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Engraved rococo design with a dog and spotted horse, birds including a peacock and parrots, and an ornate scrolled border.

Print - Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Engraved rococo window design, split to show ornate iron scrollwork on one side and an open window with trees on the other.

Print - Johann Jakob Schübler, 1720

Johann Jakob Schübler, 1720

Engraved landscape of a hilltop castle with a round tower, a wooden bridge, a watermill and a large tree in the foreground.

Landscape with Castle and Bridge

Hanns Lautensack, 1550

Etching of the Savoy Hotel entrance with turreted towers, an ornate facade, and a crowd of pedestrians below an arch.

Entrance to the Savoy Hotel

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono washing dark cloth in a stream beside a wooden tub, with a mountain inset.

Woman washing fabric in a stream

Utagawa Kunisada, 1850

Page Six from "Second Licre Contenant Differens Desseins de Pendules Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Hand-colored print of Roman ruins with columns, a seated nude figure, two women and a dog beside a stone urn.

Environs de Rome

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1780

Engraved oval portrait of Abraham de Fabert in armor and lace collar, with a caption naming him Mareschal de France.

Poritrait of Abraham de Fabert

Flemish Gerard Edelinck, 1650

Engraved page of small Latin-labeled vignettes showing animals, workers, objects and tumbling acrobats in grid panels.

Vignettes for a Latin Grammar

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1770

Engraved page of three rococo cartouche designs with scrolls, a female figure, putti and a fountain basin.

Page Five from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par H…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etched portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair and moustache, wearing a dark coat, in fine hatched lines.

Portrait of Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

Charles Courtry, 1880

Woodcut of Saint Christopher wading across water with the Christ child on his shoulders, a hermit with lantern at right.

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved rococo clock design with a circular dial, an eagle above, hunting horns, a dog, and a scrolled pedestal base.

Page Two from "Second Licre Contenant Differens Desseins de Pendules Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of St. Martin-in-the-Fields church in London with its columned portico, tall spire, and busy street with pedestrians.

Classic London, St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair and a white collar, wearing an order cross, with inscription and coat of arm

Portrait of Pierre Séguier

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Etching of an elderly man grieving on a stone bench as figures gesture around him beside a wooden door and tree.

Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved ornamental page with a stork and drapery, a merman with dolphins, and an open book with laurel in rococo style.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of mounted soldiers with drawn swords charging through battle smoke, with standards raised, and a French caption be

Scene of Warfare from "Mémoires de Réfugies, etc." by Mons. Erman

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1790

Etching of the Arch of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, with ruined masonry, reliefs and a street with figures seen through the arch.

The Arch of Marcus Aurelius

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Charcoal sketch of a wood-frame house with a service flag in its window, surrounded by trees and a figure on the lawn.

The Service Flag: Three From This House in the War

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of two bearded men in turbans with a boy holding a staff, a fallen figure at their feet, and bare trees behind.

Two Magi and a Boy, plate 13 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a light headwrap and ornate belt with a cameo, against a dark hatched background.

Raccolta di teste

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Etched portrait of a bearded man with a small vignette of two children embracing below, with printed caption.

Portrait of Sir Herbert von Herkomer

Herbert von Herkomer, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair and mustache in a lace collar, with a coat of arms below.

Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin

Robert Nanteuil, 1650

Engraved page with an empty oval cartouche framed by nude figure, horned satyr, lion and scrollwork ornament.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraved title page with Rococo ornamental frame, female figures, drafting tools and books, announcing Oppenord's fourth book

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Red-ink engraving of a basket of tulips, poppies and lilies arranged within a ruled border.

Basket of Flowers, Plate

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Etched landscape of a hilltop castle above timber houses, trees, a distant town and mountains under clouds.

Print - Hanns Lautensack, 1550

Hanns Lautensack, 1550

Engraved portrait of a seated man with curly hair and white cravat, arched frame, script name Campbell below.

Portrait of Thomas Campbell

Oliver Pelton, 1820

Hand-colored oval portrait print of a man in a red cap and ruff holding a crossbow, captioned Guillaume Tell.

Portrait of Wilhelm Tell

Pierre-Michel Alix, 1800

Engraving of a bearded figure like Atlas holding up a celestial globe with zodiac signs and Roman numeral clock markings.

