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Watercolor of a harbor fire with billowing smoke, masted ships, a lighthouse tower, and figures on the shore under a grey sky

Fire in the Port

Louis Gabriel Moreau, 1788

Copper engraving plate showing two women in bonnets and long dresses in an interior with a barrel and basket.

Plate one, from A Harlot's Progress

William Hogarth, 1732, reworked/reissued 1744

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark cape holding a walking stick, set against a shaded landscape.

Alfred de Musset

Paul Gavarni, 1854

Etching of allegorical figures with winged figure and cherubs above, wreaths exchanged below, classical architecture behind.

Plate from, Nella Venuta

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1764

Etching of two sailors in the foreground beside a scaffolded ship under construction, with workers and rigging in a circular

Shipyard with Two Sailors

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Etched frontispiece by Édouard Manet showing a hat, guitar and draped cloth on a table, with the title Eaux-Fortes above.

Hat and Guitar, frontispiece for the edition of fourteen etchings

Édouard Manet, 1874

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 shouting man in a rowboat beside a sleeping companion, with a steamboat approaching across calm water

An Unpleasant Encounter, plate sixteen from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Lithograph of a capsized boat with swimmers in a river, a floating top hat, a bridge, and a city riverbank.

A New Way to Float Down the River of Life, plate three 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

Caricature of three men in a sailboat, one shouting through a speaking trumpet, with a seaside town behind them.

A Boat Maneuver, plate nine from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Three men in a rowing boat on water, one smoking a pipe and one shouting, with a handwritten dialogue caption below the drawi

An Encounter in Open Water, plate eleven 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

Tonal lithograph of tall spreading ash trees over a country road with a cart and figures, dated 1841.

Ash, from The Park and the Forest

James Duffield Harding, 1841

Woodcut of Laocoön and his sons entangled by serpents on a stone base, with a village landscape behind.

Laocoön

Niccolò Boldrini, 1540/45

Lithograph of a glasshouse interior with tall palms, ferns, climbing vines, ornate columns, and a reclining figure on the flo

View of the Palm House on the Peacock-Island

Friedrich Julius Tempeltei, c. 1844

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

Pen and wash drawing of a warship's carved prow, bowsprit and rigging, with a distant harbor tower and another ship beyond.

Study of a Warship's Prow with British Warships and Naples Harbor Beyond

Joseph Vernet, c. 1748

Hand-colored engraving of Schadau castle on Lake Thun with boats, mountains, and figures on the shore.

Vue de Schadau sur le Lac de Thun (View of Scadau, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1785

Hand-coloured hunting print of riders jumping a fence across open countryside, with a horse and rider in the foreground.

Symptoms of a Skurry, plate three from The Leicestershire Hunt

John Dean Paul, published 1825

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