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Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair and a fur-trimmed coat, labeled Marat, on a pale sheet.

Portrait of Jean Paul Marat

Jean Paul Marat, 1800

Anne, Princess of Orange

John Faber the younger, 1730

Etching of a standing youth, a seated bearded magus with a monkey, a horned bull, and a stone sarcophagus under a tree.

Standing Youth and Seated Magus with Monkey on Leash, plate 18 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Woodblock print of a woman with a lit taper and a man crouching over a box on a red tray, with a warrior inset.

Catching a mouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Engraved portrait of Henri of Lorraine in a dark doublet and white lace ruff, from Guizot's History of France.

Portrait of Henri, Duke of Lorraine

William Wellstood, 1840

Portrait of Honoré Daumier

Auguste Boulard the younger, 1880

Etched sheet of sketches with a central bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, surrounded by faces, trees and a small boat.

La planche de Tzigane

Félicien Rops, 1880

Hand-colored etching of a curly-haired woman in a blue dress seated at a table beside a potted flowering plant.

Virginia Modeling

Jerome Myers, 1910

Etching of a city skyline with a Gothic tower above rooftops, with steamships and smoking factories on a harbor below.

The West Street Building from the Singer Building

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and white ruff collar, labeled Lord Paisly, against a stippled backgrou

Portrait of Claude Hamilton, Earl of Paisley

Edward Harding, 1800

Engraved design for an ornate tabernacle with angels, cherubs, garlands and a central religious image, inscribed in a cartouc

Design for Tabernacle, from "Tabernacles"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etching of a brick courtyard with tall old buildings, chimneys, a large tree, and pedestrians in period dress.

Old Court, Lincoln's Inn

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of Christ crowned with thorns beside a large cross, surrounded by a crowd, with Italian caption below.

Via crucis - Station X, Jesus Despoiled

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Pencil sketch of a seated nurse in a white veil at a table with a candlestick and statue beside her.

Red Cross Nurse

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of a shepherd poling a boat with sheep through a flooded marsh lined with bare willows and poplars.

In the Deluged Marsh - The Shepherd (Au marais inonde - Le berger)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Engraved design of a draped funerary monument with allegorical figures, flaming urns, and a reclining figure before an inscri

Catafalque

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1780

Etched page of three Rococo cartouches, one showing a reclining lion between lion heads and two with masks and scrollwork.

page Three from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraved page of three rococo ornamental panels: a crowned mask with spears, a winged horse in a cartouche, and a mask with m

Page Two from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du R…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraved plate showing shoes, boots, shoemaking lasts and pattern pieces labelled with letters, titled Cordonnier.

Cordonnier, pl. II from "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers"

Denis Diderot, 1770

Black-and-white print of the Nativity in a ruined stable, with the Virgin kneeling by the infant, angels above and a star.

The Nativity, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved design of a female figure supporting a candlestand on her head, with draped swags, a landscape panel and a lion.

Design for a candlestand

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Portrait of Mauro Tesi in a medallion, surrounded by architectural elements

Count Cesare Massimiliano Gini, 1780

Engraved plate of a clock dial with Roman numerals on a table beneath a classical niche and pilasters.

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

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Engraved portrait of a seated man with a wig, holding a charter, beside a globe, with ships visible at sea.

Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram (1668-1751)

William Nutter, 1790

Engraved portrait of a seated elderly man in a dark coat and lace cravat, with mechanical drawings nearby.

Portrait of James Watt

William Nicholson

Engraved ornamental panel with a central landscape medallion, winged figures, garlands, censers and putti in relief.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by a Medallion with a Sacrifice, plate 5 from the Livre de Diverses Grotesques Peintes da…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraved print of the Madonna holding the infant Christ with young Saint John beside them in a circular frame.

The Madonna della Sedia

Raphael Morghen, 1800

La Noblesse

Jacques Callot, 1620

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap leaning on a stone balustrade, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Wencelaus Coeberger, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Flemish Lucas Vorsterman, 1630

Etching of a bearded man seated on a bed, hand to his head, surrounded by shadowy grotesque figures in darkness.

A nightmare

François Chifflart, 1850

Engraved print of a standing woman in ornate robes before an obelisk and ruins, framed by rococo scrollwork and flowers.

Octavia Empress to Nero, in escutcheon

Étienne Charpentier, 1750

Lithograph of three decorative friezes with acanthus scrolls, a swan, a heron, putti, a medallion bust and a fruit basket.

Three Friezes and Ornamen

Gottfried Engelmann, 1810

Etching of a rooster on a pedestal, a ladder, a wooden cross with thorns and cloth, and the words VIA CRUCIS on a wall.

Frontispiece of the Via crucis (Stations of the Cross)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Etching of Trinity Church spire at the end of a crowded Wall Street lined with tall stone buildings and pedestrians.

