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24,211 works

Pencil drawing of a theater interior with curved tiers of boxes, chandeliers, a proscenium arch, and an audience in the foreg

Study for Sadlers Wells Theater

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Ink and wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, stone columns, and an iron railing across the floor.

Chancel to the Temple Church

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil sketch of the House of Commons chamber with tiered galleries, a chandelier, and rows of seated figures.

Study for House of Commons, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Portrait of Monsieur Nelys in Profile

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man with thinning hair in a dark coat and cravat, shaded in fine crosshatching.

Portrait of Monsieur Morice

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817-20

Profile Portrait of the Printers Brunet and Lasteyrie

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1816

Engraving of a standing woman with a laurel wreath holding a flaming lamp, with long wavy hair and heavy draped robes.

The Third Wise Virgin

Martin Schongauer, 1480-91

Etching of a haloed friar raising his arm as a fallen man lies on the floor beside an axe, with onlookers and an arch behind.

The Miracle of St. Anthony of Padua

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, c. 1759

Lithograph portrait of a curly-haired man leaning on a scroll-backed chair beside a classical urn.

Portrait of Brunet, Printer

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Seated young woman with curled hair and ruffled collar holding an open book, drawn in soft tonal shading.

Seated Young Woman Holding an Open Book

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Lithograph of a curly-haired child peeking around a tall panel, one hand on its edge, shaded against a dark background.

Cupid

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Lithograph of a young woman seated under a tree with a winged cupid embracing her shoulder.

Cupid and a Young Woman

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly couple embracing among mothers with infants, a child with a sheep, a cow, and cherubs in cl

Allegory of Maternal Felicity

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Saint Sebastian

Vincenzo Campi, 1580s

Pen and ink landscape of a towered building, figures in the foreground, and a grazing animal in an open field.

View of Jeurs

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Etching of a domed temple on a hill among tall trees, with figures in the foreground and a bridge over a stream.

Temple of Sibyl in Méréville

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Drawn family group in an interior: figures reading, a nurse holding an infant, and two dogs at a table with books.

Conversation, a Family Drawing and Reading, the Nurse Holding an Infant, a Portrait of Prince Edmond de Beauvau Behin…

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817

Sketched bust portrait of a woman with upswept curled hair and ruffled collar, turning toward the viewer.

Portrait of Madame Giacomelli

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817-20

Engraving of a standing woman with a leaf crown holding a flaming lamp, long gown and veil, fine hatched lines.

The Fourth Wise Virgin

Martin Schongauer, 1480-91

Lithograph of Parisian men in top hats and women walking past a railing, with a cow visible behind a fence on the right.

A Sunday in the botanical gardens, plate 320 from Souvenirs d’artistes

Honoré Daumier, 1862

Lithograph portrait of a young woman with curled hair, lowered eyes, and a ruffled collar, on a cream sheet.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817-20

Lithograph of an allegorical scene with women, a draped curtain, cherubs, and a chain tied to a pedestal.

Love Tormented by Considerations Great and Small

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817-20

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a double-breasted coat and cravat, hands folded on a table, against a plain background

Portrait of Monsieur de Menneval

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817-20

Lithograph of a man in a fur-collared coat dipping a quill at a desk, with bookshelves and lion-head carvings behind him.

Portrait of Volney Dipping his Pen

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817-20

Drawing of a standing man instructing a seated woman at a table in an elegant room with curtains, busts and books.

Denon Instructing a Young Woman Drawing on a Lithographic Stone

Dominique Vivant Denon, c. 1820

Pencil drawing of two bearded male heads, one in front wearing a headband and brooch, one partly hidden behind.

Two Merovingian Heads

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, 1817

Black-and-white lithograph of the town of Mulhouse across fields, with a fence, large tree, figures and distant hills.

View of Mulhouse

Mathieu Mieg, 1810, printed 1814/16

Lithograph of Napoleon on horseback gesturing forward, with soldiers and a flag behind him and cannons in the distance.

Napoleon Accompanied by his Good Men, Returning to France on March 1, 1815

Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, March 20, 1815

Lithograph of a standing bull with white markings on its face, shoulder and legs, set among grass and leafy plants.

The Bull

Gottfried Engelmann, October 1815

Black and white lithograph of willow trees, reeds by a pond, and a church steeple among distant trees.

Landscape with Steeple

Louis Faure, 1817