Fragile Beasts
This exhibition was on display from June 10, 2016 to January 16, 2017.
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- Print, Ornament Panel with Orpheus and the Judgment of Paris
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-29-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Ornament Panel with Mars
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-29-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Ornament Panel with Bird Cage
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-29-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Print, Ornament Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"
- engraving on off white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-29-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for Candelabrum and Panel of Grotesques
- pen and brown ink on paper, lined.
- Museum purchase through gift of Walter Leo Hildburgh.
- 1956-41-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1946-3-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Print, Grotesque Panel with Dolphins
- engraving on laid paper.
- Gift of Leo Wallerstein.
- 1949-29-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-82-1-a
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Ornamental Design
- engraving on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1944-76-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels
- engraving on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1946-3-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Ewer with Handle
- engraving on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1946-3-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Pitcher with a Figure of Neptune, from "Insignae Ac Planè Novum Opis...
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young.
- 1946-37-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Print, Vase (Plate 12 of a Series)
- black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co..
- 1963-9-251
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Vase (Plate 6 of a Series)
- black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co..
- 1963-9-245
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Vase (Plate 5 of a Series)
- black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co..
- 1963-9-244
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Scene from Ovid
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-83-6-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-83-6-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-83-7-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-83-7-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Ewer
- black and white chalk on brown paper.
- Gift of Ogden Codman.
- 1916-9-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-151-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-151-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-153-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-153-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-153-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Stained Glass in the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy
- brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper, squared in black chalk.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7321
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of...
- punched engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1942-36-11
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of...
- punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1942-36-15
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of...
- punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1942-36-17
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of...
- punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1942-36-19
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Title plate, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of...
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1942-36-28-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
