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Grey wash drawing of an enthroned emperor surrounded by allegorical figures and putti above a rococo framework.

The Arts and Powers Pay Homage to Emperor Charles VI

Johann Evangelist Holzer, 1732

Sepia drawing of a crowded 1830s street with a curved columned building, awnings and people in period dress.

View of Muhlendamm

Johann Friedrich Stock, 1834

Tall engraved ornament panel with scrolling foliage, a central urn, and four playing children at the base.

Ornament Panel: Four Children Playing

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Woodcut of Death, a skeleton, approaching a noblewoman in a paneled room as an attendant helps her with her clothing.

Die Greffinn

Hans Holbein the Younger

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruffled collar, seated beside a column, hands crossed in his lap.

Pieter de Jode the Elder

Lucas Vorsterman the Elder, 1626

Engraved half-length portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and lace collar, leaning against a column.

Cornelis van Poelenburgh

Paulus Pontius, 1626

Engraved portrait bust of a bearded elderly man on an inscribed stone pedestal, with an arched background frame.

Janus Lutma, the Elder (Posteritati)

Mezzotint interior with a sleeping young man, several women, a kissing couple, a small dog and a servant on a checkered floor

The Sleeping Boy

Nicolaas Verkolje

Etching of a reclining nude figure in pale tones against a dark, textured background, signed Arthur B. Davies.

Tragic Figure

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1919

Hand-colored print of a crowded domed hall with green marble columns, where a girl and woman receive prizes on a stage.

Distribution of the American Art-Union Prizes

Francis d' Avignon, 1848

Engraved oval portrait of John Armstrong, M.D., in a powdered wig and dark coat, on a stone plinth.

John Armstrong. Line engraving by T. Cook after Sir J. Reynolds

Joshua Reynolds

Coloured lithograph of a rock-cut temple carved into pink cliffs at Petra, with robed figures and column drums in the foregro

Rock temple of el-Derr at Petra. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849

Line engraving portrait of Hermann Conring with long wavy hair and white collar, inside an oval frame with Latin text.

Hermann Conring. Line engraving by J. Sandrart, 1666

Jakob von Sandrart

Charles Bonnet. Line engraving by Rasp

Carl Gottlieb Rasp

Line engraving portrait of Joseph Moxon with long wig and cravat, in an oval frame above a row of book spines.

Joseph Moxon. Line engraving by F. H. van Hove, 1692

Frederick Hendrick van den Hove

Engraved portrait of Pietro Andrea Mattioli with a beard and beret, holding a quill pen beside a book.

Pietro Andrea Mattioli. Line engraving by C. Faucci after L. Feliciati

Lorenzo Feliciati

Line engraving portrait of John Brown seated at a desk, writing with a quill beside an inkwell, in an oval frame.

John Brown [Bruno]. Line engraving by J. Adam after J. Cagnoni

Line engraving of Euclid in an octagonal frame, with a globe, armillary sphere and mathematical instruments below.

Euclid. Line engraving

Hand-coloured engraving of a three-storey villa behind iron railings, with trees framing it and a man pushing a wheelbarrow.

John Coakley Lettsom's house: north view of Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey. Coloured engraving by Darton and Harvey,…

Line engraving portrait of David van Gesscher, an elderly man with powdered hair and a ruffled cravat, in an oval frame.

David van Gesscher. Line engraving by B. de Bakker after R. Jelgerhuis

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding a plant sprig beside an open book, under an arched inscription.

Leonard Fuchs. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a fur-collared robe, with an arched Latin inscription and two cherubs above.

Pietro Andrea Mattioli. Line engraving by T. de Bry after C. Papi dell'Altissimo

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

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding dividers and resting his hand on a globe.

Gerard Mercator [Cremer]. Line engraving by H. Goltzius, 1574

Hendrick Goltzius

Line engraving portrait of Christian Perizonius in an oval frame, wearing a dark cap, white collar and gown.

Christian Perizonius. Line engraving attributed to S. van Lamseerde, 1654

Steven van Lamsweerde

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with long hair, holding flowers and a book, flanked by two cherubs.

Philipp Grueling. Line engraving by S. Grimm after F.E.H.

Two engraved portraits on one page: Nicolaus Copernicus above in a rectangular frame, Theodore Beza below in an oval.

Nicolaus Copernicus (above); Theodore Beza (below). Line engraving, 1797, after T. Park

Pencil study sheet with fragmentary figure studies of an outstretched arm, bare feet, a raised hand and legs on tan paper.

Studienblatt: Körperstudien

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Pencil figure studies on brown paper showing a seated male nude's back and limbs, with a signature at lower left.

Studien eines sitzenden männlichen Akts

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1909

Wide engraving of a crowded Vienna-style square with a procession of carriages, riders and a tall ornate column.

Erbhuldigung der niederösterreichischen Stände für Maria Theresia am 22. November 1740: Der Zug über den Graben

Johann Cyriak Hackhofer, 1901

Antique engraved map titled Umgebungen von Wien showing Vienna, the Danube and surrounding villages and hills.

Umgebungen von Wien

Reiffenstein & Rösch, 1858

Bird's-eye engraved view of Vienna inside its bastion fortifications, with a ground plan inset in the lower right corner.

Vogelschauplan der Kays. Königl. Haupt und Residenz Stadt Wien (Wien ohne Vorstädte, heute Innenstadt) mit Grundrißpl…

Joseph Daniel von Huber, 1785