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Alexander Metcalf Fisher 1794-1822 B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816

Artist: Hezekiah Augur (American, 1791–1858, M.A. (Hon.) 1833)

Figure Study of Hamlet, for The Play Scene, Hamlet, Act III, Scene II

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Compositional Study, for The Loathely Damsel, in The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, Book Delivery Room, Boston Public Library

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Figure Study

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Study for the Boston Public Library Murals: Mythological Head

Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856–1925, Hon. 1916)

A Jersey Calf

Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856–1925, Hon. 1916)

William Adams Delano

Artist: Jo Davidson (American, 1883–1952)

From Word to Object

Artist: John Covert (American, 1882–1960)

Red Knight

Artist: David Hare (American, 1917–1992)

Head of Mexican

Artist: Henry Lee Laventhal (American, B.A. 1947)

Head

Artist: Georges Papazoff (Bulgarian, active in France, 1894–1972)

Head of a Woman

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active France, 1881–1973)

Suffolk Punch

Artist: Herbert Haseltine (American, born Italy, 1877–1962)

Classical Head

Artist: Elie Nadelman (American, born Poland, 1882–1946)

Indian Composition

Artist: David Davidovich Burliuk (American, born Ukraine, 1882–1967)

Daoist Immortal Hong Yai

Artist: Unknown

Female mask

Artist: Kurogane So

Headdress

Palm Wine Cup (Mbwoong Ntey)

Portrait of an Official

Artist: Unknown

Portrait of an Official

Maker: Unknown

Portrait of a Young Woman (Fayum Portrait)

Maker: Unknown

Mademoiselle Greuze

Artist, style of: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805)

Spring

Artist, style of: Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, ca. 1527–1593)

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