Folio 18 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Two drawings: The meeting of Shams-i Tabrizi and Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (top), Shaykh San`an and the Christian Maiden (bottom) (recto); Zulaykha's maids cut themselves, overcome by Yusuf's beauty (verso)

Folio 44 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: European family gathered around a table; bearded man in semi-classical garb; three graces (recto); Blank page (verso)

Top: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; Middle: graphite on off-white modern laid paper; Bottom: black counterproof on off-white wove paper

Manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Unknown Artist, dated 1877

Ink, colors, and gold on paper; leather binding with gilded tooling

Folio 34 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets with sketches of people and animals (recto); Lion attacking a cow, framed by colored paper borders (verso)

Top: black ink over graphite on beige wove paper; Middle: red ink over graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom: black ink over black counterproof on off-white wove paper (recto); Brown and gray inks on off-white wove paper (verso)

Folio 40 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Fingernail drawing: horseman fighting a lion with hound at bottom (recto); Blank page (verso)

Relief monoprint on off-white glossy coated wove paper

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

'Abd al-Rahim Afsar, 1893-1894

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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 18 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Two drawings: The meeting of Shams-i Tabrizi and Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (top), Shaykh San`an and the Christian Maiden (bottom) (recto); Zulaykha's maids cut themselves, overcome by Yusuf's beauty (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1850-1900

Calligraphy Exercise (Siyah Mashq) in Nasta`liq Script

Muhammad Sadiq, 19th-20th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th-20th centuryPersian

Folio 54 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Drawing of a hyacinth, framed by a colored paper border (recto); Layla visiting Majnun among the wild animals, framed by colored paper borders (verso)

Brown ink and gold ruling lines on off-white wove paper (recto); Note: drawing mounted overall with colored paper borders (recto); Graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (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 35 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two sheets: two sheep; elephant with rider in Indian garb (recto); Blank page (verso)

Top: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; Top verso: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; Bottom: green and brown inks over traces of graphite on off-white laid paper; ink and opaque watercolor on paper (recto)

Letter to a Friend and Verses about Love, folio from an album

Unknown Artist, c. 1800-1850

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper