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And Now They Never Meet in Grove or Green by Arthur Rackham, The Cleveland Museum of Art

And Now They Never Meet in Grove or Green

Arthur Rackham (d. 1939)

1908 · Drawing, pen and black ink and watercolor with scraping and minute touches of white gouache on artist's illustration board

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The Fox and the Turkey Hens by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Fox and the Turkey Hens

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (d. 1755)

1733 · Drawing, brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink

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Melchizedek Blessing Abraham by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Melchizedek Blessing Abraham

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (d. 1872)

1825 · Drawing, pen and brown ink mounted on blue laid paper

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The Green Dragon by Arthur Rackham, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Green Dragon

Arthur Rackham (d. 1939)

1910 · Drawing, pen and black ink and watercolor on paper

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Jonah Cast Out by the Whale onto the Shore of Nineveh by Maarten van Heemskerck, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Jonah Cast Out by the Whale onto the Shore of Nineveh

Maarten van Heemskerck (d. 1574)

1566 · Drawing, Pen and brown ink over indications in black chalk, within brown ink framing lines; indented for transfer

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The Relics by Jean-Jacques Grandville, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Relics

Jean-Jacques Grandville (d. 1847)

c. 1835 · Drawing, pen and brown ink, brown ink wash, heightened with white and red-orange gouache with scoring on wove paper

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Alarums and Excursions by Maxfield Parrish, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Alarums and Excursions

Maxfield Parrish (d. 1966)

1899 · Drawing, brush and black and gray wash, with white gouache, over graphite, framing lines in pen and black ink

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Young Woman from Valence by Gustave Doré, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Woman from Valence

Gustave Doré (d. 1883)

c. 1862 · Drawing, brush and brown ink and graphite with stumping with touches of white gouache on sturdy weight wove paper

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The Hag and the Young Man by George Bellows, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Hag and the Young Man

George Bellows (d. 1925)

probably 1922 · Drawing, black lithographic crayon (rubbed in sky)

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Study of a Tulip (Anvaers) by Pieter Holsteyn II, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Study of a Tulip (Anvaers)

Pieter Holsteyn II (d. 1673)

c. 1645 · Drawing, Point of brush and transparent and opaque watercolors with traces of graphite and gum glazing on antique laid paper

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The Parrot and the Cat (Sketch for "Good-Night" by Eleanor Gates) by Arthur Rackham, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Parrot and the Cat (Sketch for "Good-Night" by Eleanor Gates)

Arthur Rackham (d. 1939)

c. 1905 · Drawing, black ink wash with graphite on paper

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