp paper mounted on thick paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Sheet of Sketches and Caricatures
recto: studies for a group of figures (religious or allegorical) and two studies of standing women, one with child
verso: two sets of couples in caricature in contemporary dress
Artist
Anonymous French
Physical Description
First side: Various people, one holding her hands below her waist, one speaking to a little boy, a group clustered together.
Second side: two fashionably dressed couples (man and woman) walking.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1866
Accession Number
2013/2.563.1-2
Medium and Support
graphite on paper (double-sided drawing)
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Louis XIV, King of France
Artist
Antoine Masson
Physical Description
This print depicts an oval frame that contains a frontal bust-length portrait of a man with his head in three-quarter profile against a black background. The man wears an elaborate and stiff lace cravat but most remarkable is his flowing head of long, curly hair, which is very finely rendered. The frame rests atop a sculptural base with a coat of arms decorated with three fleurs-de-lys.
Artist Life Dates
1636-700
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
2012/2.210
Medium and Support
engraving on medium wove paper, tipped down on heavy cardstock
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Title
Two Youths Conversing by a Stream
Artist
Paul Sandby
Physical Description
A landscape with two seated figures in the lower right corner, multiple cows in the landscape as well. There are many hills and trees full of leaves. The sky is mostly clear with a few clouds.
Artist Life Dates
1725-1809
Century
18th century
Accession Number
2013/2.532
Medium and Support
etching on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Figures with Greek Inscription
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This lithograph depicts two highly abstracted and intertwined standing figures delineated in white outline against a black background. Fishtail-like forms emerge out of the figures. There is Greek lettering inscribed next to the top of the figure on the left and the letters HPA inscribed next to the top of the figure on the right.
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2012/2.216
Medium and Support
three-color lithograph on heavy wove paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Elevations/Sections of Urns
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
An elevation drawing of urns with dimensions and a lined background.
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
2013/2.568.2
Medium and Support
etching on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Six Scenes of Theatrical Figures
Artist
Jacques Callot
Physical Description
Twp actors performing six different scenes, wearing bird masks.
Artist Life Dates
1592-1635
Century
17th century
Accession Number
2013/2.557
Medium and Support
etching, woodcut on laid paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Landscape with River and Farm
Artist
Anonymous English
Physical Description
A country scene with a river on the right side, side gable cabin in the center and two small figures. There are large trees surrounding the house.
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
2013/2.556
Medium and Support
graphite on paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Ganesh (Elephant God)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
A relief of the elephant god, Ganesh. He has the head of an elephant with the body of a man. He is seated inside of an arch.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2012/2.162
Medium and Support
terracotta
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Title
Self-Portrait
Artist
Käthe Kollwitz
Physical Description
This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.
Artist Life Dates
1867-1945
Object Creation Date
1921
Accession Number
2012/2.212
Medium and Support
etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper
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Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Boulevard Montmartre
Artist
Camille Pissarro
Physical Description
This lithograph is printed in black ink on a rose-colored chine collé paper. It depicts a wide Parisian boulevard as though seen from above at a distance. Large trees and buildings line either side of the street. Vehicles and pedestrians, many of whom appear to hold umbrellas, people the scene.
Artist Life Dates
1830-1903
Object Creation Date
circa 1899
Accession Number
2012/2.213
Medium and Support
lithograph on rose Ingres chine appliqué laid down on medium white wove paper
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Title
Beaumont/Oise from George Duchamel's "Maurice De Vlamnick"
Artist
Maurice de Vlaminck
Physical Description
A row of houses on the right hand side, all with side gables facing the street. There are swirled clouds above and a road leading off into the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1876-1958
Century
20th century
Accession Number
2013/2.551
Medium and Support
etching, drypoint on light brown wove paper
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rank 12.54326
Credit Line
Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
The Visitation
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1827
Accession Number
2013/2.560
Medium and Support
pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper
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rank 12.54326
Credit Line
Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Achilles and Hector
Artist
Hans Sebald Beham
Physical Description
This engraving depicts a frieze-like arrangement of figures in horizontal format. Two central figures are engaged in a duel on horseback. Several other nude male figures are engaged in battle throughout the composition. The artist's monogram is placed in the upper left corner of the image.
Artist Life Dates
1500-1550
Object Creation Date
1518-1530
Accession Number
2012/2.195
Medium and Support
engraving on medium laid paper
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rank 12.54326
Credit Line
Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
Pass and Pay [Passez Payez]
Artist
Philbert-Louis Debucourt
Physical Description
A man holding on to a woman's hand, helping her walk across. He is holding a broom in the other hand, she is wearing a formal dress. There is a busy street behind.
Artist Life Dates
1755 - 1832
Century
19th century
Accession Number
2013/2.572
Medium and Support
hand-colored lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 12.54326
Credit Line
Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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Title
The Sculptor
Artist
Peter Grippe
Physical Description
On the left the sculptor is shown working on a model of the woman on the right. There is an angel at the feet of the woman/muse.
Artist Life Dates
1912-2002
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1957
Accession Number
2013/2.531
Medium and Support
etching and drypoint on paper
relevance
rank 12.54326
Credit Line
Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
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