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

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Etching of a Gothic skyscraper above construction cranes, scaffolding and workers on Vesey Street, with smoke filling the sky

Caissons on Vesey Street

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Hand-coloured print of the goddess Flora floating over a landscape, dropping garlands of flowers toward a pedestal monument b

Flora Dispensing Her Favours on the Earth

Thomas Woolnooth Sr, 1800

Engraved trophy design with winged figures, laurel wreath, shields, banners, and a battle scene in the landscape below.

Trophy

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved print of a mounted cavalry captain in armor and plumed hat, sword raised, with fallen weapons and a battle scene bel

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Captain of Cavalry

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1720

Engraved ornamental page with rococo panels showing scrollwork, cherubs, urns, garlands, and masks.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of Christ seated by a well speaking with a woman, with ruins and a small crowd in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of soldiers attacking mothers and infants with daggers, with nude men standing in the foreground at right.

Massacre of the Innocents

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of St. Jerome writing at a table in a study, with a sleeping lion and dog on the floor and a skull on the sill.

St. Jerome in his Study

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Chiaroscuro print of Apollo playing a lyre beside a seated satyr, Marsyas, in an oval frame, in blue and green tones.

Apollo and Marsyas

Antonio Maria Zanetti, 1720

Engraving of a bearded bagpiper in a turban playing bagpipes while leaning against a tree trunk.

The Bagpiper

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Hand-colored print of two women with jewelry on a table, while two children stand and lie nearby in a classical interior.

La Mere des Gracques, plate 46 from the Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Etching of a stone arch bridge over a river with church spires and city buildings behind, and figures on stairs in the foregr

London Bridge Stairs

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved design of an ornate table clock with a cherub on top, Roman numeral dial, caryatid figures and griffins.

Design for a table clock

Daniël Marot, 1710

Engraved bust portrait of a bespectacled man with curly hair, wearing a dark jacket and frilled cravat.

Portrait of James Hogg

William Nicholson

Etching of a satyr family beside a ruined wall and obelisk, with a seated woman, a child, and scattered objects on the ground

Satyr Family with an Obelisk, plate 11 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved page with three ornamental designs: a fireplace front, a door overdoor, and a tall dining room panel with satyrs.

Title Page and Three Paneling Designs

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Etched portrait of a mustached man in a dark jacket and cravat, turned to the right, titled Portrait of Paul J. A. Baudry.

Portrait of Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1880

Etching of an elderly man in a dark study gazing at a glowing disc with letters before a gothic window.

Faust in His Study, Watching a Magic Disc

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curly hair, lace collar and cloak, inside an inscribed frame on a pedestal.

Portrait of Jean Chapelain

Robert Nanteuil, 1650

Etching of a busy Knightsbridge street with ornate turreted buildings, horse carriages and pedestrians in period dress.

Knightsbridge

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono standing beneath cherry blossoms on a grassy riverbank.

Woman viewing Cherry Blossoms on the Bank of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hana no kei)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Engraved ornamental design with a crucifixion in an oval medallion, flanked by winged angels and putti.

Design for Holy Water Spouts, from "Inventions Pour Faire des Plaques"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etching of Christ falling under the cross with a helper and soldiers at right, bare trees, and an Italian caption below.

Via crucis - Station VII, He Falls Beneath the Cross the Second Time

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved design of a tiered epergne with shell bowls, flowers, scrolls and two putti, on a plain page.

Epergne, from "Disegni Di

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Colored lithograph of an old bearded man in a purple robe pushing a younger man headfirst off a rock into the sea.

Telemaque et Mentor, plate 29 from the Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Etching of a tall Gothic church tower surrounded by city buildings, with small pedestrians in the street below.

The Church Across the Way

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraved title page with French text inside an ornate rococo cartouche frame topped by a bird head and garlands.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a white gown and pearl necklace, holding a fan, before a draped curtain.

Portrait of Sally McKean, Marchioness of Yrujo

Gilbert Stuart, 1820

Engraved mantelpiece design with two angels holding a cross above a medallion scene and laurel-wreathed masks below.

Design for Mantlepiece, from "Cheminées a la Modern"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Woman wearing a hat

Jules de Goncourt, 1840

Engraved rococo clock design with an empty oval panel, two putti beneath a shell crown, and lion figures at the base.

Page Five from "Second Licre Contenant Differens Desseins de Pendules Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi e…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraved vertical decorative panel with a chinoiserie pagoda canopy, parrots, seated figures and rococo scrollwork on a page.

Design for a Decorative Panel

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark lace-trimmed coat leaning on a tribune and pointing outward, with a laurel garland panel

Portrait of Jean Paul Marat

Louis Pannier, 1800