Trinity Church from Wall Street

Vaughan Trowbridge, 1910

Etching of Christ falling under the cross beside Roman soldiers and a crowd, with a classical arch behind, labeled Stazione I

Via crucis - Station III, He Falls Beneath the Cross the First Time

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved plate of a rococo fireplace design with mirror, tapestry panels and hearth plan below.

Plate 4, Decoration de Cheminée pour un grand Apartement

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Colored print of a Antwerp fish market with woven baskets, a Madonna statue on a stone pillar, and women in red skirts.

Fish Market, Antwerp

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

Woodcut of a knight on a rearing horse lancing a dragon, with skulls and bones on the ground.

St. George Killing the Dr

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a barefoot shepherdess holding a spindle beside a tree, with a seated boy and sheep and lambs nearby.

La Bergere Laborieuse

Jean Michel Liotard, 1750

Engraving of Christ's body being lowered from the cross by men on ladders while mourners gather below.

Descent from the Cross

G.L.D, 1590

Engraved page of three vertical rococo ornament designs: a candelabra, a figural pilaster with shield, and a scrolled support

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraved portrait of a young woman in a striped head wrap, looking over her shoulder, with Latin caption and coat of arms bel

Portrait of Beatrice Cenci

Pietro Bettelini, 1800

Engraving of a mounted soldier with helmet and musket on a white horse, a second rider behind him, camp figures in the backgr

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Soldiers

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1720

Lithograph of a ragged man walking with a thin dog on a rope, from Daumier's Histoire Ancienne, plate 7.

Le Retour d'Ulysse, plate 7 from the Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Black and white plate of neoclassical friezes with swans, urns, scrolls, rosettes and fluted columns, labeled Pl. 3.

Frieze and Ornamental Bor

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Colored caricature of a helmeted young warrior with spear facing a bearded older man in a purple robe before classical column

Telemaque Rendu a la Vertu

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Black and white engraving of a cross wrapped in passion flower vines with a crown above and the title Bearing the Cross.

Title page: "Bearing the Cross"

S. A. Grant, 1850

Etching of a nude nymph touching a bearded man holding a sketchbook, with a small child beside him in a forest.

Artist and a nymph, from Twelve Etchings by Chifflart

François Chifflart, 1850

Etching of the ornate Gros Horloge clock tower in Rouen, seen through an archway with a street and spire beyond.

Gros Horloge, Rouen

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a reclining nude woman, a child, and a vine-draped figure before ruins and a cloudy landscape.

...vino pellite curas (Horace's Odes)

Giovanni David, 1770

Etching of Leadenhall Market's ornate arched entrance with crowds of pedestrians and hanging lanterns under a vaulted roof.

Leadenhall Market, II

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, rolling hills, cattle, and two figures near a path in the lower right.

Mercury and Argus in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved portrait of a seated man with a portfolio beside a plaster bust, easel, and painter's palette in a studio.

Portrait of Washington Allston

Johnson Fry, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bishop in a dark cassock and white collar, with a cross pendant and a coat of arms below.

Portrait of Francois de Nesmond

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Navy discharge certificate with engraved ship vignette on rough sea, calligraphic text, and handwritten name William McFaul.

Certificate: Navy Department Discharge

William McFaul, 1860

Oval bust portrait print of a man with white powdered hair, brown coat, red collar and white cravat, dated 1800.

Portrait of Louis Michel Le peletier de Saint-Fargeau

Pierre-Michel Alix, 1800

Etching of the Horse Guards building in London with a domed clock tower, arched entrance, and small figures in the street.

The Horse Guards

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of a large bouquet of tulips, irises, peonies and pansies in an ornate urn with figures and garlands.

Flowers in a Vase

Mathurin Duchesne, 1650

Engraved page with three ornamental designs: a flower urn chimney panel, a lyre and palette door panel, and Minerva among che

Three Paneling Designs

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraved print of two vertical ornamental panels with classical armor, putti, laurel wreaths and a horse medallion.

Set of Trophies, from "Trophey a l'Antique"

Jean Le Pautre, 1680

Engraving of turbaned hunters with dogs attacking a lion beneath a large flowering palm tree.

Lion Hunt

Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Engraved design of an ornate altar with a central religious panel, winged angels holding a cross, and classical garlands.

Design for Altars, from "Autels et Retables"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved ornamental plate with a curling acanthus scroll and spiral end above a band of rosettes on blue-grey paper.

Ornament & vases, pl. 5

William Darling, 1770

Engraved ornamental design with a scrolled cartouche and two allegorical figures, one nude and one winged, in an arched archi

Page Three from "Premier Livre De Differents morceaux A l'Usage de tous ceux qui s'appliquent aux beuax Arts Inventé…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770