Preparatory posters & prints

Isarda or kotah preparatory drawing of the taming of an elephant, c.1720 Indian School

Camp Life at the Curragh: The Irish Derby, the Preparatory Gallop, August 1, 1874 Anonymous

Preparatory Sketch for Midwinter's Sacrifice Carl Larsson

Launch of the Northumberland: Scene on the Deck Preparatory to the Launch 1866 Anonymous

Preparatory decor for the play 'The Princess Maleine' by Maurice Maeterlinck, 1913 Nicholas Roerich

Preparatory Study for the Punishment of Haman Michelangelo Buonarroti

Life of Christ, Christ before Pontius Pilate, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

The Cultivation of Tobacco in Sumatra, Indonesia: Jungle-Cutting on a High-Lying Tobacco Estate, Preparatory to Planting Anonymous

Preparatory design for the ballet 'Ishtar' by Bohuslav Martinu, 1922 Leon Bakst

Life of Christ, the Raising of the Cross, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Preparatory Study for the Arm of Christ in the Last Judgement, 1535-41 Michelangelo Buonarroti

Preparatory Study for a Portrait of Man Singh and His Harem, 1810-15 Unknown

Drapery study for a kneeling figure Leonardo da Vinci

A perspective view of a lapping room Anonymous

White House Inn, between Davenport Road and Boys' Preparatory School, Coventry, c.1855 Thomas Hough

Preparatory drawing for plate number VIII of the 'Carceri al'Invenzione' series Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Life of Christ, Marriage at Cana, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Life of Christ, Christ on the road to Emmaus, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris,... Henri Lerambert

Life of Christ, Annunciation, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Life of Christ, Jesus healing a paralytic at Capernaum, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris,... Henri Lerambert

Preparatory Map of the Suez Canal, 1855 French School

Life of Christ, Circumcision, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Cleopatra, preparatory study for 'Cleopatra Testing Poisons on the Condemned Prisoners', before 1887 Alexandre Cabanel

Preparatory design for Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen Nicholas Roerich

Preparatory study for a tapestry, c.1922-24 Jose Maria Sert y Badia

A preparatory painting for Les Muses inspiratrices acclament le Génie, Messager de Lumière, 1895 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Life of Christ, St. Paul preaching, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Detail from a preparatory painting for Les Muses inspiratrices acclament le Génie, Messager de Lumière, 1895 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

A Preparatory Study Depicting The Miracle of Saint Paul, The Blinding of Elymas Nicolas Pierre Loir

Death of Phaedra, prepatory sketch for the illustration of Racine's Complete Works, Act V Scene VII, published 1801 Anne Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson

Study of hands - Nicolas de Largilliere

Life of Christ, the Meal at the House of Simon the Pharisee, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church... Henri Lerambert

Life of Christ, Christ before Herod, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Life of Christ, Ascension, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Life of Christ, Jesus among the Doctors, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Life of Christ, the Last Supper, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert