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A pen and ink drawing of Hercules and other figures in a physical. Floating in the sky above and behind him are three female allegories: Victory, Honor, and Fame.

Carlo Maratti

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides
A red and white chalk drawing of the Holy Family. Mary holds baby Jesus in her lap and points to Joseph working in his carpentry shop. Two putti fly above.

Antonio Gionima

Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph in the Carpenter Shop
A sketchy brown pen and ink study of an older, dapper gentlemen surrounded by a mass of ill-defined bowing supplicants. The image is overlaid with a grid, presumably for transfer.

James Gillray

Study for An Old English Gentleman Pester’d by Servants Wanting Places
A woman in a floral kimono adjusts her hair while seated in front of a decorative mirror on a stand with small objects on the floor.

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

The daughter of Taira no Kiyomori using a mirror to draw her self-portrait to send to her mother (清盛息女の画　自像を写母に之に送図　Kiyomori sokujo no ga jizo o utsushi haha ni kore o okuru zu), Edo Period