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Etching of a single hand with curled fingers resting on a surface, with a Latin inscription and the date 1865 below.

Hands Folded

Francis Seymour Haden, 1865

Lithograph of an elderly gentleman raising a finger to his lips, with two companions behind him, signed Celestin Nanteuil.

A Gentleman and Two Companions

Célestin François Nanteuil, n.d.

Etching of a crowded Fleet Street with a Gothic church tower, carriages and pedestrians between stone buildings.

St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a stag with antlers in misty dawn light, with a pale sun or moon and dark rocks in the foreground.

An Early Riser

Francis Seymour Haden, 1897

Ink drawing of a lioness attacking a sprawled man, with a dropped sandal and loose hatched shading.

Lioness Tearing at the Chest of an Arab

Eugène Delacroix, 1849

Etching of Lindsay Row, Chelsea, showing riverside houses, an embankment with walkers, and a small boat by a mooring post.

Lindsay Row, Chelsea

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a rolling landscape with dark tree clusters, reeds in a pool, and hatched sky.

Windmill Hill, No. I

Francis Seymour Haden, 1877

Woodblock print of a torii gate and shrine buildings at Nikko in heavy rain, with pine trees framing the courtyard.

Futarasan Shrine at Nikko (Nikko Futarasan jinja)

Tsuchiya Kōitsu, c. 1930s

Etching of pedestrians with umbrellas on a rainy night street, lit shop fronts, a carriage, and a bare tree at right.

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a weary bearded elderly man in a hat seated on a slope with a walking stick and sack, horse and fence behind.

The Exhausted Ragpicker

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono and striped robe holding a fan beside a bamboo fence.

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Katsura Kokingo Haruhisa

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Etching of Windsor Castle's towers rising above dark trees and a river, with hatched clouds in the sky.

Royal Windsor

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a standing violinist in a feathered hat beside a seated woman and child, with a tree and river landscape behind.

Standing Violinist, from Diverse Figures from the Countryside

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal in fur-trimmed robes, with a coat of arms on a pedestal below.

Portrait of Cardinal Fleury

the elder François Chereau, 1726

Etching of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London, with pedestrians, carriages and reflections on wet pavement.

Nelson Monument, Trafalgar Square, London

Joseph Pennell, 1887

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary holds the Christ Child while Joseph sits beside her, with a winged child at lower left.

The Holy Family

Orazio de Santis, 1568

Hand-colored print of a fishwoman offering mackerel to two women at a doorway, with a fish basket on the steps.

New Mack'rel, New Mackrel, Plate 5 from The Cries of London

After Francis Wheatley, 1795

Etching of the British Museum's tall columned facade with small pedestrians on the street and a cloudy sky above.

The British Museum

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a woman in a long dress carrying a tea tray with a teapot, beside a pug dog on a patterned carpet.

Breakfast

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1895

Colored print of a woman carrying a basket of strawberries on her head past a horse, carriage, and city buildings.

Strawberries, Scarlet Strawberries, Plate 9 from The Cries of London

After Francis Wheatley, 1799

Etching of the Alcazar fortress in Toledo above a stone arched bridge and river, with reflections in the water.

The Alcazar, Toledo

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec, from the first album of L'Estampe originale

Charles Maurin, 1893

Etching of a woman in a headscarf tossing hay with a pitchfork, with two other workers and village rooftops in the distance.

Women Tossing the Hay

Camille Pissarro, 1890, printed 1906

Etching of a busy city street with an elevated railway, tram tracks, pedestrians and tall buildings under smoky skies.

Forty-Second Street

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a seated woman holding a fan, with lace collar, dark dress, curtains and stacked books behind her.

The Crown-Princess Margaret of Sweden

Anders Zorn, 1914

Brown etching of a seated woman reading a book beside a standing woman with a cane in a gallery with sculptures.

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

Edgar Degas, 1879-80

Etching of St Paul's Cathedral dome and columned west front seen down a narrow London street between tall buildings.

Saint Paul's, Fleet Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1905

The Lamp

Mary Cassatt, 1890-91

Etching of a nude woman with raised arms holding grape leaves, surrounded by winged putti and trailing vine tendrils.

The Grapeleaf

Félicien Rops, 1895

Etching of a Gothic archway with a stone staircase and small figures climbing toward the lit entrance of Henry VII's Chapel.

Entrance to Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster

Joseph Pennell, 1905