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Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man facing left, wearing a pleated ruff collar, within a decorative border.

Bust of a Man Facing Left

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580

Engraved portrait of a man in a wide hat and ornate chained robe, before a stone arch with a cherub above.

Maximilian I

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Etched self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and bow tie, with curly hair and mustache, by James McNeill Whistler.

Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Line engraving of a very stout man in a buttoned coat and frilled cap, standing with one hand raised to his head.

Jacob Powell, who died weighing almost 40 stone. Line engraving by A. Walker

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, framed by allegorical figures and a Latin inscription.

Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert

Willem Swanenburgh, 1611

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a cap and pleated collar, turned left, with horizontal hatched background.

Leonhart von Eck

Barthel Beham, 1527

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed garment, with a chain and pleated collar.

Leonard von Eckh

Barthel Beham, 1527

Stipple engraving of a stout bald man in a long coat holding a bowl and cane, captioned Sam House, The Patriotic Publican.

Samuel House, a patriotic publican. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Self-Portrait at Age Thirty-Five

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1537

Stipple engraving portrait of a woman with curled hair and a high-waisted dress with fringed puffed sleeves, 1823.

Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823

Engraving of two round medallions: left, violin, flute and music on a table; right, a smiling woman with curled hair.

Bust of a Woman holding a Flute; Musical Instruments

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580/90

Colour caricature of twelve French surgeons shown as specimens standing in glass jars, with surgical instruments below.

Twelve French surgeons portrayed as pathological specimens in glass jars. Colour lithograph by A. Barrère, ca. 1910

Adrien Barrère

Engraved dagger sheath design with an armored standing man above a panel of dense acanthus scrollwork.

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Hand-coloured engraved portrait of a standing man in green coat and orange waistcoat holding a hat, with text listing walking

Josiah Eaton, a long distance walker. Coloured stipple engraving by S. Freeman after T.C. Smith

Thomas Coreggio Smith

Head of a Young Girl in Profile

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 18th century

Stipple engraving of Bishop Edmund Bonner, bald and bound with cords, raising a whip in one hand.

Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper

Woman and boy examine prints at a red-draped table beside a lens stand, with an urn and guitar in the room.

A woman and a boy are looking at prints with the aid of a lens and mirror; an antique urn and a guitar in the backgro…

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Engraved portrait of an elderly seated man in a broad hat and long coat, holding a small object, beside foliage.

Samuel Mathews, a hermit. Engraving by J. Greig, 1803, after G. Arnald

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man seated by a fire with a cooking pot and walking stick, inside a rustic hut.

Petratsch Zortan, aged 185. Engraving by S. Springsguth, 1814

Samuel Springsguth

Engraved plate showing four figures: a pale-skinned woman, conjoined twins Hélène and Judith, and two children with skin mark

Four figures: Geneviève, an albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin; the conjoint twins Hél…

Jacques de Sève

Stipple engraving portrait of Jean Massieu in an oval frame, wearing a double-breasted coat and white cravat.

Jean Massieu, a deaf man. Stipple engraving by L.A. Boutelou

Louis-Alexandre Boutelou

Stipple engraving of a seated boy with dark scaly skin resembling an alligator, a case of ichthyosis, 1818.

A boy with a variety of icthyosis, a skin disease, which in this case resembles the scales of an alligator. Stipple e…

Robert William Sievier

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair, framed by a ribbon bow, with dense cross-hatched background.

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, ca. 1860-62

Etching of several head studies by Rembrandt, including a curly-haired woman centre, a hatted man lower left, and an elderly

Studies of the Head of Saskia and Others

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

Drypoint print of a swan and duck on rippled water with a faint sketched figure at left.

Swan and Duck, with Portraits of Julie

Berthe Morisot, 1889

Lithograph of a raven perched on a bust atop a pedestal, with a sleeping figure in the lower right and dense diagonal shading

Perched upon a Bust of Pallas, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Engraved oval portrait of an older man with curly hair and a broad white collar, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Lorenzo Bernini

Arnold van Westerhout

Engraved oval portrait of Queen Marie wearing a jeweled crown, pearl necklace and fur-trimmed robe, 1663.

Portrait of Queen Marie

Nicolas de Larmessin III, 1663

Circular engraving of Judith holding a sword beside the severed head of Holofernes, with Latin text around the border.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586/87

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in an oval frame, flanked by allegorical figures, cherubs and fruit garlands.

Portrait of Julius Caesar Scaliger

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592