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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraved allegory of Water with putti, sea creatures, fountain, ships and a distant city within ornamental scrollwork.

Aqua, allegory of Water from The Four Elements

Hans Kellerthaler, 1580

Engraved design of a rococo alcove bed in a paneled niche with swagged curtains and ornate scrolling carved details.

Lit en niche, from Nouveau desseins de Lambris inventees par le Sr Pineau architecte

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Engraved title page with rococo frame, flower garlands, drafting tools and text for an architecture treatise, 1766.

Title Page, from "Nouveau Traité des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture"

Charles Dupuis, 1760

Engraved architectural plate of an ornate paneled double door with a rococo cartouche, putti and a female mask, with a plan b

Plate 2, "Decoration d'une Porte à placards à double ventaux"

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Engraving of a sleeping man in a chair with a nude woman beside him, a winged cupid below, and a bat-winged creature above.

The Dream of the Doctor

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Wood engraving of men in a Baxter Street club-house: card players, a man smoking on a bed, and a reclining smoker.

The Chinese in New York - Scene in a Baxter Street Club-House

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved still life of a dense bouquet of carnations, roses and lilies in an ornate urn-shaped vase.

Vase of Flowers

Pieter I. Mortier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1680

Engraved Last Judgment scene with Christ enthroned above, angels blowing trumpets, and nude figures divided between heaven an

The Last Judgment

Frederick de Wit, 1650

Print of a bearded man in a turban and a boy carrying firewood beside a donkey, with rocks, a tree, and a distant town.

Abraham's Sacrifice

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraving of Hercules and Dejanira embracing nude under an oak tree, with a centaur and archer in the distant landscape.

Hercules and Dejanira, from a series of the Loves of the Gods

Netherlandish Jacob Matham, 1590

Etched ceiling design with ornate frame, winged figures, and a robed woman rising among clouds with putti.

Ceiling, from "Desseins de Plaphons"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved print of an ornate doorway with an urn-topped pediment and a receding view through paneled doors into a corridor.

Doorway, Apartment of Lou

François Chauveau, 1710

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, signed and dated 1864 at lower right.

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

H.W Rowland, 1900

Engraved portrait of a seated older man with side whiskers in a dark suit and cravat, in a carved armchair.

Portrait of Robert Grosvenor, Baron of Ebury

Daniel John Pound, 1850

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, two allegorical figures with bow and lyre, a rooster, and fruit garlands.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1750

Etching of a footed vase with a turtle-shaped lid and faceted finial, resting on a stone ledge.

Vase, plate 18 of "Suite de Vases"

Benigno Bossi, 1760

Engraved portrait bust of a balding man in a military uniform with embroidered collar and star medal, with a signature below.

Portrait of Frederick Augustus, Duke of York

H. R. Cook, 1820

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man with a mustache and lace collar, set on a rectangular sheet with wide margins.

Head of Man

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1740

Etching of Station XI of the Via Crucis showing Christ laid on the ground beside a ladder, with a crowd and robed figure arou

Via crucis - Station XI, Jesus Nailed to the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved design of a side table with spiral fluted legs, garland swags, and an urn on top, with a scale bar below.

A table

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1780

Etching of a busy street with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, a street lamp, and a classical colonnade of St Martin's.

Saint Martin's

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Black and white lithograph of Gothic St. Thomas Church tower beside tall buildings, with pedestrians and a carriage on a city

St. Thomas' New York

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraved sheet of three ornamental picture frame designs with putti, trophies, scrollwork, and a reclining figure.

Design for Painted Frames, from "Bordures de Tableau"

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Woodcut of two women embracing before a stone doorway, with a mountain landscape, castle and tall trees behind them.

The Visitation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of the Deposition: Christ's body lies in Mary's lap with mourners, a ladder and cross behind, and a standing man at r

Via crucis - Station XIII, The Deposition

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of three men in 18th-century dress on a cobbled street, one holding a drawn sword, beside stone buildings.

L'Etourdi (The Blunderer), Oeuvres de Molière (Works of Molière), Vol. I

Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet, 1770

Hand-colored print of Grace Church on Broadway, showing a tall Gothic spire and pedestrians along an iron-fenced street.

Grace Church

Laurent Deroy, 1850

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Christ Child, a kneeling king, attendants, and a procession in the

Adoration of Magi, plate 7 from series "Life of the Virgin"

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of a crowded infernal hall with a gesturing figure on a raised platform beneath glowing lamps and stars.

The Council in Hell. Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost" (after William Hogarth)

Jane Ireland, 1780

Mezzotint print of two mounted trumpeters playing brass trumpets, one on a grey horse, in a landscape setting.

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Trumpeters

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1720

Engraved design of an ornate altar with columns, rococo scrollwork, a cherub and cross, with a floor plan below.

Design for an Altar, from "Nouveaux Dessins d'Autels"

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Engraving of Achilles among women in a classical columned hall, with a shield, jewelry box and sword on the floor.

Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes

Nicolas Ryckermans, 1650

Engraved ornamental panel with winged figures, garlands and a central landscape scene with a figure leading a donkey.

