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24,198 works

Etching of a turreted French château with conical towers, a gateway, a dirt road, figures and trees.

Château de Chaumont, Touraine

Maxime Lalanne, 1869

Engraving of a cloaked man embracing a nude woman at the sea's edge under a crescent moon, with a tower and fire on the cliff

Phrosine and Mélidore

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1797

Mezzotint of a seated woman in lace-trimmed gown holding a cup and saucer as a servant offers a tray beside her.

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse Du Barry, and her servant Zamor

Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier D'Agoty, c. 1771

Lithograph of a swooning woman, a helmeted French warrior with a sword, and a bearded figure Starno in dramatic poses.

Agandecca, French Warrior, Starno, after The Apotheosis of French Heroes Who Died for Their Country during the War fo…

Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, 1821

Lithograph of a woman reading a book in an armchair while a dove perches beside her, with a garden urn behind.

A Reading

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1822

Grey lithograph of bearded warriors, a trumpet player and ghostly faces, with names inscribed along the bottom margin.

Galvina, from Collection of Study Heads

Hyacinth Aubry-Lecomte, 1821

Lithograph of a bearded man with a topknot and raised fist, lit by a radiant burst among clouds, shaded with fine hatching.

Swaran, after The Apotheosis of French Heroes Who Died for Their Country during the War for Liberty

Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, 1821

Engraved oval portrait of an older man in a powdered wig, seated with drafting tools, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Joanni Rodolpho Perronet

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1782

Etching of half-timbered houses and a church bell tower rising above rooftops, with an open foreground.

The Tower of St. Nizier, Troyes

Gustave Leheutre, 1907

Etching of a large stone windmill with a horse and workers, two seated men in the foreground, and distant windmills on hills.

The Chapelles Mill

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1908

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, lace collar, and mustache, above a coat of arms and laurel wreath.

Gillaume de Brisacier

Antoine Masson, 1664

Etching of a Venetian palazzo with arched windows, gondolas on a canal, and their reflections in the water below.

Byzantine Palace, Venice

Joseph Pennell, 1883

Etching of masted ships at a riverside quay with wooden buildings, a walking woman, and a seated man in the corner.

Yacht Tavern, Erith

Francis Seymour Haden, 1865

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache wearing a fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription and coat of

Pompone II de Bellièvre

Robert Nanteuil, 1657

Etching of moored sailing ships and their reflections on calm water, with a city skyline in the distance.

Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia

Joseph Pennell, 1884

Etching of an arched doorway in a stone building framed by dark overhanging trees, with two stone spheres on a shaded path.

Mytton Hall

Francis Seymour Haden, 1859

Engraving of stag-headed Actaeon beside nude women bathing at a fountain in a classical arcade, with a forest and ornate bord

Diana and Actaeon

Jean Mignon, 1544

Etching of moored barges and masted boats on a river, with workers on the quay and a suspension bridge behind.

Chelsea, No. II

Joseph Pennell, 1886

Etching of a winding stream through a meadow lined with trees, with birds in the pale sky above.

A Sunset in Ireland

Francis Seymour Haden, 1863

Etching of a priest giving communion to two kneeling worshippers in a dim church, with an altar server behind the rail.

Communion in the Church of St. Médard

Alphonse Legros, c. 1861

Etching of a rainy night at Charing Cross, with a railway bridge, glowing lamps, steam, and dim figures on the street.

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Station

Joseph Pennell, 1886

Etching of a river bend with dense trees on the right, wooden posts at the water's edge, and a pale sky beyond.

Brentford Ferry

Francis Seymour Haden, 1864

Etching of a seated classical statue inscribed LA RESISTANCE, with soldiers, huts, smoke and a cannon in the foreground.

The Statue of The Resistance by Falguière, plate four of The Siege of Paris, 1870

Félix Bracquemond, 1874

Dark nocturnal print of a cathedral dome and spires silhouetted over a city skyline with lights reflected in water.

St. Paul's

Joseph Pennell, 1894

Etching of two hands working with an etching needle on a plate, with tools in the foreground and Latin inscriptions above.

Hands Etching-O Laborum

Francis Seymour Haden, 1865

Print of the Holy Family in an oval frame with angels, a child with a lamb, and an older man drawing back a curtain.

Holy Family in an Oval Frame

Ludwig Büsinck, 1623

Misty Thames river scene with dark barges, a stone arched bridge at right, and hazy riverside buildings and chimneys.

Mist on the Thames

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a calm river lined with dark trees and cypresses, with a woman in a cloak and a small dog on the towing path at ri

The Towing Path

Francis Seymour Haden, c. 1864

Engraving of an 18th-century ballroom with dancing couples in elaborate dress, chandeliers, and onlookers beneath draped curt

Bal Paré (The Jewel Ball)

Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1774

Etching of London's skyline with church spires and chimneys seen over trees and rooftops beneath a dramatic cloudy sky.

London over Hampstead

Joseph Pennell, 1903