"The rippling water seems to be mocking our misfortune." from the Little Miseries of Human Life
Henri Fournier|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|J. J. Grandville|Quichon
1843 · Wood engraving
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"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"
John Leech
1830–64 · Watercolor, pen and brown ink, over graphite
Open full record"The Rogue's Father Emerges from the Tree", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
Maker not identified
second quarter 16th century · Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Open full record"The Round Dance" or "Rays of Sunlight"
Anne-François-Louis Janmot
1835–55 · Black chalk, graphite, charcoal, wax crayon, brush and wash on cream wove paper
Open full record"The School of Legislation" in Lincoln's-Inn Hall, from "Illustrated London News"
George Frederic Watts
February 4, 1860 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Schoolmaster" from The Songs of Béranger
Melchior Péronard|Fournier & Perrotin|J. J. Grandville|François-Louis Français|Pierre Jean de Béranger|Sébastien Lefèvre
1829 · Intaglio
Open full record"The Servants of One of the Monarchs of Ghur Make Obeisance Before Him", Folio from a Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di
Maker not identified
19th century · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Open full record"The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus", Folio from a Falnama (Book of Omens)
Maker not identified
1550s · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Open full record"The Shah's Wise Men Approve of Zal's Marriage", Folio 86v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
'Abd al-'Aziz|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30 · Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Open full record"The Sixth Joust of the Rooks: Bizhan Versus Ruyyin", Folio 343r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
'Abd al-Vahhab|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30 · Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Open full record"The Sloth yawned: 'I had...waited'" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals
Honoré de Balzac|J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Smugglers" from The Complete Works of Béranger
Pierre Jean de Béranger|Fournier & Perrotin|Auguste Raffet|Louis-Henri Brevière
1836 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Smugglers" from The Songs of Béranger
François-Louis Français|Augustin Burdet|Pierre Jean de Béranger|Melchior Péronard|Fournier & Perrotin
1829 · Intaglio
Open full record"The Social Day" from the "World of Miniature"
Thomas Rowlandson
1775–1827 · Graphite, with blind scoring, and on verso, graphite blacking for tracing
Open full record"The Soldier's Tear"–Old Song
Charles Samuel Keene
ca. 1879 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
Open full record"The Son of the Pope" from The Complete Works of Béranger
Pierre Jean de Béranger|J. J. Grandville|Fournier & Perrotin|Désigné H
1836 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Song of the Cossack" from The Complete Works of Béranger
J. J. Grandville|Pierre Jean de Béranger|Fournier & Perrotin|Eugène Guillaumot|Lacoste, Paris|Auguste Raffet
1836 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Spanish Fly" from The Complete Works of Béranger
J. J. Grandville|Pierre Jean de Béranger|Fournier & Perrotin|Pierre François Godard
1836 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to the City of Tawariq", Folio from a Hamzanama (Book of Hamza)
Kesav Das|Mah Muhammad
ca. 1570 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth; mounted on paper
Open full record"The Storm" from The Complete Works of Béranger
Fournier & Perrotin|Pierre Jean de Béranger|Cherrier|J. J. Grandville
1836 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Manohar|Muhammad Husain Kashmiri|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
1597–98 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Open full record"The studies are painful, expensive; but the students are intrepid" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals
Joseph Hippolyte Jules Caqué|Honoré de Balzac|J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Swallows" from The Complete Works of Béranger
César-Auguste Hébert|Fournier & Perrotin|J. J. Grandville|Louis-Henri Brevière
1836 · Wood engraving
Open full record"The Swan," Chelsea (The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea)
James McNeill Whistler
1872–73 · Etching; only state (Glasgow); printed in black ink on grayish laid paper
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