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Hand-colored caricature of an old woman holding a brass microscope while a boy watches beside a table with a bowl.

Spooner's Transformations, No. 2, The Microscope

England William Spooner, 1830

Printed cut-out sheet of a menagerie with animal panels for tiger, lion, rhinoceros, elephant and jaguar, in green and pink.

Cut-out Construction: Ménagerie

Epinal, 1900

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, birds, potted plants and scrollwork framing German and French title text.

Title-page from Neüe Inventiones von Chinesischen Zierrathen, zu untershiedlichem Gebrauch, Erster Theil

Bellay, 1730

Vertical decorative wall design with classical statues, fruit garland on blue, grotesques, putti and scrollwork panels.

Wall Deocration, Plate II from Raphael's Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1720

Tall painted drawing of ornamental wall pilasters with scrollwork, medallions, fruit garlands on blue, and marble panels.

Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Hand-coloured engraving of two allegorical figures among palms, a hammock, a crocodile, and a ship, titled America.

America

Giovanni Volpato, 1800

Vertical wall decoration with classical figures, grotesque motifs, coffered panels and a blue column of fruit garlands.

Wall Decoration, Plate XIII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Hand-colored engraving of robed figures, palm trees, a camel rider and an incense burner under pink clouds.

Asia

Giovanni Volpato, 1800

Tall decorative wall panel design with grotesque motifs, cherubs, fruit garlands, medallions, and vine ornament on colored gr

Wall Panel Decoration with Grotesque Motifs

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1700

Hand-colored print of an ornamental wall decoration with scrolls, medallions, fruit garlands, and marble-effect panels.

Wall Decoration, Plate from "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano" (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1700

Tall decorative wall design with putti, classical medallions, scrollwork, and a blue panel of hanging fruit garlands.

Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican [Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, plate IV]

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Engraving of a seated woman and a standing man beside a dog under a tree, with a river landscape and boat in the background.

Daphne Encountered by Apollo

Giovanni Volpato, 1800

Hand-coloured design of a tall wall with grotesque ornament, classical figures, putti and a blue panel with fruit garlands.

Plate I from Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Hand-colored print of an ornate classical wall panel with putti, statues in niches, fruit garlands and a marble inset.

Wall Decoration, Plate XII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Red-toned print of a woman in a turban holding sheet music, resting her hand on a violin on a table.

Music

Robert Samuel Marcuard, 1770

Painted frieze study of allegorical figures on a stone bench, with a seated woman holding a tablet, children, and heraldic ea

The Statute Law, Study for Right Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Study of man

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Painting of a girl in a pale dress shelling peas on a wooden porch lined with potted flowers and climbing vines.

Girl Shelling Peas

Winslow Homer, 1880

Two girls in sunbonnets in a field under a cloudy sky, one seated knitting and one standing in a yellow dress.

Two Girls with Sunbonnets In a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil painting of children near tall haystacks, a fence, two horses and chickens in a farmyard under a cloudy sky.

Haystacks and Children

Winslow Homer, 1870

Two children rest on a grassy hill beside a tree while sheep graze under a cloudy teal sky.

Boy and Girl in a Field with Sheep

Winslow Homer, 1870

Woman in red dress and white bonnet picking beans from a vine in a garden with tall corn stalks.

The Bean Picker

Winslow Homer, 1870

Painting of a farmyard with a gray barn, a wooden cart, ducks and chickens on grass, and trees under a blue sky.

Farmyard with Ducks and Chickens

Winslow Homer, 1870

Horizontal frieze study with seated allegorical figures, a central scroll reading Law Reigns, and wreath medallions on turquo

Law Reigns, Study for Central Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Painting of a barefoot boy in a dark hat leaning on a wooden fence beside a red wall and leafy vines.

A Country Lad

Winslow Homer, 1870

Portrait of George Campbell Cooper

John White Alexander, 1900

Painting of a man with a scythe on his shoulder standing in an open field at dusk, with trees and distant riders.

Man with a Scythe

Winslow Homer, 1860

Young woman in a blue dress seated on a garden bench with a fan, watching a butterfly in dappled sunlight.

The Butterfly

Winslow Homer, 1870

Painting of a bearded man with a knapsack and walking stick standing in an autumn field with trees on a hill.

Man with a Knapsack

Winslow Homer, 1870

Two fishermen in blue stand on rocks at sunset, casting lines into a calm cove beneath a wooded hill.

Lobster Cove, Manchester, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer, 1860