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13,165 works

Daumier lithograph of two men on a riverbank, one holding an oar and smoking a pipe, with city buildings and boats behind the

All Right Rigobert, My Old Friend…, plate one from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Daumier lithograph of a dripping man before a seated official at a desk, with a guard at a window and handwritten caption bel

A Man Saved Against his Will, plate seven from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Engraved portrait of an elderly woman in a ruffled bonnet and dark cloak, with French inscription below.

Madame Pierre Lullin-Fatio

Possibly François Jalabert or Jallabert, 1763, after a drawing dated April 1762

Etched title page with a cartouche, putti and clouds above French text announcing the 1748 Caravanne du Sultan masquerade in

Title Page, from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Hand-colored engraving of a waterfall cascading down a rocky Alpine cliff, with two figures on a path and snowy peaks beyond.

Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach, Prise Enhiver (View of Schild-Wald Bach, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes des la Sui…

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1785

Etching of two men in 18th-century court dress, one seated and one standing, in a paneled room with an arched door.

The Duc d’Orléans, and His Son

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1759

Etching of a trumpeter, an attendant and a seated boy beside a large smoking urn, with a French caption below.

Trompettes, Pages, Esclaves, et Vases que l'on portait pour présent à Mahomet, from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a jewelled headdress and fur-trimmed robe holding a curved sword, with ruins behind him.

Aga des Janissaires, plate one from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a plumed Spahi chief with a shield, bow, and curved sabre, standing before a distant walled town.

Chef des Spahis, plate two from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a standing man in a plumed turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a crescent flag, with a landscape behind him.

Porte-Enseigne, plate three from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a tall turban and patterned fur-trimmed robe, holding a sword, with a landscape behind him.

Bacha à trois Queues, plate four from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded grand vizier in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a mace beside a stone balustrade.

Le Grand Vizir, plate five from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a turban and fur-trimmed robe standing in a landscape with buildings and trees.

Bacha d'Égypte, plate six from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe standing before a distant landscape.

Bacha de Caramanie, plate seven from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a standing man in a fur-trimmed robe and feathered turban holding a sword, with a landscape behind him.

Chef des Indiens, plate eight from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded seated man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, with a garden wall and trees behind him.

Prestre de la Loy, plate nine from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a large turban and robe seated on a chair holding a book, with a tiled floor and pillar.

Le Moufti, plate ten from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a large turban and fur-trimmed patterned robe standing before a wooden fence and gate.

Himan de la Grand Mosquèe, plate eleven from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a jeweled turban and fur-trimmed robe, seated by a ledge on a tiled floor.

Emir Bachi, plate twelve from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a plumed, fur-robed guard holding a bow, with arrows on his shoulder and a fortified city behind him.

Garde du Grand Seigneur, plate thirteen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe leaning on a ledge with a staff.

Chef des Huissiers, plate fourteen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a standing man in a fur-trimmed hat and patterned robe holding a curved sabre, labeled Ambassadeur de Lachine.

Ambassadeur de la Chine, plate fifteen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etched print of a standing man in a feathered headdress and fur-trimmed robe, holding a sword and staff.

Ambassadeur du Siam, plate sixteen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and plumed turban holding a staff, standing on a terrace with urns.

Le Grand Seigneur, plate seventeen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a standing man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe with a scimitar, labeled Ambassadeur de Perse.

Ambassadeur de la Perse, plate eighteen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a bearded Mogul ambassador in a plumed turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a jeweled staff, with a building behin

Ambassadeur du Mogol, plate nineteen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a seated man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, with a garden and columned building behind him.

Chef des Eunuques, plate 20 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a seated black eunuch in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, reclining on a patterned rug against a wall.

Eunuque Noir, plate 21 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etched print of a standing white eunuch in a tall headdress and fur-trimmed robe before a garden wall.

Eunuque Blanc, plate 22 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a standing woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed patterned robe, with a distant tower in the landscape.

Sultane Blanche, plate 24 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque

the elder Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748