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Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and black robe, inside an oval frame with a coat of arms.

Conrad Hieronymus Eberhard, called Schwind. Mezzotint by B. Vogel after F. Lippold, 1733

Stipple engraving of men seated at a candlelit dining table in an 18th-century interior, with paintings and a bust on the wal

A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W.…

James William Edmund Doyle

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with an oval hospital view and caption below.

Richard Baldwyn. Stipple engraving by N. Branwhite, 1802, after M. Brown

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a robe and wig holding a lens, with a globe and desk, inscribed Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.

Antonius van Leeuwenhoek. Mezzotint by J. Verkolje, 1686

Mezzotint portrait bust of Sir Isaac Newton with curled hair and draped cloth, dark oval background, engraved name caption be

Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, ca. 1736, after G.B. Guelfi, 1732

Giovanni Battista Guelfi

Line engraving portrait of an elderly bearded man with a chain, holding a flower sprig and book, in an ornate oval frame.

Philipp Grueling. Line engraving by J.B. Paravicini after F.E.H., 1667

Joh.-Baptist Paravicini

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man with curly shoulder-length hair, skullcap and white collar, with Latin caption.

Thomas Hobbes. Line engraving after R. Vaughan, 1651

Grisaille portrait of a man with curled powdered hair and cravat gazing upward, labelled De Saussure.

Horace Bénédict de Saussure. Etching with watercolour wash en grisaille after J. P. Saint-Ours

Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours

Oval line engraving of a man with long curly hair, white collar and dark buttoned coat, labeled Sir Charles Scarburgh.

Sir Charles Scarburgh. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1710, after J. Demetrius (?)

Line engraving portrait of Johann Melchior Verdries, a man in a curled wig and dark coat before draped fabric.

Johann Melchior Verdries. Line engraving by J. Hering

Painting of four striped tulips, red, white and yellow, with pink blossoms and green leaves against a dark background.

Tulips

Johan Laurentz Jensen

Print of a seated woman with blonde curls holding pink orchids, wearing a pale feathered gown against dark foliage.

Les orchidées

Louis Justin Laurent Icart

Poster for Our English Cousins showing a uniformed attendant, a woman in white, and a man in a top hat with onlookers.

Our English cousins by Richard Harding Davis, illustrated

Edward Penfield, 1894

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur hat and gold embroidered robe, holding a staff, dark background.

Portrait of Piotr Potyomkin (1617-1700)

Godfrey Kneller, 1682

Watercolor of a smiling man holding a lantern in a doorway, with an elderly woman peering from the dark room behind him.

Man with Lantern in Doorway

After Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a palace facade behind a formal garden, with a sculpted fountain in the foreground and trees framing the

Palace La Granga, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Dark sketch of Segovia's tall arched aqueduct over a street, with two cloaked figures in the foreground and pedestrians below

Segovia, The Aqueduct from Market, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a hilltop city with a tall cathedral tower above cliffs, a winding road, small figures, and a dark stormy

Segovia, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a domed monastery complex with tall towers on a hill, under a dark, cloudy sky.

The Escorial from the Seat of Phillip, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

F. Hodler

Emil Orlik, 1904

Etching of a seated woman with an infant and a man with a long pole beside a pool, with rocks, trees and clouds.

The Holy Family with Pole

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Angora Rabbits, plate two from Animal Studies

Theo van Hoytema, 1898, printed 1917/19

Girl with Doves

Henry Wolf, 1867-1916

Black and white lithograph of a veiled woman beside a shadowed figure raising an urn toward a bright light.

He Raises the Bronze Urn

Odilon Redon, 1888

Cocofruitine. Beurre végétal. affiche, Leonetto Cappiello

Leonetto Cappiello, 1912

Poster of a man and woman in red beside a car, headlamp beam lighting a hillside town, with B.R.C. lettering.

Le phare B. R. C. c'est le jour. Acétylène Dissous Dynamo affiche, Leonetto Cappiello

Leonetto Cappiello, 1911

Poster of a lit gas lamp under a pale shade on dark blue, with the French slogan Français économisez le gaz.

Affiches composées par les enfants de France pour la prévoyance et l'économie pour la guerre Français économisez le g…

Unknown artist, 1916

Poster for Panorama Einsiedeln showing robed figures before a dark sky with an eclipsed sun and crosses on a hill.

CH-NB Poster Collection SNL TOUR 1091

Fritz Kunz, 1893

Poster for Liberty Fair with two costumed figures holding sticks, colorful balls, and sailor and soldier portraits in stars.

"Liberty Fair, Motor Square Garden, Dec. 13-14. Adults $.25, Children- $.15. Emergency Aid of Penna. American Oversea…

Unknown artist, 1919

Poster with a black silhouette of a roaring lion on ochre sky and the words War Loan, Back the Empire with Your Savings, Inve

War loan. Back the empire with your savings. Invest now

Unknown artist, 1915