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Engraving of three children on a roadside with a passing stagecoach and rolling hills, from Appletons' Journal.

On the Road to Lake George

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved circular perpetual calendar with radial tables, a central coat of arms, and the twelve month names around the rim.

Perpetual Calendar

Ortensio Toro, 1590

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of a couple reading a letter, surrounded by cupids and figures from many cultures.

St. Valentine's Day - The Old Story in All Lands

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo sanctuary lamp with candle arms and suspended oil lamps on chains.

Sanctuary Lamp, from "Dis

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Engraved plate of a fringe-making loom in a workshop, with workers at the frame and a labeled technical diagram below.

Passementerie, Mètier à Franges

J.R. Lucotte, 1760

Engraving of St. Gregory's Mass: kneeling clergy before Christ of Sorrows at an altar, with an angel holding Passion instrume

The Mass of St. Gregory

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Monochrome illustration of a snake raising its head above grass toward a frightened rabbit in the foreground.

"Mammy, Mammy!" He Screamed in Mortal Terror

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Engraved Harper's Weekly cover showing two women kneeling in a pew with vignettes of an ox, a mansion, and a sweeping maid.

Tenth Commandment

Winslow Homer, 1870

Etched vertical ornament with a crucified Christ flanked by two mourning figures in a niche, surrounded by dense scrollwork.

Ornament with the Man of Sorrows, Mary and John

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Engraved plate with five ornate rococo wall bracket designs and a central candle sconce with scrolling foliage.

Design for Wall Brackets, Plate 42 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs

Thomas Johnson, 1750

Etching of a standing woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe with a tasseled sash, in a garden setting.

Sultane Reine (The Queen Sultana), plate 29 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Etched standing figure of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a curved sabre, on a tiled floor.

Chef des Indiens (Indian Chief), plate 8 from the series Caravanne du Sultan a la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going t…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Woodcut coat of arms with a wild man leading hounds, a horn-blowing crest, grapevines, and the motto Soli Deo Gloria.

The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and slashed fur-trimmed coat, holding a sword, against a hatched sky.

Portrait of Conrad von der Rosen

Daniel Hopfer, 1500

Two vertical ornamental panels with urns, winged griffins, acanthus scrolls and garlanded pedestals, engraved in fine hatched

Two ornamental panels

Agostino Mitelli, 1650

Engraved plate of an ornate lidded vase with lion-head handles and a reclining lion relief, with a Latin caption below.

Vase (Plate 1 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse leading a pack of running dogs down a hillside, with a second rider behind.

Tannery, with His Dogs, Came Galloping Up the Cañon

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Engraved portrait of Saint Dominic with halo, crucifix, lily and rosary, surrounded by oval scenes from his life.

Saint Dominic

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1630

Boys raiding a sand-swallow colony on a grassy sand cliff, with birds flying around and eggs scattered on the slope.

Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?"

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraved rococo cartouche design with two horses, scrolling foliage, fleur-de-lis and fruit on a pale page.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking War

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Title page with a hand-colored wreath of flowers and leaves framing French handwritten text, numbered No. 1.

Title page, plate 1, in Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, No.1

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved rococo ornament with scrolls, a seated plumed figure, birds and flowers, by Antoine Aveline, 1730.

Ornament Design with Birds and a Figure

Antoine Aveline, 1730

Engraving of Saint Francis and Saint Clara adoring the infant Jesus in a manger, with rays of light and a Latin inscription b

Saint Francis and Saint Clara Adoring the Infant Jesus

Flemish Pieter de Jode the Younger, 1650

Etched vertical ornament panel with a stag head, boar head, crossed arrows and oak branches by Stefano della Bella.

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved plate showing two ornate pendant jewelry designs with armillary spheres, sphinxes, and pear-shaped drops.

Two Pendant Designs

Flemish Hans Collaert the Elder, 1580

Six teardrop-shaped ornamental designs with scrollwork and flowers in blue wash, arranged in two rows on a pale sheet.

Six Designs for Components of a Columbine Cup, from the series Allerley Gebuntznierte Fisirungen

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraved ornament design of a winged sphinx with garlands and rococo scrollwork, with grape clusters, on a bound page.

Sphynx Ornament Design

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Engraved bust portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and dark cap, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Titian

Agostino Carracci, 1580

Engraved ornamental plate with a central female figure with spear inside an arch, surrounded by scrolling grotesque decoratio

Plate 25, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling beside a sleeping lion, holding a crucifix, with a skull at his feet.

Saint Jerome

Agostino Carracci, 1600