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(Desmontie)

A Boatman Seen Through a Natural Arch

Artist: Desmontie
Title: A Boatman Seen Through a Natural Arch
Date: n.d.
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 6" (210 x 170 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0603

 (Auguste-Xavier Leprince)

A Boy with a Barrell

Artist: Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826)
Title: A Boy with a Barrell
Date: c.1830
Medium: Brown wash, heightened with white
Dimensions: 4 5/6 x 3 3/4" (198 x 97 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0680

(Unknown Artist)

A Classical Warrior

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Classical Warrior
Date: c.1800
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 5 3/5 x 3 1/2" (148 x 92 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0396

(Unknown Artist)

a classical youth

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Classical Youth
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil drawing with ink wash
Dimensions: 6 x 3 1/2" (150 x 90 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0272

(Unknown Artist)

a dancing woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Dancing Woman
Date: n.d.
Medium: Iron gall ink wash over pencil
Dimensions: 9 x 5 4/5" (227 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0175

(Marie-Francois-Firmin Girard)

A Distant View of Vesuvius and Peasant Women Dancing

Artist: Marie-Francois-Firmin Girard (1838-1921) 
Title: A Distant View of Vesuvius and Peasant Women Dancing
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor heightened with white
Dimensions: 8 x 12 2/5" (202 X 316 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0055

(Walter Shirlaw)

A Girl

Artist: Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909)
Title: A Girl
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Graphite 
Dimensions: 21 4/5 x 14 2/5" (550 x 370 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0096

(Unknown Artist)

A Girl at a Gothic Window

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Girl at a Gothic Window
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia over pencil drawing
Dimensions: 5 2/5 x 3 2/5" (140 x 90 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0596

(Unknown Artist)

A Girl Releasing a Dove

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Girl Releasing a Dove
Date: c.1800
Medium: Ink wash over pencil
Dimensions: 6 x 3 3/4" (152 x 95 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0353

(Antonio Rossi)

A Girl with a Doll on Steps, Seen Through a Door

Artist: Antonio Rossi (1700-1753)
Title: A Girl with a Doll on Steps, Seen Through a Door
Date: 1525
Medium: Red chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, heightened with white
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 5 3/4" (285 x 145 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0195

(Unknown Artist)

A Guitar Player

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Guitar Player
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3" (131 x 79 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0567

(Noel-Dieudonne Finart)

A Hunter

Artist: Noel-Dieudonne Finart (1797-1852)
Title: A Hunter
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 8 x 5 4/5" (203 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0075

(Niccolo Bertuzzi [Bertucci])

A King

Artist: Niccolo Bertucci (1710-1777)
Title: A King
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 4 1/2" (170 x 114 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0024

(Imitator of Jacques Callot)

A Man

Artist: Imitator of Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
Title: A Man
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 3 4/5" (70 x 100 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0277

(Unknown Artist)

A Man by a Mill

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Man by a Mill
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 5" (172 x 128 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0672

(Walter Shirlaw)

A Man in a Boat

Artist: Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909)
Title: A Man in a Boat
Date: n.d. 
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 19 3/5" (335 x 495 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0223

(Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

A Man Sitting by a Roman Monument

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1788)
Title: Sketch for the Artist's Own Tomb
Date: 1778
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 10 1/2" (247 x 273 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0188

(Unknown Artist)

A Man Walking

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Man Walking
Date: c.1750
Medium: Black chalk
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8" (198 x 132 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0151

 (Unknown Artist)

A Man, after the Antique

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Man, after the Antique
Date: c.1800
Medium: Charcoal pencil with ink wash
Dimensions: 6 x 3 1/2" (153 x 90 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0208

(Unknown Artist)

A Moor

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Moor
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 8" (210 x 185 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0642

(Unknown Artist)

A Mourning Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Mourning Woman
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 5 3/5 x 5 1/2" (144 x 141 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0486

(Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds)

A Nurse

Artist: Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)
Title: A Nurse
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil, ink wash, ink drawing
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 5 2/5" (195 x 220 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0206

(Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret)

A Painter Drawing a Turk

Artist: Pierre-Nonlasque Bergeret (1782-1863)
Title: Study for Fra Filippo Lippi Enslaved in Algiers, Painting a Portrait of His Captor
Date: 1819
Medium: Pen and iron gall ink, bruxh and brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions: 7 x 10 2/5" (175 x 260 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0570

(Noel-Dieudonne Finart)

A Peasant Woman

Artist: Noel-Dieudonne Finart (1797-1852) 
Title: A Peasant Woman
Date: 1821
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 6 x 4" (155 x 103 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0049

  (Unknown Artist)

A Peasant Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Peasant Woman
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 5 2/5 x 4 3/4" (135 x 125 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0391

(Unknown Artist)

A Prisoner in a cell

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Prisoner in a Cell
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 4 3/4" (175 x 120 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0594

