Two Dervishes, folio from an album

Folio 16 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: snack vendor and lathe-turner (recto); Blank page (verso)

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Scene in a Palace, folio from an album

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryPersian

Portrait of a Nobleman

Manohar, c. 1610-1620

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th centuryIndian

Folio 4 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Dancer with finger-cymbals (recto); Embracing couple approached by a woman (verso)

Red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Black ink and black counterproof on off-white modern laid paper, with gold and ink margin lines; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (verso)

Album of Calligraphy Exercises (Mürekkebat)

Al-Hajj al-‘Arif, 1896

Calligraphy; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryOttoman

Album of Fingernail Artwork

Paper; leather binding

Portrait of a Youth in Green Garment

Unknown Artist, c. 1610

Opaque watercolor on paper

17th centuryOttoman

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 5 from an album

Unknown Artist, c. 1767

Opaque watercolor on paper

18th centuryIndian

Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1451-81)

Unknown Artist, c. 1600-1610

Opaque watercolor on paper

17th centuryOttoman

Equestrian Portrait of Sultan ‘Osman II (r. 1618-1622)

Ahmed Nakshi, c. 1620

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th centuryOttoman

Folio 14 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: vendor and hat maker (recto); Blank page (verso)

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal (recto)