Sheet from the set, "Ornemens de Peaneaux pour... Lambris"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved plate showing two side views of an ornate clock design with Roman numeral dials and scrolled foliate decoration.

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

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Etching of a wooded river landscape with a nude figure running on the bank and another figure in the water.

Arethusa Pursued by Alpheus in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraving of a covered urn with scaled body, grotesque masks and serpent handles on a stone pedestal.

Covered Vase with Grotesq

Benigno Bossi, 1760

Engraved bust portrait of a woman in a feathered turban, lace collar and layered necklace, with caption below.

Portrait of Princess Frederica, Duchess of York

Thomas Woolnooth Sr, 1820

Engraving of seated Christ in a crown of thorns, flanked by two angels holding a cloth, with whips and thorns at his feet.

Christ With the Instruments of the Flagillation Attended by Two Angels

Flemish Joannes Galle, 1650

Etching of a man in a cap and scarf, turned three-quarters, with curly hair and dense cross-hatched shading.

Rembrandt in Cap and Scarf

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Etching of Christ carrying the cross under a stone arch, with soldiers, a hanging lantern and a bust labeled Tiberius.

Via crucis - Station II, He Takes the Cross on His Shoulders

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Etching of a busy London Strand corner with bookseller signs, shopfronts, advertisements and pedestrians on the pavement.

No. 230 the Strand

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved ornamental design page with an urn, a central cartouche with two figures and candelabra, and a bull's head panel.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraved portrait of an older man in a dark skull cap and white clerical garment, with a dedication and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram

Isaac Herbert, 1790

Engraving of Job reclining nude while winged demons attack him and his wife stands beside him in a ruined landscape.

Job Tormented by the Demons and His Wife

Flemish Lucas Vorsterman, 1630

Engraving of the Holy Family in a Gothic hall with an ornate fountain, angels and putti around the basin.

The Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520

Engraved portrait of a seated man with dividers over perforated cards in a workshop filled with tools.

Portrait of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834)

V. Vebert, 1850

Woodcut of Christ gesturing to kneeling and standing women under a wooden shelter, with a walled town and bare tree behind.

Christ Taking Leave of his Mother, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of a fortress tower with masted ships and rowboats in a harbor under a cloudy sky, by Thomas Moran.

The Castle of San Juan d' Ulloa, Vera Cruz, Mexico

Thomas Moran, 1880

Etching of seated Hercules with a club and lion skin, with small putti at his feet on a stone pedestal.

Hercules, plate one from Twelve Etchings by Chifflart

François Chifflart, 1860

Engraved design for a choir screen with cherubs, a cross, an urn, garlands, and a bust in a draped frame.

Design for a Choir Screen

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Etching of a seated woman with two children, a donkey, sheep, an owl on a wall, and a dog in a rural landscape.

Woman with Two Children and a Donkey, plate 21 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of Christ falling under the cross for the third time, with soldiers, a crowd, and a ship mast in the background.

Via crucis - Station IX, He Falls Beneath the Cross the Third Time

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1740

Engraved tailpiece of a hand gripping a drawn sword, with dense hatched shading behind the arm and sleeve.

Arm with a Drawn Sword, Tailpiece for Franx Kugler's "Geschichte Friedrichs des Grossen, Leipzig, 1840-1842

Hieronymus Heinrich Jakob Ritschl von Hartenbach, 1840

Stipple engraving of a bewigged man in a fur-trimmed robe and lace cravat, captioned John Second Lord Belhaven.

Portrait of John Hamilton, Second Early of Belhaven

W. Bautree, 1790

Etching of Veronica kneeling to wipe the face of Christ carrying the cross, with a soldier and onlookers beside a city skylin

Via crucis - Station VI, Saint Veronica Wipes His Face

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved rococo ornamental plate with a cherub, a griffin, a carved head, books and a quill on a scrolled pedestal.

Page Six 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 page of three vertical ornamental panels with a rooster, arrows, a draped archer, cherubs and scrolled cartouches.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Two orange-bellied squirrels, one hanging upside down, climbing a tree branch with green leaves and nuts on a pale background

Orange-Bellied Squirrel

John James Audubon, 1830

Etched portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cravat, holding a palette, with inscription naming William Hogarth.

Portrait of William Hogarth

Samuel Ireland, 1780

Engraving of a laurel-crowned Roman rider on a rearing horse within an ornate rococo frame, with a crowd below.

The Roman Emperor Caligula (37-41)

Étienne Charpentier, 1750

Engraved ornamental page with three decorative pilasters featuring putti, scrolling foliage, shields, and a central urn on a

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of an allegorical Autumn figure with a basket of fruit, a man with a goblet, and farm workers in the background.

Four Seasons (Autumn)

Jan Saenredam, 1590

Etching of a man holding a lantern leading a donkey carrying a veiled woman through a dark night landscape.

The Flight Into Egypt: A Night Piece

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of a wide city street with ornate townhouses, pedestrians, a carriage, and a large tree on the right.

Park Lane

Joseph Pennell, 1900