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6,941 works

Engraved entomological plate 92 showing numbered beetles with labelled detail drawings of antennae, legs and mouthparts.

Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects - Plate 92

Unknown artist, 1841

Hand-coloured plate XVI showing six butterflies, including a yellow swallowtail, a white Apollo, and brown and blue species.

British butterflies - Plate XVI

Unknown artist, 1885

Black and white plate of a large moth with spread wings, dark bands and scalloped pale edges, labeled Tab 16.

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal - Plate 16

Unknown artist, 1846

Hand-coloured plate of moths, caterpillars, a chrysalis and purple flowers, numbered and labelled as Angerona prunaria and He

Iconographie et description de chenilles et lépidopteres inédits - Plate 48

Unknown artist, 1859

Hand-coloured plate of two lacewing insects with translucent veined wings, labelled Chrysopa, Leach, Tab. 58, from 1851.

Symbolae ad monographiam generis chrysopae, Leach - Plate 58

Unknown artist, 1851

Aged parchment manuscript page with two columns of black Latin script and red initials and headings.

Four Scenes from the First Book of Samuel

Unknown artist, late 11th century

Medieval manuscript page with green-washed interlace ornament and two fantastical animals, one scaled and winged, one shaggy.

Saint John Dictating to the Venerable Bede

Unknown artist, c. 1140

Medieval manuscript page with a bearded robed man beside an illuminated initial and Latin text in brown and red ink.

The Judge Judah (?)

Unknown artist, 1210/1220

Engraved view of the walled city of Nuremberg with a hilltop castle, church spires, and a river in the foreground.

Nuremberg

Unknown artist, 1502

Black and white engraved portrait of a bearded man with a mustache in a dark suit and bow tie, with signature below.

Samuel Latham Barlow

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Colonel Zebulon Butler

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraving of soldiers and horsemen carrying a wounded officer away from a smoky woodland battlefield.

Braddock's Retreat

Unknown artist, 1858

Oval engraved portrait of an older man with white hair and a white cravat, with a cursive signature below.

Michael Hillegas

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Black-and-white printed portrait of Thomas Cushing in a powdered wig and dark coat, with caption and facsimile signature belo

Thomas Cushing

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of Major General Arthur St. Clair in military coat with epaulettes against a dark sky, with signature below

Major General Arthur St. Clair

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Bottetourt

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curled hair and a dark coat, captioned Duc de la Rochefoucauld.

Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a military uniform with epaulettes, labeled DALE.

Dale

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved ticket with a blank shield, laurel wreath, cannons, flags and a Latin banner, captioned Ticket for the Meschianza.

Ticket for the Meschianza

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Black and white engraved portrait of a bearded man seated in a wooden armchair beside a marble bust.

Benjamin H. Hill

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Black-and-white oval portrait of a mustached man in pince-nez glasses and a dark suit, on a cream sheet.

Theodore Roosevelt

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Mezzotint portrait of Commodore Hopkins in naval dress holding a sword, with warships and an American flag behind him.

Commodore Hopkins

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curly hair in a dark military uniform with braided trim and epaulette.

George Washington Park Custis

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie, with cursive signature William Bigler below.

William Bigler

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of bearded James G. Blaine in dark suit and bow tie, with printed signature and caption below.

James G. Blaine

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Mezzotint portrait of Major Robert Rogers holding a rifle, with a Native American figure in a forest behind him.

Major Robert Rogers

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Printed sheet with five tilted portraits of men, some in military uniform, with captions beneath and a handwritten signature.

Portrait of Chairmen and Commanders

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved bust portrait of a man with tied-back hair, white cravat and ornate embroidered coat, signed Henry Bouquet below.

Henry Bouguet

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of an older man with long hair in a dark coat, above a scrolled border with a Declaration of Independence s

Benjamin Franklin

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, with a handwritten signature below.

Thomas Buttters[?]

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military coat with epaulettes and a medal, labeled J. Eager Howard.

J. Eager Howard

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark military coat with ornate epaulettes, with the signature G.B. Rodney below.

G.B. Rodney

Unknown artist, 1840