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Etching of a village of thatched cottages and a windmill beside cultivated fields, with two figures walking on a road.

Fields and a Road, plate 24 after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rusti…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a thatched farmyard with cottages, trees, a wooden gate and chickens on a dirt path.

A Farmyard, plate five after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rusticarum…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a village street with a swan-signed farmhouse, thatched barns, trees, and figures on a dirt road.

The Swann's Inn, plate six after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rustic…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Engraved allegory with winged figures, armored warriors, a medallion bust and a fallen figure beneath classical columns, 1737

La Lorraine reunie a la France (Lorraine Reunited with France)

Charles-Nicolas Cochin, 1737

Engraved rococo interior with a seated woman and a kneeling man beside a draped curtain, garlands, and mirrors.

Le danger du tête-à-tête (The Danger of the Private Conversation)

Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet, c. 1775

Engraved oval portrait of a young woman with upswept hair and lace trim, in an ornate border with dolphin motifs and inscript

Monseigneur le Dauphin de France (Portrait of Louis, the Dauphin of France)

Jean Daullé, 1730/33

Etching of caricatured figures with exaggerated faces mocking a seated woman against a dark background.

He who does not like thee will defame thee in jest, plate 17 from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a crowd of robed figures beneath a sweeping cloth canopy, with a fallen figure at left.

Without commending himself either to God or the devil, plate 15 from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a dark scene with a bowed figure covering his face while a cloaked man gestures and others crowd behind.

Wounds Heal Quicker than Hasty Words, plate 16 from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of carnival revelers in pointed hats and cloaks dancing before a crowd, with a tall figure on stilts at right.

Rejoice, Carnival, for Tomorrow Thou wilt Be Ashes, plate 14 from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of women in shawls gathered at a doorway, one gesturing toward a pale ghostly figure at the left.

Poor Folly, plate eleven from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a man strapped beneath bat-like wings flying in a dark sky, with other winged figures and a parachute nearby.

A Way of Flying, from Disparates, published as plate 13 in Los Proverbios (Proverbs)

Francisco Goya, 1815-17, published 1864

Etching of robed figures in a dark landscape, one reaching toward a kneeling figure while another lies on the ground.

God creates them and they join up together, plate 18 from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Dark etching of a crowd with a seated woman holding a bundle and a man carrying bundles, by Goya, plate nine of The Proverbs.

General Folly, plate nine from The Proverbs

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of hooded figures in pale robes standing and bending in a row against a dark background.

There is Something Beneath the Sackcloth, i.e. you can't judge a man by his clothes, plate eight from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a half-nude man pointing while a crowd of grotesque, agitated figures surrounds him against a dark background.

Disorderly Folly, plate seven from The Proverbs

Francisco Goya, 1815/24, published 1864

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a mess tin, with dense crosshatched shading behind him.

Old Man with Mess Tin

Charles Émile Jacque, 1844

Etching of a herd of cattle and a dog approaching a pond on a grassy bank under a cloudy sky.

Cows Drinking

Charles Émile Jacque, 1866

Grey-green drawing of Saint Catherine bound before a column while two executioners in draped robes stand beside her.

Flagellation of Saint Catherine

Bernardino Lanino, 1550/55

Study for a painted frieze with a sailboat landscape, trees, a seated woman in red, and eagles with blue ribbons.

Study for a Painted Frieze

Flaminio Allegrini, 1625/27

Pen and wash drawing of Diana of Ephesus on a pedestal surrounded by lion, stag, eagle and dog, with two figures.

Diana of Ephesus as Allegory of Nature

Joseph Werner, c. 1680

Winged Cupid, blindfolded, draws a bow while draped women and a kneeling figure surround him in a gilded grassy landscape.

Cupid's Hunting Fields

Edward Burne-Jones, 1885

Charcoal drawing of a seated boy in a dark jacket reading an open book, looking upward beside a framed picture on the wall.

Boy Reading

François Bonvin, c. 1861

Engraving of a blindfolded winged Cupid riding a centaur, with a horned figure blowing a trumpet and lions below.

Cupid with Bandaged Eyes

Léon Davent, 1540/45

Etching of a wooded river landscape with a seated woman, child and standing man in the lower right foreground.

Woman, Her Child, and a Standing Man in a Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1643

Etching of Abraham restraining Isaac on a fire altar as an angel and a bearded God appear in radiant clouds above.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Pietro Testa, 1640/ 42

Sepia print of a two-arched stone bridge over a river, flanked by large trees, a winding road, and travelers in the foregroun

Overton Bridge Over the River Dee, on the confines of Denbigh and Flintshire, plate one from Twelve Views in North Wales

Paul Sandby, 1776

Sepia engraving of a river valley with a stone bridge, grazing sheep, tall trees and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Wynnstay, Seat of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Bart, from a Cottage above the New Bridge over the River Dee, Denbigh Shir…

Paul Sandby, 1776

Sepia print of a valley with an abbey ruin, a hilltop castle, trees, cattle and figures in the foreground.

The Abbey of Llan Egnerst or Vale Crucis, and Castle Dinas Bran, plate five from Twelve Views in North Wales

Paul Sandby, 1776

Sepia print of an iron forge with a water wheel, waterfall, smoking chimney and hills in Merioneth, Wales.

The Iron Forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth in Merioneth Shire, plate six from Twelve Views in North Wales

Paul Sandby, 1776