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13,163 works

Wood engraving of a man in a top hat gesturing in a theater box beside a woman in white, with performers on stage.

Le couplet final, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois

Charles Maurand, 1862, printed 1920

Black-and-white print of a crowd queuing at a theatre box office window beneath a sign listing seat prices.

Box Office

Charles Maurand, 1862, printed 1920

Black and white print of a man holding up a dead rabbit while others in top hat and bonnet look on under chandeliers.

At the Universal Exhibition: The producer of felt hats. Here you can see a live rabbit, which I will dump into the ma…

Charles Maurand, 1867, printed 1920

Black-and-white engraving of people waiting in an omnibus office, with a seated woman with a basket and a man in a top hat.

Un bureau d'attente d'omnibus, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois

Charles Maurand, 1862, printed 1920

Black and white print of a man in a top hat beside a street urinal in heavy rain, with a figure running past under an umbrell

Full!!!

Charles Maurand, 1862, printed 1920

Hokusai woodblock print of Minakuchi station on the Tokaido road, with travelers, porters, a pine tree and a bamboo fence.

Minakuchi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Black and white etching of a violinist singing with open mouth beside a harpist, in front of a building with a flowerpot wind

The Street Singers

Charles Maurand, 1862, printed 1920

Black and white print of a pianist and two singers performing in a dim room, with listeners and candles in the background.

The Chamber Musicians

Charles Maurand, 1862, printed 1920

Black and white print of an auctioneer raising an object above a crowd of top-hatted bidders in an auction room.

The Auction House: The Auctioneer

Charles Maurand, 1863, printed 1920

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded monk's bust in a stone niche flanked by serpents and ivy, with Latin inscriptions.

Bust Portrait of Carmelite Monk in Niche

Johannes Lanoy, n.d.

Engraving of a man presenting a framed painting to seated, top-hatted spectators at an auction.

The Auction House: The Expert

Charles Maurand, 1863, printed 1920

Engraved street scene of three figures in conversation, a top-hatted man, an elderly woman, and a man carrying a framed pictu

The Auction House: The Dealers

Charles Maurand, 1863, printed 1920

Woodcut of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the Virgin in a vaulted room, with a dove of light above her.

The Annunciation, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1503

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a plank bridge over a river, with pine trees, hills, and pink clouds.

Ishibei, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Woodcut of two women embracing before a stone archway, with a mountain landscape, castle and trees behind them.

The Visitation, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1504, published 1511

Etching of the Virgin kneeling over the infant Jesus in a stable, with an elderly man and an angel above.

The Virgin Adoring the Infant Jesus

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1655

Sepia drawing of a young woman in a flowing Regency gown holding flowers, with a billowing scarf and strapped sandals.

Young Woman Bearing Flowers

Attributed to Samuel Lane, 1812

Woodcut of a startled monk grabbed from behind by a skeleton, with an hourglass, column, and clouds.

The Monk

Hans Holbein the Younger, n.d.

Woodcut of a seated physician examining a flask held by a skeleton, with an elderly patient and a dog nearby.

The Physician

Hans Holbein the Younger, n.d.

Woodblock print of travelers with a packhorse by a fence and blossoming tree, with a river and pink clouds behind.

Kusatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Brown wash drawing of a seated queen on a throne with kneeling figures, guards, and a bearded man holding a staff.

Scene from Racine's Athalie

Charles Abraham Chasselat, 1817

Woodblock print of a tea house at Otsu with a serving woman, a seated traveler, and workers by a water trough.

Otsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Woodcut of Christ taking leave of a kneeling woman beside a wooden house, with a distant town and figures in the landscape.

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, from The Small Woodcut Passion

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1508-09

Woodblock print of two courtiers beside a wooden veranda and stone wall, with a pine tree and pink clouds.

Ouchiyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Woodblock print of two attendants with New Year's offerings of lobster and fish beside a lacquer stand and screen, with calli

Two Young Attendants on New Year's Day from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poet…

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

Pen and ink study of the winged head of Mercury above hatched drapery on aged paper.

Mercury

Attributed to Pieter de Jode I, c. 1600

Woodblock print of courtiers in red and green robes with fans beside a carriage, pink clouds and yellow hills behind.

Kyoto, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a cap and fur-trimmed coat, with a coat of arms and castle landscape behind him.

Portrait of Georg Roggenbach

Hanns Lautensack, 1554

Woodcut portrait of a bearded man in a fur-collared robe, with coats of arms in an arched frame, dated 1510.

Elector Frederick III of Saxony, from Speculum intellectuale felicitatis humane

Wolf Traut, 1510

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man seated on the ground, holding a crutch, with a bandaged leg and draped robe.

Seated Old Man with Crutch

Hans Heinrich Meyer, n.d.