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Hand-colored caricature of a poor family at a bare table with small potatoes, a verse above, and a dog at the side.

Irish Poets Grace to Short Allowance!

Isaac Cruikshank, 1805-1810

Hand-colored caricature of two women in ornate bonnets, one washing bare feet in a puddle beside a church steeple.

Ganging to the Kirk

George Moutard Woodward, n.d.

Hand-colored caricature of exaggerated whiskered men in a street scene, one in a bearskin hat, before a shop window.

The Rival Whiskers

Theodore Lane, n.d.

Triptych woodblock print of women gathering shellfish on a rocky shore with woven baskets and fish, by Utamaro.

Abalone Divers

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

Etching of a sleeping man at a desk surrounded by owls, bats and cats, with the caption 'El sueño de la razón produce monstru

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, plate 43 from Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya, 1797/99

Etching of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, with two cherub heads and a radiating halo above.

Madonna and Child on Clouds

Federico Barocci, n.d.

Etching of a standing man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a covered bowl, with dense hatched shading.

The Three Magi: Caspar, King of Tarsus

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Etching of a robed figure in a plumed turban holding a covered gold cup aloft, with fur trim and jeweled buttons.

The Three Magi: Balthasar, King of Sheba

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Etching of a standing man seen from behind, wearing a plumed hat and a long draped cloak.

Melchior, from the Three Magi

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Engraved landscape with dark trees on the right, a small town on the left, distant hills and a striated sky above.

Aurora

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Engraved baroque title page with scrollwork frame, birds, flower urns, a jewelry casket and central German lettering.

Unterschiedliche Neue Inventionen

Johann Andreas Pfeffel, before 1697

Pen and ink study of dancing figures in an interior, surrounded by caricature heads and furniture sketches.

Study for the The Dancing Lesson, part 2: The Minuet

George Cruikshank, c.1835

Etched caricature of a violin-playing dancing master teaching a stout woman in a long dress to dance a minuet.

The Dancing Lesson, Part 2: The Minuet

George Cruikshank, 1835

Etched caricature of a lanky dancing master with violin beside a dancing woman, while two men watch from the right.

The Dancing Lesson, Part 3: L'ete

George Cruikshank, 1825

Etching of a woman in a dark cloak flying above several grimacing figures in a cloudy sky, numbered 61.

They Have Flown, plate 61 from Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya, 1797/99

Etching of two gaunt, plumed pantaloon figures dancing in a field, with onlookers and a rural landscape behind them.

The Two Pantaloons

Jacques Callot, 1616

Etching of women tossing a man in a blanket while a heavy animal-like form lies in the cloth center.

Heavier than a Dead Donkey, plate 1 from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815-17, published 1864

Sepia etching of a crowd in shadow, with a kneeling cloaked woman at center and a reaching figure at left.

The Claws of a Cat and the Dress of a Devotee - similar to Vice is often clothed in Virtue's habit, plate nine from L…

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a shrouded phantom towering over panicked soldiers at night beside a bare tree.

Soldiers Frightened by a Phantom, from Disparates, published as plate 2 in Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1816-19, published 1864

Etching of figures in striped veils gathered on a dark diagonal tree branch against a pale background.

To Go Amongst the Branches, i.e. to talk through one's hat, plate three from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of women in long dresses tossing a man into the air with a blanket, brown ink on cream paper.

Heavier than a dead donkey, plate one from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a man with a staff striding past bowing figures under a dark sky beside a crumbling wall.

It is Amazing - and We were Made by God, plate six from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a grinning giant figure dancing beside a small cloaked woman, with grotesque faces emerging from dark shadows.

Dancing Giant, from Disparates, published as plate 4 in Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1816-19, published 1864

Etching of a winged hybrid creature with animal heads carrying a human rider against a dark background.

Renounce the Friend Who Covers You with His Wings and Bites You with His Beak, plate five from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of a woman thrown from a rearing horse beside a crouching wolf-like creature under a dark sky.

A Woman and a Horse, Let Someone Else Master Them, plate ten from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of distorted figures dancing wildly in ruffled costumes against a dark background, by Goya.

Merry Folly, from Disparates, published as plate 12 in Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1816-19, published 1864

Etching of playful putti and satyrs in a Bacchanal procession, with a reclining figure, grapes, and a classical building.

Bacchanal

Giulio Carpioni, 1633/78

Mezzotint portrait of a young man with curly hair and a white lace collar, titled Prince Rupert, after Rembrandt.

Prince Rupert

Valentine Green, 1775

Lithograph portrait of a woman with ringlet curls and an elaborate floral headdress, wearing a dark off-shoulder dress.

Mlle. Noblet

Pierre Louis Henri Grévedon, 1829/30

Pen and brown ink drawing of two young women standing close, turned toward each other in conversation.

Two Young Women in Conversation

School of Guercino, n.d.