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drawing

A Fountain with Neptune after Hendrik Goltzius

1 pp

22.4 x 16.5 cm (8 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

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drawing

A Frame, Escutcheon, Centaur

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Vertical rectangle. The top of an oblong frame with a scrollwork with a female mask in top center. In center, an escutcheon with a cherub framed laterally by half-figures of harpies. At bottom right, a winged centaur, shown in profile, turned toward right. Verso: The Madonna, obliquely shown, standing turned toward right. At left, a pen sketch of a right hand holding a quill.

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A French Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

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20.3 × 26.2 cm (8 in. × 10 5/16 in.)

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drawing

A French Officer of the Early 19th Century

1 pp

23.4 × 14.9 cm (9 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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drawing

A French Restoration Bedroom

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The style of this small but elegantly decorated bedroom is a reaction to the ornate, gilded and ormolu-encrusted taste of the Empire period. Pale gray paneled walls and polished floorboards create a subdued background. Windows are hung with white muslin curtains, the swags trimmed with tassels. A simple blue needlepoint rug is placed on the floor in front of a blue velvet settee. A tall, six-drawe

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drawing

A Garden with Ruined Archway

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19.4 × 27.9 cm (7 5/8 × 11 in.)

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A General Assault from Twelve of the Most Remarkable Sieges and Battles in Europe

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A panoramic view of a city, with soldiers entering through a ruined fortress in the foreground. Naval brigs fire from a harbor, left distance. Inscribed in the lower margin: "A GENERAL ASSAULT", followed by a three-line description, and below: "Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map and Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London". In the upper right corner, the number

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ephemera

A Ghost

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Top, short story on ghosts. Bottom; profile of ghost with hunchback facing left, at cemetery, left hand points at tombstone. Tombstone labelled, SOZODONT. Upper left, waning crescent, upper right, three scared owls facing front.

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