Folio 22 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Sheet of portrait sketches and flowers (recto); Two sheets: dog and decorative frames; kneeling couple and mixed bouquet (verso)

Folio 15 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: tailor and man with washboard (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)

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)

18th-19th centuryPersian

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)

18th-19th centuryPersian

Folio 2 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Blank page (recto); Birds, flowers, and butterflies (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1775-1850

Black ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked (verso)

18th-19th centuryPersian

Calligraphy with verses by Hafiz, folio from an album

Muhammad Sadiq, 1833

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Practice Calligraphy (Siah Mashkh)

Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawla I, c. 1850-1886

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Folio 30 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Three sheets: Pen box design with perspectival architectural landscape divided by medallions (top), Bahram Gur visiting a princess (center), Pen box design with audience scene divided by medallions (bottom) (recto); Blank page (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1830-1850

Left: red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk; Middle: brown ink on off-white wove paper; Middle verso: brown ink and watercolor, Right: red and blue-black inks on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Folio 52 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: King on horseback embraced by angel (recto); Bust portrait of a young woman, probably Pourandokht, with tiara and headscarves (verso)

Watercolor, black chalk and blue colored pencil on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto); Watercolor, silver and gold over graphite on off-white modern laid paper (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 22 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Sheet of portrait sketches and flowers (recto); Two sheets: dog and decorative frames; kneeling couple and mixed bouquet (verso)

Fly leaf with dedication note and text (dedication note recto, text verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Unknown Artist, dated 1877

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Folio 50 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Sketch of Qajar man and four women (recto); Drawing set within a colored paper border: two women and a small child (verso)

Graphite on off-white modern laid paper (recto); Black ink, watercolor and crayon on off-white paper (recto); Note: drawing mounted overall with colored paper borders