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Print of two women embracing under a banana tree at night, with a moon, mountains and a ship in the background.

The Departure, plate 4 from Paul et Virginie

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1795-97

Hand-colored print of two seated figures and a dog under a tree as a man with a basket runs toward them in a rocky landscape.

The Night, plate 1 from Paul et Virginie

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1795

Small etched bookplate with chain border, French verse in the center, and a building at the base.

Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris (small plate)

Charles Meryon, 1854

Etching of a steelworks with tall cranes, a Bessemer converter, smokestacks releasing smoke, and railway tracks in the foregr

Cranes, Bessemer

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Etching framed by a dark stone arch showing the Pont-Neuf and Samaritaine pavilion across the Seine in Paris.

Pont-Neuf and the Samaritaine Seen from Under the First Arch of the Pont-au-Change, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1855

Etching of a Pittsburgh riverfront with a steel bridge, steamboats, smoke plumes, industrial buildings and a dense city skyli

Railway Station, Pittsburgh

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Etching of a medieval court scene with a seated king receiving a kneeling man, surrounded by courtiers and a page.

The Printer Valère Maxime Presented to King Louis XI

Charles Meryon, 1860

Etching of a coal tipple with tiered wooden buildings and chutes on a hillside, with curving railway tracks in front.

Old Million Eyes

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar inside an oval frame decorated with grapevines and crossed tools.

Portrait of René de Laudonnière Sablais (de Burdigale)

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etching of the Albert Hall rotunda in London, partly hidden by trees, with ornate townhouses and pedestrians on the right.

Albert Hall, London

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a building under construction on Fifth Avenue, shrouded in scaffolding, with a crowd and carriages in the street b

Rebuilding Fifth Avenue

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Etching of tall city towers above a curving elevated railway with small pedestrians below under a hatched, cloudy sky.

The Cliffs

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Hand-coloured print of nude Galatea on a shell chariot with nymphs, dolphins and a cupid rowing across the sea.

The Chariot of Galathee

Jean François Janinet, n.d.

Etching of a narrow Paris street with gabled buildings, shop signs, and a crowd of figures near the Halles, dated 1860.

Rue Pirouette aux Halles, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1860

Black and white print of a horse prancing on its hind legs, casting a shadow on rough ground.

Prancing Horse

Louis-Pierre-Marie Courtin, after 1823

Etching of a Paris street leading to the facade and bell tower of St. Etienne du Mont, with figures and scaffolding.

Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Lithograph of two harnessed draft horses beside an arched door with two children and buildings behind them.

Farm Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Etched interior of a Gothic hall with vaulted roofs, statues in wall niches, and a crowd walking on the stone floor.

The Antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1855

Etching of a winged gargoyle gazing over a city of rooftops and a Gothic tower, with birds flying in the sky.

The Vampire

Charles Meryon, 1853

Pastel drawing of a woman embracing a sleepy child who rests against her shoulder, against a blue hatched background.

Sleepy Nicolle

Mary Cassatt, c. 1900

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ballet dancer in a tutu, one arm raised high, on tan paper.

Dancer Turning

Edgar Degas, c. 1876

Pencil drawing of a stone house with a turret and spiral stair on a Paris street, with small figures at the entrance.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Woodblock print of travelers on a wooden bridge, a man holding a fish basket overhead, with rooftops and boats in the backgro

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

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of a herdsman leading oxen along a path under trees, with a glowing moon behind dark hills and clouds.

The Herdsman

Samuel Palmer, n.d.

Engraving of a kneeling woman before a seated ruler under a canopy, with attendants, a guard, and a distant city.

Esther before Ahasuerus

Georg Pencz, n.d.

Etching of a city street with a tall building, a hair cutting saloon sign, an arched passage, and pedestrians in top hats.

The Barber Shop

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Etching of Chelsea Church tower with clock and weathervane, pedestrians and old brick houses along a street.

Chelsea Church Tower

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse on a sandy shore, with a boat on the river and a green wooded bank beyond.

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

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of a rooster on a vase, a ladder, a VIA CRUCIS wall, crossed beams and a crown of thorns before a hill.

Frontispiece to Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1748, published 1749

Etching of the Cumberland Gate arch in Regent's Park with Corinthian columns, a central opening, trees, and a small figure.

Cumberland Gate, Regent's Park

Joseph Pennell, 1905