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Hand-colored engraving of a family in a sitting room as a boy prepares to leave for school, with a trunk and books.

Black Monday, or the Departure for School

John Jones, published December 1, 1790

Hand-colored print of a country alehouse interior with a fireplace, hunters, a hare, dogs and villagers.

Inside of a Country Alehouse

William Ward, published March 1, 1797

Self-Portrait

Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1891

Etching of a satyr holding an infant beside a nude woman and child inside a stone frame, surrounded by corn stalks and foliag

Satyr's Family from Bacchanales, or Satyr's Games

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Engraving of haloed Christ carrying a cross, flanked by two helmeted soldiers against rolling hills and a tree.

Christ Bearing the Cross

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Etching of a busy market square with a turbaned official under a parasol, grain sacks, camels, sheep and a tall column.

Joseph Distributing Grain to Egypt

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1644

Pen and ink print of a nymph seated between two kneeling satyrs in a leafy woodland clearing.

Nymph Sitting on the Hands of Two Satyrs from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Engraving of a man with a sword and a woman in a tall headdress, standing before curling ribbon scrolls.

The Ill-Assorted Couple

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1495

Etching of a nymph riding a satyr's back inside an oval medallion, surrounded by leafy woodland, by Fragonard.

Nymph Riding on a Satyr's Back, from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Engraving of a standing man in a feathered hat and a seated woman in a white headdress beside a canopied bed.

A Man and Woman Seated on a Bed

Israhel van Meckenem, 1495-1503

Engraving of two figures in long cloaks, a woman with a rosary and a man with a staff, under curling scrolls and a small anim

The Churchgoers

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1495

Engraving of an organ player at his keyboard, a woman with plates beside him, a dog on a tiled floor, and a bed through a doo

The Organ Player and His Wife

Israhel van Meckenem, 1495-1503

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair, mustache, white collar, dark cloak, sash and star-shaped order badge.

Le Chancelier Le Tellier

Robert Nanteuil, 1653

Engraving of Christ washing an apostle's feet in an arched interior, with onlookers and a banquet scene behind.

Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Etching of a man in period costume with a plumed hat and ruff, leaning on a pillar and holding a sword.

Signor Annibale

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, c. 1860

Punchinello

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, c. 1850

Etching of a man in a hat walking away along a path lined with tall trees, with light on puddles.

Wooded Walk with Figure

Giovanni Fattori, n.d.

Etching of a shadowed country lane between stone walls, with a puppy lying on cobblestones beneath trees.

Small Street on the Outskirts of Florence with Puppy

Giovanni Fattori, 1870-75

Etching of a dirt road entering a Paris suburb, with a stone wall, smoking chimneys, a cart and figures in a field.

Entrance to the Suburb of Saint-Marceau, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1850

Etching of the Grand Châtelet in Paris with towers and a busy market street with stalls and people.

The Grand Châtelet, Paris, c. 1780, after an earlier drawing

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etching of thatched huts, a raised wooden shelter, a fence, figures and dogs in front of wooded hills.

Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

Charles Meryon, 1865

Pen drawing of two ships in rough seas near rocks, with a ruined island above and French captions reading Le naufrage.

Shipwreck

Charles Meryon, 1839

Hand-colored print of a kneeling man offering a locket beside a reclining woman on a shore, with a wrecked ship in a stormy s

Finding Virginie's Body, plate 5 from Paul et Virginie

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1795-97

Etched oval portrait of a bishop in biretta and cross pendant, with fine hatched shading on dark clerical robes.

Portrait of Pierre Nivelle, Bishop of Luçon

Charles Meryon, 1861-62

Colored engraving of a gentleman embracing a boy beside a thatched hut, with women and a servant under a large tree.

The Arrival of Monsieur de la Bourdonnais, plate 3 from Paul et Virginie

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1795-97

Etching of Notre-Dame's apse and twin towers across the Seine, with a stone bridge, a horse cart and rowboats.

The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1854

Hand-colored print of a man pointing at a kneeling figure beneath trees, with two children and a tropical landscape behind th

The Fugitive Slave, plate 2 from Paul et Virginie

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1795-97

Etching of an arch framing a Paris bridge over the Seine, with rowboats, scaffolding and towers beyond.

An Arch of the Pont Notre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1853

Hand-colored print of kneeling figures praying near a church with bell tower, banana trees, and a dog in a tropical landscape

The Prayer, plate 6 from Paul et Virginie

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1795-97

Hand-colored oval print of a nude Venus reclining on a sea creature among waves, with the title Venus Sur Les Aux below.

Venus Sur Les Aux

Jean François Janinet, n.d.