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Sepia etching of ruined Dumblain Abbey on a wooded hill, with women washing clothes by a river in the foreground.

Dumblain Abbey, Scotland, part XI, plate 56 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1816

Engraving of a muscular figure grasping lightning bolts above churning waves, with a serpent coiled around its body amid stor

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

William Blake, August 1, 1795

Engraving of a violent brawl inside a church interior, with armed men and a fallen figure, framed by emblems and Latin text.

Dissension in the Church (Dissidium in Ecclesia)

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578

Engraving contrasting Moses with tablets of the law and Christ holding a cross, with a skeleton, animals and an open Gospel b

Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind from "Allegory of the Resurrection and the Salvation," a pair

Hieronymus Wierix, ca. 1586

Watercolor elevation and cut-away section of a domed neoclassical pleasure villa with columns and garden terrace.

Project for a "Maison de plaisance pour un grand seigneur", Elevation and Section

Jean Nicolas Sobre, ca. 1783

Etching of a classical landscape with seated figures, a cow and goats near Ionic columns, and a distant valley.

Mercury and Argus

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with Mary and John flanking Christ, a skull at the base, inside an ornate decorative border.

The Crucifixion

Monogrammist G.Z., 1521

Engraving of elegant 18th-century figures in a wooded landscape, with a seated woman holding a fan and French verse below.

La Jeunesse indifférente

Nicolas Dupin, 1778-87

Woodcut of four winged angels with swords striking a crowd below, with trumpeting angels and a throne in the clouds above.

The Four Avenging Angels, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Ink and wash drawing of servants attacking a fallen man in a room, with a landscape visible through an opening at right.

The Servants of Absalom killing Amnon (2 Samuel 13, 28-29); verso: Sketch of a seated woman

Karel van Mander I, late 16th-early 17th century

Engraving of a seated allegorical woman with a plumb line beside a cherub drawing with compasses, with a pyramid and column.

The Genius of Architecture

Ridé, 1780-1800

Etching of crumbling Roman vaults with rough stone blocks, fallen rubble, and two small figures in the foreground.

Vaults with Bosse Blocks, from "Roman Ruins and Buildings"

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1562

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling beside a lion in a rocky wilderness with cliffs, trees and a distant castle.

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Hand-colored 1808 caricature by James Gillray of men feasting under clouds, with a castle procession above.

Delicious Dreams! -Castles in the Air! -Glorious Prospects!

James Gillray, April 10, 1808

Engraving of an elderly bearded man kneeling in a cell before a crucifix, with a skull in a wall niche and a lion outside.

St. Jerome Praying in His Cell (Saint Jérôme pénitent)

Claude Mellan, 1665

Etched portrait of a seated woman in a ruffled bonnet and fur-collared dress, holding a walking stick beside a table of nuts.

The Artist's Sister-in-Law

Johann Gottlieb Glume, 1740

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with mustache and ruff collar, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription.

Charles de Bouques

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with long hair resting his hand on his chin, pensive pose, on tinted paper.

Self-Portrait

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1866

Engraving of Saint Jude kneeling under a shaft of light from the clouds, with a book, cross and club beside him.

Saint Jude

Etienne Brion, 1726

Etching of a seated woman in a long dress and a bearded man leaning on a pedestal in an ivy-covered garden.

La Broderie à l'aiguille

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1855 (?)

Sepia engraved portrait of a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat and bonnet, with the caption "Shrimps!" below.

Shrimps!

Francesco Bartolozzi, March 25, 1782

Sepia drawing of a winding forest path with a strolling couple, two seated beggars, and a fallen log beneath tall trees.

A Path Bordered by Trees with two Beggars and a Couple Strolling

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Etching of Hercules restraining a rearing horse while another horse tramples a fallen man beside a stone wall.

Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes: Hercules grasps the bridle of a rearing horse, a second horse tramples a figure i…

Antonio Tempesta, 1608

Engraving of Neptune raising a conch shell, with a seated triton at left and another figure rising from waves at lower right.

Seated Neptune holding a conch shell to his mouth, accompanied by a seated triton and another emerging from the water…

Engraving of Christ before a seated ruler under an ornate canopy, with soldiers and onlookers and a Latin inscription below.

Christ Before Pilate, from "The Passion of Christ"

Nicolas Cochin, mid 17th century

Engraving of the reclining Silenus with putti beside a wine vat, grapevines and tree trunks behind them.

Silenus reclining before wine vats

Philippe de Soye, ca. 1558

Etching of a young chimney sweep in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat, holding a brush, against a cross-hatched stone wall.

Chimney Sweep

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Engraved elevation of an ornate indoor grotto with a tiered fountain and statues, with a floor plan below.

Cross-section and Floorplan of an Indoor Grotto

Gabriel Bodenehr, 18th century

Etching of an ornate architectural facade with a central doorway, hunting dogs, animal heads, and an archer atop the pediment

Design for an Architectural Structure with a Hunting Theme, plate 74 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraving of a seated woman nursing an infant beside a child and an older woman under a tree, with a landscape behind.

Charity

Goltzius School