Folio 5 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Embracing couple (recto); Seated woman and child in classical dress with kneeling attendant and peacock (verso)

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)

Attributes and Uses of Chapters of the Qur'an, folio from an album

Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Folio 41 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Four sheets: Pen box design with reclining females and attendants in landscape (top), Portrait bust of Muhammad Shah Qajar (center), European woman with bouquet and shawl (center), Pen box design with reclining females and attendants in landscape, divided by medallions (bottom) (recto); The Binding of Isaac (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1780-1860

Left: Brown counterproof, brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top middle: graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Bottom middle: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto); Right: Black counterproof, red ink and watercolor on laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Brown ink on brown laid paper, oiled for transparency (verso)

Praise for God, calligraphic composition

Unknown Artist, 1884

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Folio 1 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Folio from a Qur’an: Sura 1 (recto); Crown imperial (fritillaria imperialis) (verso)

Black and red inks, watercolor, and gold on off-white paper (recto); Watercolor on off-white wove paper, toned orange-pink wash (verso)

Folio 21 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Three drawings of figures in European dress (recto); Study sheet with flowers and female portraits and figures (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1850-1875

Top: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; black ink script on verso; Middle: blue-black counterproof with touches of black ink on cream wove paper; Bottom: black ink and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and rubbed with graphite (?) (recto) Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (verso)

Folio 36 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Four drawings; two designs for penboxes; head of a bearded man; seated dervish (recto); Blank page (verso)

Left: black counterproof, brown ink and watercolor on off-white laid paper, pricked; Top middle: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom middle: graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper; Right: brown ink on off-white laid paper, pricked and partially and selectively rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Folio 6 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Virgin and child with elderly men and attendants (recto); Amorous couple with attendants, baby, rabbits, and birds (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1750-1850

Black counterproof with touches of black ink on off-white wove paper (recto); Red ink, watercolor and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)

Folio 27 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two sheets: male and female drum players (recto); Blank page (verso)

Left: brown and light red inks over graphite; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink and blue colored pencil on off-white wove paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Folio 7 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Embracing couple on terrace, attended by servants, dancers, and musicians (recto); Standing woman with headscarf (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1820-1860

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

Birds and Flowers

Husayn Muhammad, c. 1886

Ink and watercolor on paper

Folio 42 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Virgin and Child with attendants (recto); Three sheets framed by colored paper borders: bust-length portrait of men and women (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1750-1850

Black counterproof on off-white laid paper (recto); Colored inks and watercolor over black chalk on three sheets of off-white wove paper, mounted together (verso)