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Oval engraved portrait of a young man with curly hair, embroidered doublet and sword hilt, with a verse below.

Charles of Gonzague and of Cleves, Duke of Nevers and of Retellois, Governor of Champagne and Brie at age eighteen

Thomas de Leu, 16th-17th century

Engraving of a spotted horse with flowing mane in a landscape, with two horses and distant buildings behind it.

Horse

Johann Elias Ridinger, 17th-18th Century

Engraving of armored men and robed figures unloading baskets and goods from an ornate boat onto a shore.

Plate 5: figures unloading goods from a boat at the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Chromolithograph cigarette card of a white Bride Rose with two buds and green leaves, labeled BRIDE ROSE.

Bride Rose, from the Flowers series for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1890

Etching of the Nativity in a semicircular frame, with Mary and the infant Christ, a seated elderly man, kneeling attendants a

Nativity

Robert van Audenaerde, 1680-1743

Chromolithograph of a woman in postillion uniform holding a post horn and whip beside a milestone and fence.

Postillion, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1887

Chromolithograph of a woman in breeches and apron holding boots, labeled Apprentice, from an 1887 cigarette card series.

Apprentice, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1887

Engraved procession of a pope and crowned emperor on horseback under banners, with soldiers, horses and cannons in the backgr

Plate 3: Charles V Crowned Emperor entering Rome with the Pope, from the Triumphs of Charles V

Cornelis Boel, 1614

Engraved interior with figures at a table, a dog, an overturned chair, and a river view through an open window.

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI

Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin, April 1, 1745

Trade card of a helmeted soldier in armor holding an arquebus, with a tower and flag in the background, 1887.

Arquebus, from the Arms of All Nations series (N3) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card of a woman in a large red hat holding a blue folding fan, advertising Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Plate 48, from the Fans of the Period series (N7) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Engraving of a seated man in classical robes resting his head on his hand among Carthaginian ruins, with two attendants at le

Caius Marius on the Ruins of Carthage

Robert Blyth, January 20, 1782

Trade card showing the Mississippi state flag with an eagle, above cotton pickers in a field and a red banner.

Mississippi, from Flags of the States and Territories (N11) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Hand-colored card print of the brick Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence with clock tower, flag, and trees.

Capitol of Rhode Island in Providence, from the General Government and State Capitol Buildings series (N14) for Allen…

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Engraving of nude putti and two satyrs with a goat, grapevine and wine jug in a pastoral landscape.

Five boys, two satyrs, and a goat (copy in reverse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Hand-colored print of the Delaware State Capitol in Dover, with a cupola, mansard roof, and flanking trees.

Capitol of Delaware in Dover, from the General Government and State Capitol Buildings series (N14) for Allen & Ginter…

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Colored trade card of the Capitol of Nevada in Carson City, a stone building with a domed cupola and flanking trees.

Capitol of Nevada in Carson City, from the General Government and State Capitol Buildings series (N14) for Allen & Gi…

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Engraving of a cluttered room with men hoarding sacks, chests and tools, with a village and camp visible through a window.

Everyman

Pieter van der Heyden, ca.1558

Chromolithograph trading card of Oliver Cromwell in armor with laurel wreath, beside a knight, advertising Richmond cigarette

Oliver Cromwell, from the Great Generals series (N15) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of a woman in a green jacket and feathered hat holding a red parasol, advertising Allen & Ginter cigare

Carry Arms, from the Parasol Drills series (N18) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Etching of a rural scene with a thatched cottage, tall trees, a leaning ladder, barrels, and small figures on the ground.

IIe: Vue de Fronville (Second View of Fronville)

William Wynne Ryland, 18th century

Chromolithograph trade card of a woman in a green jacket and feathered hat holding a red parasol, labeled Right Dress.

Right Dress, from the Parasol Drills series (N18) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of Captain Kidd in a tricorn hat, with men burying treasure on a beach behind him.

Captain Kidd, Burying Treasure, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, ca. 1888

Engraving of Noah's ark on a rock above a stone arch, with human bodies on the ground, birds in flight, and a distant town.

Aftermath of the Flood: human bodies strewn on dry land in the foreground, Noah's ark moored on a rocky outcrop beyon…

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1612

Engraving of two mounted riders on a road beside a brick house, with a dog, a market woman and a man with a barrel.

Sir Hudibras His Passing Worth the Manner How He Sallyed Forth (Plate 2: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Etching of a woman with a raised sword among armed men outside buildings, with a fallen man at her feet and a bridge at left.

Hudibras Vanquish'd and Protected by Trulla (Plate 5: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a wooded landscape with gnarled trees, reeds and a pond with ducks at the lower left.

Wooded landscape

Raphael Sadeler II

Engraving of a noisy street procession with riders, a crowd, a brick house and a tavern balcony, with verse below.

Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington (Plate 7: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a crowded city street where men and boys torment animals, including a dog, rooster and cat, before onlookers.

The First Stage of Cruelty

Dent, ca. 1800

Hand-colored print of a skeleton Death reaching toward an elderly man reading in bed in a cluttered room.

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (from The English Dance of Death, vol. I, plate 2)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1816