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Engraving of three children on a roadside with a passing stagecoach and rolling hills, from Appletons' Journal.

On the Road to Lake George

Winslow Homer, 1860

Woodblock print of travelers outside a roadside teahouse with a large tree and misty mountains behind.

Ishibe (Megawa Sato), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of two tall stepped cones on a ground line, the right one decorated with interlocking geometric frame motifs.

Two Cones, plate H. i. in Perspectiva. Corporium Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Engraving of armed men fighting coiled serpents amid flames in a forest, with Latin verses below.

Fighting serpents with fire

Flemish Karel van Mallery, 1600

Engraved circular perpetual calendar with radial tables, a central coat of arms, and the twelve month names around the rim.

Perpetual Calendar

Ortensio Toro, 1590

Engraving of a schoolroom at noon: a woman seated at a desk and a barefoot boy on a bench, with children playing outside.

The Noon Recess

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of a couple reading a letter, surrounded by cupids and figures from many cultures.

St. Valentine's Day - The Old Story in All Lands

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of an apple bee: people peeling apples in a room with a fireplace, garlands, and a dancing woman.

Fall Games - The Apple-Bee

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a crowned mask, curling serpent forms, scrolls, and tassels, numbered 37.

Plate 37, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo sanctuary lamp with candle arms and suspended oil lamps on chains.

Sanctuary Lamp, from "Dis

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Engraved plate of a fringe-making loom in a workshop, with workers at the frame and a labeled technical diagram below.

Passementerie, Mètier à Franges

J.R. Lucotte, 1760

Engraving of St. Gregory's Mass: kneeling clergy before Christ of Sorrows at an altar, with an angel holding Passion instrume

The Mass of St. Gregory

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Monochrome illustration of a snake raising its head above grass toward a frightened rabbit in the foreground.

"Mammy, Mammy!" He Screamed in Mortal Terror

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Engraved Harper's Weekly cover showing two women kneeling in a pew with vignettes of an ox, a mansion, and a sweeping maid.

Tenth Commandment

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of two oval ornamental cartouches with figures, scrollwork and fruit garlands, one with blank central panels.

Plate 13, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

René Boyvin, 1570

Etched vertical ornament with a crucified Christ flanked by two mourning figures in a niche, surrounded by dense scrollwork.

Ornament with the Man of Sorrows, Mary and John

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Engraved plate with five ornate rococo wall bracket designs and a central candle sconce with scrolling foliage.

Design for Wall Brackets, Plate 42 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs

Thomas Johnson, 1750

The Little Executioner, illustration to John Evelyn, "Sculptura"

Bohemian Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1660

Etching of a standing woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe with a tasseled sash, in a garden setting.

Sultane Reine (The Queen Sultana), plate 29 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Woodblock print of a bay framed by pine trees, travelers on a hillside path, small boats on blue water under a pale sky.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched standing figure of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a curved sabre, on a tiled floor.

Chef des Indiens (Indian Chief), plate 8 from the series Caravanne du Sultan a la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going t…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Engraving of a Thanksgiving dinner in a formal dining room with seated guests, a standing servant, and a laden table.

Thanksgiving Day - The Dinner

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodcut coat of arms with a wild man leading hounds, a horn-blowing crest, grapevines, and the motto Soli Deo Gloria.

The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Woodcut of Christ kneeling before an angel with a chalice while sleeping disciples lie nearby and soldiers approach.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a chaotic household where a couple fights amid overturned furniture, dogs and startled children.

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1580

Harper's Weekly page with six engraved scenes of Union army life before Yorktown, Virginia, including sharpshooters and a ste

Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and slashed fur-trimmed coat, holding a sword, against a hatched sky.

Portrait of Conrad von der Rosen

Daniel Hopfer, 1500

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a curved wooden bridge beside thatched houses, a willow tree and hills under a pale sky

Hodogaya (Shinkame Bridge), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of Christ bound to a column, scourged by two tormentors with whips in an arched stone setting.

The Flagellation of Christ, from series The Passion of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns before a seated judge washing his hands, with soldiers and dogs around.

Christ Before Pilate, from series The Passion of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1400