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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving of an ornate triumphal float drawn by oxen, with a domed shrine, unicorn rider, and eagle, under a banner.

A parade float in Reggio, Italy: "Carro trionfale della Confraternità del S.to Sacrame.to di S. Stefano" (The Triumph…

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Engraved design plate of an ornate hourglass in a classical niche with fluted columns and a mask-topped pediment.

Design For a Clock, pl. XIX from "Recueil d'Ouvrages Curieux de Mathematique et de Mecanique, ou Description du Cabinet"

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Oval engraved portrait of bearded Henri Martin in a dark coat and bow tie, with book caption below.

Portrait of Henri Martin

Ferdinand Delannoy, 1880

Engraved allegory with a bearded man in a ruff beside a skeleton, a winged death figure, and a woman in an oval portrait.

Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller

Flemish Aegidius Sadeler II, 1600

Hand-colored print of a bearded man grimacing in a reedy marsh while helmeted soldiers climb a dune above him.

Marius a Minturnes, plate 21 from the HIstoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Engraved page of three vertical rococo ornamental panels with figures, scrollwork, a dragon and cherubs.

Page Four from "Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans où Pilastres Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et G…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of a standing woman in classical dress within an ornate rococo floral frame, with an obelisk and building behind he

Flavia Domitilla, Wife of the Emperor Vespasian, in escutcheon

Étienne Charpentier, 1750

Oval engraved portrait of King James II in a curled periwig, lace cravat and armor, with Latin inscription below.

King James II of England (after Kneller)

Isaac Beckett, 1690

Etching of a shaded urban street with brick buildings, pointed towers, a large tree on the left and walking figures.

Fig Tree House, Lincoln's Inn

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of a woman in a lace-trimmed tiered gown and tall headpiece holding a fan on a terrace with an urn.

Mme la Marquise de Belfons

Pieter Schenk, 1710

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor leaping through a torn wall with a raised sword, with bamboo in the foreground.

Matsumoto Koshiro leaping through a wall

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Etched oval portrait of a smiling old man in a plumed turban and fur-trimmed coat, with a white collar and brooch.

Portrait of an Old Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat amid smoke, rigging and cannon during a naval battle, with a decorative border.

John Paul Jones in Battle

Carl Guttenberg, 1770

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral dome rising above rooftops, with a stone stair landing and small boats on the river below.

St. Paul's over Temple Stairs

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a tall shot tower behind riverside warehouses, moored boats on mudflats, and small figures walking at low tide.

The Shot Tower

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of families and children strolling and playing under shade trees in a city park with iron fencing and townhouses.

The Boston Common

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etched title page with a winged head, a figure holding a lightning bolt, zigzag flashes, and handwritten inscriptions.

Title page for "Douze eaux-fortes"

François-Nicolas Chifflart, 1860

Engraved ornamental panel with an eagle, winged figures holding garlands, a central oval cartouche and seated women below.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by an Eagle and the Motto NATOS ET NOSTRA TUEMUR, plate 7 from the Livre de Diverses Grot…

Michel Dorigny, 1650

Black-and-white portrait print of a man in a wide hat and ornate collar, flanked by columns, griffins, and an eagle crest.

Portrait of Maximilian I

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Etched portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat holding a palette, inscribed William Hogarth.

Self Portrait of William Hogarth

Samuel Ireland, 1780

Engraving of Roman soldiers confronting a seated woman in a columned interior with attendants and a wolf statue.

The Accusation of Lucretia

Pietro Fontana, 1800

Etching of Christ with cross consoling weeping women, a kneeling woman holding a child, and a crowd under an arch.

Via crucis - Station VIII, He Consoles the Weeping Women

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of the Apollo Pythius statue, a nude standing figure with a draped cloak and serpent, with a seated observer at low

Apollo Belvedere (Apollo Pythius)

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Etching of satyrs, a nymph and a goat in a rustic landscape, with an owl perched on a pole at right.

The Happy Satyr with His Family, plate 10 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved design for a decorative door with flanking female figures, garlands, putti and a central ornamental medallion.

Design for Door, from "Placarts Ou Ornemens"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraving of a laureled Roman emperor on a rearing horse in a rococo frame, with a camp and town behind.

The Roman Emperor Vitellius (69), in escutcheon

Étienne Charpentier, 1750

Engraving of peasants brawling with swords beside a fence and vine, with a German inscription banner across the top.

Peasant's Brawl

Sebald Beham, 1540

Mezzotint portrait of a bearded clergyman in a dark cap and robes within an oval frame, labeled Hugo Latimerus.

Portrait of Hugo Latimer

Richard Houston, 1740

Etching of a medieval gatehouse with two round conical towers, streaming banners, a bird overhead, and a hatched radiating sk

Ancienne Porte du Palais de Justice

Charles Meryon, 1850

Etching of an empty ferry terminal shed looking over a river toward a city skyline with a steamboat and smoke.

The Deserted Ferry

Joseph Pennell, 1920