(Fortunato di Paoli)

A Relief with Female Figure, Butterflies and a Dove at the Sides

Artist: Fortunato di Paoli
Title: A Relief with Female Figure, Butterflies and a Dove at the Sides
Date: 1840
Medium: Watercolor with highlights attached to printed paper
Dimensions: 11 2/5 x 8 3/4" (252 x 170 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0115

  (Walter Shirlaw)

A Seated Man Smoking

Artist: Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) Title: A Seated Man Smoking
Title: A Seated Man Smoking
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 13 4/5 x 9 3/4" (351 x 250 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0227

  (Unknown Artist)

A Shepherd

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Shepherd
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 6 x 6 1/2" (150 x 108 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0031

(Noel-Dieudonne Finart)

A Shepherdess or Girl in Period Costume

Artist: Noel-Dieudonne Finart (1797-1852)
Title: A Shepherdess or Girl in Period Costume
Date: 1821
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 6 x 4" (155 x 104 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0050

(Paul Delaroche)

sleeping woman

Artist: Paul Delaroche (1797-1856)
Title: A Sleeping Woman
Date: 19th century
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 3 2/5 x 3 4/5" (80 x 95 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0671

(Unknown Artist)

A Sportsman

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Sportsman
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 4 2/5 x 7 2/5" (114 x 189 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0288

 (Circle of Giovan-Battista Trotti)

A Woman Advancing

Artist: Circle of Giovan-Battista Trotti (1555-1612)
Title: A Woman Advancing
Date: 16th century
Medium: Ink drawing, pencil grid
Dimensions: 10 x 7 4/5" (150 x 195 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0021

(A.D.L...Y)

A Woman by a Well

Artist: Monogrammist A.D. L...Y
Title: A Woman by a Well
Date: 1828
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 8 x 6" (150 x 200 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0045

(Camille Roqueplan)

A Woman by a Table with Armour

Artist: Camille Roqueplan (1803-1855)
Title: A Woman by a Table with Armour
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor heightened by white
Dimensions: 7 x 9 2/5" (170 x 240 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0081

(Unknown Artist)

A Woman Clipping a Wig

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Woman Clipping a Wing
Date: c.1750
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 4 2/5 x 4 4/5" (110 x 125 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0533

(Unknown Artist)

A Woman with a Scythe

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Woman with a Scythe
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 6 2/5 x 5 4/5" (161 x 145 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0392

(Unknown Artist)

a youth running

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Youth Running
Date: n.d.
Medium: Recto pencil drawing, verso pencil and watercolor sketches
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 6 1/4" (212 x 158 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-043

(Carl Bauch)

angler on river seen through a natural arch

Artist: Carl Bauch
Title: An Angler on a River Seen through a Natural Arch
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 3 4/5 x 9 1/2" (100 x 130 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0100

(Attributed to Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix)

An Arab on a Sofa

Artist: Attributed to Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
Title: A Greek on a Sofa
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor, gum arabic
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9" (170 x 232 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0149

(Unknown Artist)

An Astrologer

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: An Astrologer
Date: c.1800
Medium: Ink over pencil drawing
Dimensions: 7 x 5 4/5" (185 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0426

(Unknown Artist)

Seated Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Seated Woman
Date: c.1800
Medium: Pencil and conte crayon drawing
Dimensions: 7 x 4 4/5" (190 x 125 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0531

(Unknown Artist)

Silhouette of a Seated Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Silhouette of a Seated Woman
Date: 18th century
Medium: Pencil
Dimensions: 4 x 3" (103 x 82 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0839

(Alexandre Marie Colin)

Wayfarer

Artist: Alexandre Marie Colin (1798-1875)
Title: Wayfarer
Date: 19th century
Medium: Ink wash, pencil sketch on verso
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 4 2/5" (174 x 115 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0607

(Unknown Artist)

Woman at a Door

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Woman at a Door
Date: c.1830
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 5 9/10 x 3 9/10"" (150 x 100 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0683

(Jean Lubin Vauzelle)

Woman Bathing in the Courtyard of a Harem

Artist: Jean Lubin Vauzelle (1776-1839)
Title: Woman Bathing in the Courtyard of a Harem
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 7 3/5 x 5 4/5" (195 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0018

(Unknown Artist)

Woman Pickling Grapes

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Woman Pickling Grapes
Date: c.1820
Medium: Ink over pencil drawing
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 5 3/4" (170 x 140 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0428

 (Unknown Artist)

Woman Pickling Grapes

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Woman with a Basket
Date: c.1830
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 5 9/10 x 3 1/2" (150 x 91 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0682

 (Unknown Artist)

Women by a Moorish Fountain

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Women by a Moorish Fountain
Date: 1838
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 9 x 7 2/5" (230 x 190 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0640

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