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Eight etched cartoon panels in a grid, some upside down, showing a shop, a carriage, a dinner party, and a crowded meeting ro

The Shop and the Shay from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

George Cruikshank, 1842, printed c. 1880

Engraving of a crowd of men around a fallen body by a gravestone at night, with a woman holding a lantern at a fence.

Cruelty in Perfection

John Bell, 1750

Pen-and-ink etching of a crowded shop with barrels and a scale, captioned Libra, Striking the Balance, from a four-panel zodi

Libra - Striking the Balance from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

George Cruikshank, 1846, printed c. 1880

Etching of a crowd of women below a bankrupt stock sign, with bonnets flying from windows, part of a four-panel sheet.

Alarming Sacrifice from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

George Cruikshank, 1851, printed c. 1880

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a man carrying a folded cloth, in a yellow interior.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV and his attendant, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Engraved architectural design with seated armored figure, unicorn, scrolls and urns, from Dietterlin's Architectura.

Fantastic Architecture, plate 36 (later 44, and 125) from Architectura

Wendel Dietterlin, c. 1596

Black and white print of a circular interlaced knot pattern with four knotted corner ornaments and scrolls.

The Sixth Knot

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1507

Engraving of a burning city with smoke, rocky cliffs, and figures feasting in a cave, framed by a decorative floral border.

Lot and His Daughters, from Landscapes with Old and New Testament Scenes and Hunting Scenes

Adriaen Collaert, 1584

Engraving of Venus and Mercury embracing on a couch, with cupids, doves, and a Latin inscription below.

Venus and Mercury

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1600

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono standing before green foliage, with calligraphy in the margins.

Two Princesses of the River (Kohi nijo), from the series "A Set of Ten Famous Numbers for the Katsushika Circle (Kats…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1828

Monochrome drawing of a sailboat on a marsh with haystacks, a flock of birds overhead, and distant spires.

Sailboat and Haystacks on Newbury Marsh

American School, n.d.

Printed page in dense black gothic blackletter listing the imperial titles of Emperor Maximilian, on aged cream paper.

Titles of Emperor Maximilian, from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

written by Benedictus Chelidonius, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Circular etched print of many small fable vignettes with animals, figures, trees and buildings arranged in a dense mosaic.

Mosaic of Le Fontaine's Fables

Jean Philippe Guy Le Gentil, 1789

Etching of the Virgin with a distaff and an angel in a draped interior, a sleeping child and basket in the foreground.

The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel

Jacques Bellange, c. 1615

Etching of the Grand Canal in Venice with palazzo facades, gondolas on the water and a gondolier in the foreground.

Grand Canal, Venice

Frank Duveneck, 1883

Engraving of women in draped robes beneath a curtain, with Latin text below, from Jan Saenredam's The Punishment of Niobe.

The Punishment of Niobe (Plate 1)

Jan Saenredam, 1594

Engraving of an elderly bearded man leaning on an ornate table with ram-head legs beside an hourglass, under a banner reading

Anchora Inparo

Attributed to Girolamo Faccioli, 1538

Woodblock print of moored sailing boats and a rowboat on a night harbor, with pink lantern flames and stars in the sky.

Fishing Boats at Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima gyoshu), from the series "Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1862

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a lace ruff and sash within an arched frame with Latin inscription.

Frederick V

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1590/1600

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in lace collar and armor, with Latin inscriptions around the frame.

Johannes Bernhardt Fünfkircher, Baron of Stanaprun

Aegidius Sadeler, 1603

Engraving of a young man on horseback bidding farewell to townspeople beside a tree, with a dog and a page boy below.

The Son Saying Farewell, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1600

Engraving of a winter village scene with people butchering a pig by a fire, framed by an ornate decorative border.

December, from The Twelve Months

Pieter van der Borcht, c. 1574

Engraved title page with a bearded figure on an eagle, a zodiac disc, coat of arms, ship hulls, oars and weapons.

Title Page, from The Seven Planets

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Engraving of Jupiter on a cloud-borne chariot with an eagle and thunderbolts, above a panoramic city and harbor.

Jupiter, from The Seven Planets

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Engraving of Cleopatra on a curtained bed, holding a coiled asp to her chest, with a crown beside her.

Cleopatra

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1590-95

Engraving of Mars in a chariot pulled by horses above clouds, with a battle and walled city scene below.

Mars, from The Seven Planets

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Etching of four men playing cards around a table in a tavern, one raising a glass, with a barrel at left.

The Game of Cards

Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, c. 1634-35

Oval print of the sea goddess Tethys, nude, riding a sea monster with dolphins and billowing cloth behind her.

Tethys, from The Deities

Hendrick Goltzius, 1588/90

Engraving of mythological figures in a crowd reacting to a tragedy, with a kneeling woman in the foreground and Latin verses

The Punishment of Niobe (Plate 7)

Jan Saenredam, 1594

Etching of a large tree, an angel and seated figures in the foreground, with a village and hills beyond.

Plate 3, from Landscapes with Scenes from the Old and New Testament and Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Engraving of a putto blowing soap bubbles while seated on a skull, framed by flowers, horn-blowing putti, and a Latin inscrip

Allegory of Transience (Quis Evadet?)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600

Etching of travellers with laden donkeys on a path below a hilltop castle, waterfall and rocky cliffs.

Travellers and Donkeys by a Stream, plate 1 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40