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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen drawing of a man in a suit embracing a woman in a striped period dress, with handwritten dedication below.

You Don't Like My Love Stories, Dear, so I Shall Not Write Any More

Howard Chandler Christy, 1900

Ballou's Pictorial newspaper page with harbor masthead and engraving of a crowded Boston street corner with pedestrians and a

Corner of Winter, Washington and Summer Streets, Boston

Charles F. Damoreau, 1850

Etched grotesque ornament plate with symmetrical scrolls, a central mask, fish, birds and dragon forms on a pale ground.

Plate 17, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Japanese woodblock print of a ferryboat with crew and sailing ships on blue water, with mountains and pines beyond.

Arai Ferryboat, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a stone bridge with palanquin bearers, vendors with baskets, and tall ceremonial poles under a morning sky

Nihon Bridge, Morning View, Nihonbashi, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Black and white engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a timber stable, with the Virgin and Child, three kings and a star.

Adoration of the Magi

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of the Descent from the Cross: a man on a ladder lowers Christ's body while mourners stand nearby.

The Descent from the Cross (The Deposition), from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of a man gripping a large bat-like flying apparatus, with other figures gliding in a dark sky.

Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying), plate 13 in Disparates (Proverbs)

Wood engraving of Santa Claus placing presents in a bedroom beside a sleeping child, with a woman holding an apple.

Santa Claus and His Presents

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central hybrid figure, dragons, a bird and hanging chains, by Christoph Jamnitzer.

Plate 48, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Crowd of spectators in top hats and bonnets looking up at fireworks over trees at night, engraved illustration.

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July

Winslow Homer, 1860

Woodblock print of travelers on a grassy road beside a teahouse and turquoise sea, with pine trees on the hillside.

Futagawa Teahouse, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved scene of soldiers in a rough football game on a field, with a crowd and tents in a camp behind them.

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved print of an ornate two-handled vase with garland festoons, rope handles, and a domed lid on a pedestal.

Vase (Plate 2 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraved plate with a cherub riding a bird through clouds, surrounded by four ornamental grotesque designs.

Plate 31, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodcut of two mounted men in a forest, one with a pike, a castle and river in the distance, and a dog below.

The Knight and the Landsquenet

Albrecht Dürer

Black-and-white illustration of a woman in a long gown striking a man in colonial uniform with her fan.

Lady in Colonial Dress Striking a Gentleman with Her Fan

Thure de Thulstrup, 1890

Woodcut of bathers in an open bath house with a timber roof, a drinking jug, and a walled town with towers behind them.

The Bath House

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a headless ghostly pilgrim in a monk's robe holding a staff, beside a tomb with a skeleton and skull.

Lovat's Ghost on Pilgrimage

Samuel Ireland, 1790

Engraving of four women in long dresses playing croquet on a lawn with hoops, under a tree, above printed text.

Summer in the Country

John Karst, 1860

Engraved print of an ornate ewer with a serpent handle, masks, and a frieze of figures on its body.

Ewer with a Bas-Relief

Enea Vico, 1540

Engraved design of a lidded urn with a female head, fruit garlands, and two figures flanking the body, on a pedestal.

Vase Decorated with Figures, Rinceaux, and Festoons

Enea Vico, 1540

Engraved scene of a couple passing a flower stall with bouquets at a crowded fair, with a hanging floral display above.

Floral Department of the Great Fair

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved plate showing embroiderers at work in a room, with labeled tools, frames, thread and floral embroidery samples below

Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des méti…

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1760

Hand-colored print of a figure made of playing cards, dice and game pieces leaning over a green billiard table.

Ein Spieler aus allen liekannten spielen zusamengesetzt (A Player Composed of All Known Games)

Andreas Geiger, 1840

Engraving of people on a snowy city street at Christmas, with wreaths on a townhouse and a gas lamp.

Christmas Out of Doors

Winslow Homer, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of two men in striped suits talking, with framed sketches of horses and boxers on the wall behind them.

I Play Poker with the Old Man

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Etching of a radiant figure preaching to a crowd, with sick people kneeling and lying in the foreground.

Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of a crowned woman holding a crown while a kneeling man lifts her cloak, with another crown on the floor.

St. Elizabeth

Israhel van Meckenem, 1500

Engraved parlor scene of guests dancing and musicians playing under a chandelier, titled Thanksgiving Day, The Dance.

Thanksgiving Day - The Dance

Winslow Homer, 1850