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Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child
Jacques-Louis David
black chalk and gray wash on laid paper · 1775
National Gallery of Art

Catafalque for a king
Carlo Marchionni, Italian
Graphite, black chalk, brush and gray wash on laid paper · 1765
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fantasy of a Magnificent Wall Monument
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
pen and dark brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, with some gray wash on laid paper · 1764
National Gallery of Art

Seated Boy with Head Down
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
gray wash on laid paper, on an old mount · 1760
National Gallery of Art

A Venetian Lawyer at His Desk
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper · 1755
National Gallery of Art

Drover with Calves in a Country Cart
Thomas Gainsborough
graphite with gray wash on laid paper · 1755
National Gallery of Art

The Ludovisi Water Carrier
Augustin Pajou
black chalk with gray wash on laid paper · 1752
National Gallery of Art

Arched Doorway with Stairs
Giovanni Battista Natali III, Italian
architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, gray wash on laid paper · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Staircase to Arcade in Bishop’s Palace
Giovanni Battista Natali III, Italian
architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, gray wash on laid paper · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Sketches for a Ceiling Painting: The Triumphant Church
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian
interiors, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper; verso: black chalk · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper · 1748
National Gallery of Art

A Bacchanalian Revel
Henri Antoine de Favanne, French, born England
Pen and brown ink, charcoal, brush and gray wash on laid paper · 1746
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Fall of Phaeton
Gaspare Diziani
pen and brown ink over red chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper · 1745
National Gallery of Art

Death of a General
Benjamin West
pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper · 1738
National Gallery of Art
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Figure Studies [recto]
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper · 1727
National Gallery of Art

Birth of Venus
Sir James Thornhill
pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper · 1710
National Gallery of Art

Standing Figure Wearing a Hat
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper · 1696
National Gallery of Art

The Rape of Deianira
François Verdier
black chalk with gray wash on laid paper, mounted on album sheet · 1670
National Gallery of Art

Fountain Design with Three Bronze Animals
Charles Le Brun, French
Chalk, brush and gray wash on laid paper · 1670
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Bacchanale
Raymond Lafage, French
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper · 1670
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Landscape
Salvator Rosa
pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper · 1662
National Gallery of Art

Mercury and Pegasus
Charles Le Brun
black chalk and gray wash on laid paper, laid down on an old mount · 1660
National Gallery of Art

Two Boys Standing with Backs Turned
Karel Dujardin
oil paint counterproof or monotype with gray wash on laid paper, lined or inlaid with Japanese paper · 1659
National Gallery of Art

Village Fair
Jan van Goyen
black chalk with gray wash on laid paper · 1656
National Gallery of Art