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Woodblock print of soldiers crouching through rain and grass as an explosion lights the sky, one officer holding a sword.

Hurrah for the Great Empire of Japan; Fierce Battle of Captain Matsuzaki at Anseong Crossing

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1894

Woodblock print of a woman in blue kimono holding an umbrella against snowfall, with pugs and a rickshaw in a town street.

The Album of Nishikie Pl.15

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1887-1890

Two round prints: a bald man in striped trousers beside a dog, and a demon mask with swirling clouds above an anchor.

Mokugo zuanshū Pl.15

Asai Chū, 1908

Engraving of a water-powered machine with a large paddle wheel, gears and wooden channels, with lettered parts.

Fig. CV. Hydrotechnema, cum antlitrochis

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Engraved plate of a water pump machine with gears, a rope drum, pump cylinders, and a fountain jet.

Fig. CXLVII. Pneusticum oragnum, cum pondere

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Color plate of an ornate gilded pendant lamp with candle arms, enamel accents and red tassels against a tan background.

Pendant lamp by Matifat of Paris

Matthew Digby Wyatt, 1851 - 1853

Engraving of a chain pump with geared wheels, cranks and buckets, operated by two figures on platforms.

Fig. CXX. Haustrum, cum capsulis

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Engraved plate of a multi-gear mechanical device with labeled axles, cogwheels and wooden frame, numbered 127.

Fig. CXXVII. Haustrum sextuplex, cum capsulis

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Colored plate of an ornate tiered crystal fountain with water jets, set in a basin surrounded by palms and ferns.

The crystal fountain

Matthew Digby Wyatt, 1851 - 1853

Engraving of a 1662 hand-powered grain mill with a man pushing levers, a sifter, a pestle and mortar, and sacks of grain.

Fig. X. Chiromylos, frumentarius

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Engraved plate of a wooden hydraulic pump with lever arms and workers operating it beside a water basin.

Fig. XC. Antlergon, duplex

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Colorful 1883 caricature of devils running telegraph lines and trains, with a bearded devil labeled Jay Gould with a pitchfor

Monopoly in Hades-How the place will be run, two years after Jay Gould’s arrival

Frederick Burr Opper, 1883

Engraved plate of a double water mill on a hillside with a castle above, water channels, and a distant town.

Fig. XLIV. Hydromylos duplex

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Engraving of a heat-driven roasting jack turning a spit over a fire, with a man in a doorway and diners in a room beside it.

Fig. XXCI. Veruvertebra, per calorem

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a bamboo-patterned kimono with a red and black robe and a calligraphy inscription.

Standing Courtesan (18th century)

Kaigetsudō Ando

Engraved plate of a horse-powered mill with gears, a hopper, millstone, and a man guiding a horse.

Fig. XXII. Hippomylos

Georg Andreas Böckler, 1662

Poster of a woman in a bustle gown gesturing to a red placard advertising the Concert Parisien, with a top-hatted man peering

Venez, amis, vous distraire/ au CONCERT PARISIEN./ Je tacherai [sic] de vous plaire/ En mettant beaucoup du mien./ Si…

Unknown artist, 1900

Ink and wash drawing of a large gnarled oak beside a curving forest path, with woodland receding into the distance.

The Forest Path (Lugt 66)

Jacob van Ruisdael

Engraved title page with a cartouche reading Balletti d'invenzione, surrounded by costumed figures riding animals and ornamen

A Title and eighteen vignettes for the "Balletti" of "La finta pazza", engravings by Valerio Spada after the drawing…

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a reclining bull, sheep, goat and lamb resting before a ruined archway with a distant village view.

Various animals: The reclining bull

Johann Heinrich Roos

Etching of sheep and rams resting beneath a large tree with a stone wall behind them.

Various animals: The sheep at the foot of the arch

Johann Heinrich Roos

Etching of the child Saint John the Baptist with a halo leaning on a lamb in a wooded landscape.

Saint John the Baptist as a child, leaning on his lamb. (A. de Vesme 23 ; Dutuit 161)

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of herdsmen and goats on a path beneath a large tree, with a stone bridge and distant hills.

Le Départ pour les champs. (Robert-Dumesnil 16 ; Mannocci 34)

Claude Gellée, 1641

Etching of Abraham restraining his kneeling son as an angel intervenes, with a ram beside a fire and a Latin inscription belo

Scenes from the Old and New Testament after Raphael no. 4 (Dutuit page 340)

Pietro Sante Bartoli

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with inscription reading François de Malherbe.

Portrait of François de Malherbe (Dutuit page 65)

Pink printed poster in black type advertising an exhibition of glass tombs of Napoleon, framed by a leafy ornamental border.

Exposition / des Tombeaux / de l’illustre victime / de Sainte-Hélène

Hand-colored caricature of a painter gesturing near a grey horse while a man in a lilac coat looks on.

L'artiste Robert Macaire

Honoré Daumier, 1838

Poster for Nouveau Cirque's Boule de Siam pantomime showing elephants, a snake charmer, dancers and two men in pith helmets.

TOUS LES SOIRS à 8 H 1/2/ NOUVEAU CIRQUE/ 251, RUE ST. HONORE/ BOULE DE SIAM/ Pantomime à Grand/ Spectacle

Lucien Lefèvre, 1894

Watercolor interior of a blue drawing room with draped windows, gilt mirrors, porcelain vases, flowers and a sleeping dog.

Gabinet hrny Arturowej Potockiej w Wiedniu 1824

Franz Malek von Werthenfels, 1824

Engraving of two women in period dress on a riverbank beside a tree, one leaning over the water, with a forest behind.

[Rycina tytułowa do czasopisma "Leipziger Monarsschrift"]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1794

Coloured print of Łazienki Palace across a pond, with costumed dancers on a stage and spectators in the foreground.

Royal Łazienki in Warsaw. 1

Maksymilian Fajans, 1881

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, mocked by soldiers beneath an arched gateway with a city view beyond.

[Ukoronowanie cierniem Jezusa Chrystusa]

Abraham Hogenberg, 1610