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24,198 works

Etching of a bound man on a table beneath a swinging crescent blade, with rats on the floor below.

The Pit and the Pendulum, second Plate

Alphonse Legros, 1861

Hand-colored print of boats and crowds celebrating on a river, with a castle on a hill above the water under cloudy skies.

Celebration of the Fourth of June at Eton

C. O. Lewis, 1837

Etching of Langham Place Chapel in London, showing a tall spire, columned portico, city buildings and pedestrians on the stre

Langham Place Chapel

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Hand-colored print of a yellow coach with grey horses leaving the Star Hotel in Oxford, with passengers and onlookers.

The Blenheim, Leaving the Star Hotel, Oxford

William Havell, 1831

Hand-colored print of a mail coach pulled by two horses wading through floodwater past a stone bridge and trees.

The Mail Coach in a Flood

Rosenbourg, 1827

Etching of Greenwich Park with figures on a lawn, domed buildings, river ships and factory chimneys beyond.

Greenwich Park, No. 2

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Hand-colored street view of the Banqueting House, Whitehall, with coaches, riders and pedestrians on a cobbled road.

The Banqueting House, Whitehall

Richard Holmes Laurie, 1815

Hand-colored print of Richmond Park entrance with a large tree, brick houses, gates, strollers and a man walking dogs.

Richmond Park Entrance

Thomas Sutherland, 1819

Etching of Ludgate Hill showing a stone bridge arch, spires and domed towers, with pedestrians and a carriage below.

Ludgate Hill

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Dark monochrome print of a muscular nude man reaching toward a winged radiant figure with rays of light.

The Creation of Adam

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/50

Hand-colored 1819 print of a stone arched bridge over a river, with a boat, cattle, swans and villas on a wooded hill.

View of Richmond from the Bridge

Thomas Sutherland, 1819

Etching of the tall tiered tower and spire of Saint Mary-le-Strand church with surrounding London buildings and street.

Church of Saint Mary-le-Strand

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures at tables around a central fire, with a climbing figure at right, in a stage-like setti

Harlequin Espirit Follet: The Comedian's Repast

Claude Gillot, c. 1700-1715

Pen and brown ink drawing of women and a man in a top hat walking a city boulevard past shopfronts, with a small dog.

Workers' Daughters on the Outer Boulevard (Illustration for Émile Zola's "L'Assommoir")

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1877/78

Etching of Rossetti's House in Chelsea, showing a townhouse behind an ornate iron gate with trees along the street.

Rossetti's House

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Pencil and white-heightened drawing of three nude figures: a youth with a sword, a reclining figure on a chair, and a woman b

Hermione Rejecting Orestes

Anne-Louis Girodet, c. 1799

Watercolor of a ceremonial procession with troops, crowds, and a golden catafalque passing a neoclassical building with colum

The Translation of the Ashes of Napoleon: 15 December, 1840

Eugène Lami, c. 1842

Etching of Cheyne Walk in Chelsea with townhouses, a street lamp, trees, pedestrians, and a horse-drawn carriage.

Cheyne Walk, Chelsea

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Pen and watercolor study of a churchman with a crozier beside hanging bells under a draped canopy, with a crowd around.

Study

Constantin Guys, 1856

Etching of a Spanish church interior with an organist, robed clergy in procession, and kneeling worshippers.

Procession in a Spanish Church

Alphonse Legros, c. 1861

Etching of an ornate hotel entrance with an arched doorway, corner towers, and pedestrians crowding the street below.

Entrance to the Savoy Hotel

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Engraving of five nude male figures interlocked in a pyramid arrangement against a plain background with a hatched floor.

Pyramid of Five Men

Juste de Juste, c. 1543

Etching of women in shawls and bonnets carrying candles in a dim crypt, with a small child at the center.

Procession in the Crypt of St. Medard

Alphonse Legros, 1859

Etching of a crowded old street with timber-framed and Gothic buildings, an archway, pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage.

The Gate of the Temple

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of a river with a small rowboat, framed by trees on both banks under a pale sky.

River Scene with Rowers

Henri-Emile Lessore, 1878

Etching of a tree-lined avenue leading to a stone convent under a cloudy sky, with small figures on the path.

The Convent, Avenue of the Observatory

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1870

Etching of a London street with a stone archway, shop signs, a walking figure, and brick buildings with chimneys.

Saint Bartholomew's Gate

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of a river scene with a small boat, tall poplar trees, dense riverbank foliage, and a distant town under a pale sky.

River Scene with Boat (Large plate)

Henri-Emile Lessore, 1879

Etching of a misty riverbank with tall poplars, a small figure and dog in shallow water, and a glowing dawn horizon.

Autumn Morning

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1875

Etching of the Horse Guards building in London with a domed clock tower, arched entrances, pedestrians and a horse and carria

The Horse Guards

Joseph Pennell, 1907