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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Black and white lithograph of a woman in a dark hat with a white plume, black off-shoulder bodice and puffed sleeves.

The White Plume

Cephas Grier Childs, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a flat cap with a heraldic shield and cardinal's hat above, Latin inscriptions framing the page

Portrait of Albrecht of Brandenburg

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Etching of Christ driving money-changers from a columned temple, with cattle, overturned tables and a crowd in the foreground

Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Etching of Peter and John at a temple gate, with a seated beggar, a crowd on steps, and classical columns and arches.

Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of General Thomas swearing in volunteers before a columned building in Washington D.C., with a bare tree at center.

General Thomas Swearing in the Volunteers Called into the Service of the United States at Washington D.C.

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etching of an angel appearing in light above shepherds, sheep and cattle in a dark wooded landscape.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Wood engraving of women and children with parasols on a crowded beach, with bathing cabins and figures in the distance.

On the Beach at Long Branch - The Children's Hour

James L. Langridge, 1870

Engraving of a Union sharpshooter aiming a rifle while seated on a pine branch, with a canteen hanging from the tree.

The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of turbaned horsemen with spears chasing ostriches across a plain, with dogs and palm trees framing the scene.

The Ostrich Hunt

Flemish Philip Galle, 1570

Engraving of two cones, one with a spiral ribbon and one with a lattice pattern, on a flat base line.

Two Cones, plate H. iiii in Persepctiva. Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Engraving of a white horse in a stone archway with a halberd, armor, and a brazier, dated 1505.

The Small Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of two ornate knife handle designs with framed mythological scenes, scrollwork, and Latin inscriptions on aged pape

Designs for Two Knife Handles

Johann Theodor de Bry

Etched plate of grotesque ornaments with feathered hats, ruffs, winged figures and scrollwork, numbered 36.

Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Etching of a curly-haired man in a plumed fur cap and dark cloak, set within an oval frame.

Rembrandt with Plumed Hat and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Black and white print of a man in a doorway petting a large moose beside a snowy log cabin.

Boy with a Moose

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Ink illustration of a man in winter furs raising an arm beside snowshoes, with a rifle and wolves in a dark snowy forest.

"Holy Mudder, Dis Time Sabe François," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 175)

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Engraving of horsemen lassoing deer across a wooded hillside with a castle in the distance.

Trapping deer

Flemish Karel van Mallery, 1600

Engraving of a mermaid-like sea monster and a bearded man beside a sea, with a castle on a hill and a ship offshore.

The Sea Monster

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of curling foliage with a courting couple seated at top center, putti and birds among the scrolls.

Garden of Love

Israhel van Meckenem

Woodcut of St. Sebaldus holding a staff and rosary, presenting a Gothic church model in an arched stone niche.

St. Sebaldus

Hans Springinklee, 1510

Engraving of four nude women standing in an interior, two seen from behind, beside an arched doorway and a helmet on the floo

Four Nude Women (The Four Witches)

Albrecht Dürer

Engraving of hunters capturing crocodiles by a river, with a wild boar used as bait and Latin verses below.

Crocodile hunt

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Woodcut of mourners lowering Christ's nude body, with a crown of thorns and tools on the ground.

The Lamentation, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of soldiers in a trench as a shell explodes above sandbag earthworks, with an officer standing at left.

A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of two faceted conical polyhedral forms with pointed tips, one on a block and one on a wooden stand, with a scale b

Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Woodcut of three bishops in mitres standing in an arched interior beside a column, one holding an open book.

Bishops Nicholas, Ulric, Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved title page with two armored warriors framing a medallion showing a triumphal arch, weapons, and a motto scroll below

Trophee médallique et impérial (Medal and Imperial Trophy)

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraving of soldiers relaxing in a crowded winter camp hut around a bright fireplace, with gear hanging from beams.

Winter-Quarters in Camp - The Inside of a Hut

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns carrying the cross, flanked by soldiers and a kneeling woman holding a cloth.

Christ Carrying the Cross (Road to Calvary), from series The Passion of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraving of a man and woman seated on a canopied bed, with a candlestick, sword and slippers in the room.

A Couple Seated on a Bed

Israhel van Meckenem