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Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a white ruff and patterned doublet, with an inscription around the frame.

Henri II, Duc de Lorraine

Thomas de Leu, 1599/1604

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a curled periwig, with a coat of arms and military trophies below.

Georg Ludwig, Duke of Braunschweig

Christoph Weigel, n.d.

Etching of a steel mill with many smokestacks billowing smoke, a tall trestle railway bridge in the foreground, and houses on

Edgar Thompson Works, Bessemer

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a jeweled headdress, pleated ruff and pearl necklace, with French inscription below.

La Princesse de Lorreine

Thomas de Leu, 1570/1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored rider on a rearing horse attacking a dragon on the ground.

Saint George and the Dragon

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Etching of a smoky industrial riverside with mills, smokestacks, barges, and a hazy city skyline above.

Pittsburg, No. II

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a mitred saint and two infants beneath a draped canopy.

Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist and Ecclesiastic Saint

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of three half-length figures, two women in headwraps, one leaning over a table.

Three Half-Length Figures

Pieter Jansz, 1622/72

Etching of a smoky city skyline with tall towers, a suspension bridge, steamboats on a river, and industrial wharves in the f

Pittsburgh, No.3

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Pencil drawing of a bearded man with curly hair and a large lace collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Jan Mildert

After Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a youth in a cloak riding a chariot pulled by two dragons over clouds and a town below.

Triptolemus

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Etching of a steel mill with smoking stacks, iron bridges over a river, a steamboat, and railway tracks in the foreground.

On the Way to Bessemer

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Woodblock print of travelers in snow beneath pine trees on a road, with a flat snowy plain and distant hills.

Ejiri: Distant View of Shimizu Harbor in Clear Weather after Snow (Ejiri, Shimizu no minato enbo, yukibare), from the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1841/44

Pen and wash drawing of two runners racing before an enthroned king and queen, with spectators and soldiers along the field.

Atlanta Racing Hippomenes

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Etching of Main Street in Mahanoy City with a large coal breaker on a hill, telegraph poles, wagons and pedestrians.

Main Street, Mahanoy City

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Woodblock print of a man in a straw hat and yellow cloak battling wind and rain beside a pine tree and stormy sea.

Fujiwara no Okikaze, from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1842

Grey wash drawing of a seated weaver at a loom while a helmeted goddess points at her in an interior.

Arachne Being Turned into a Spider by Minerva

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Etching of a coal breaker with wooden trestles, smokestacks, railway tracks and rail cars beside a hillside.

Coal - The Towering Breaker

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Etching of a ragged procession with a wagon, horseback riders, and women and children on foot along a road.

The Bohemians Marching: The Rear Guard, from The Bohemians

Jacques Callot, n.d.

Woodblock print of three women in kimono beside tall inscribed paper lanterns and a large lion mask.

Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geis…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1783

Etching of a coal breaker with a steep inclined conveyor on a hillside under a cloudy sky, by Joseph Pennell, 1908.

Coal - The Great Incline, Breaker, Mahanoy City

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of an elderly bearded man in a beret and white collar, looking toward the viewer.

Study

After Giuseppe Nogari, n.d.

Engraving of a large armed sailing ship with full sails on rough sea, with a distant town and smaller ships on the horizon.

Armed Four-Master Sailing Towards a Port, from The Sailing Vessels

Frans Huys, c. 1560-62, published 1665

Etching of a smoky industrial harbor with smokestacks, sailing ships, a steam train on tracks, and factory buildings along th

Standard Oil, Staten Island

Joseph Pennell, 1909

Woodcut allegory: a woman at a spinning wheel with animals, then a procession of peasant, clergy and soldier under a scroll.

The Michelfeldt Tapestry (Allegory on Social Injustice), first part of three

Attributed to Albrecht Dürer, 1526

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a white turban and ornate patterned coat, with a Latin caption below.

Portrait of Barbarossa

Agostino Veneziano, 1535

Etching of a Chicago lakefront under dark clouds, with converging tracks, factory smokestacks, and a church spire.

The Tracks, Chicago

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Engraving of Saint Jerome writing at a desk in his cell, with a sleeping lion at his feet and an hourglass on the wall.

Saint Jerome in his Cell

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Etching of a forest with tall trees, a horse and rider tending a figure on the ground, and a distant town.

The Good Samaritan

Hanns Lautensack, 1544/66

Etching of Chicago grain elevators beside a river, with a barge, elevated railway track, and smoking chimneys.

The Grain Elevators, Chicago

Joseph Pennell, 1910