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Engraved Cooper Union certificate with a building vignette, handwritten attendance text in mathematics, and signatures.

Certificate in Mathematics, Cooper Union

Peter Cooper, 1860

Sepia mezzotint of a bearded man in a fur-collared robe in a barred cell with children and grieving figures, by John Boydell.

Ugolino in Prison (after Reynolds)

John Boydell, 1770

Pencil sketch of a New York skyline with rooftops in the foreground and several tall towers rising in the background.

New York Skyline - Light Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Dark brown etching of the Brooklyn Bridge towers and lit roadway at night, with a small boat on the water.

Brooklyn Bridge at Night

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Engraved semicircular fan leaf design with two cherubs, a flower urn, acanthus scrolls, fruit garlands and butterflies.

Fan leaves, Fifth and sixth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, inv…

Alexis Loir, 1670

Engraved 18th-century view of Hampstead with tree-lined road, carriage, strolling figures and distant houses.

A View of Hampstead

Robert Sayer, 1770

Engraved elevation of a paneled wall with a central fireplace, rococo mantel, and three landscape scenes with figures.

Decoration of the Fireplace Wall in Engrance Hall Hotel Roquelaure, Towards the Chapel

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Etching of a rustic house above a waterfall, with a rocky cliff, tall trees, two figures by a river and a small boat.

Landscape with House Near a Waterfall

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1760

Misty brown-toned print of a brewery with a tall chimney beside a river, with rowboats in the foreground.

Lion Brewery

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Engraved view of Rochester with castle keep, cathedral spire, town houses and rowing boats on the river.

A View of Rochester

Richard Marshall, 1710

Etching of a seated woman and standing figures among bones, an urn, and trees, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Woman with Her Arms in Chains, and Four Other Figures, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Black and white lithograph of a New York skyline with several tall towers above low buildings, under scribbled clouds.

New York Skyline - Dark Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraving of soldiers opening siege trenches with a horse-drawn cart, cavalry, and a walled city with spires beyond.

Views Representing the Most Considerable Transactions in the Siege of a Place, from Twelve of the Most REmarkable Sie…

Carington Bowles, 1770

Etching of a classical palace facade with statues, a formal garden, horseback riders, and pedestrians in the foreground.

A park of a castle

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etching of a brick shop front with Sunlight Soap signs, two shawled women on the street and children on the steps.

Sunlight Soap

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etched ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, putti and an oval landscape vignette, with a title cartouche below.

Friezes: Title Page for the set "Frises Feuillages et autres Ornemens..."

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraving of workers polishing armor in a workshop with a large grinding wheel and helmets scattered across the floor.

Armor making and polishing

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Hand-colored satirical print of exaggerated 19th-century inventions including a vacuum tube railway, balloons, and a flying w

March of Intellect

William Heath, 1800

Etching of an arched stone bridge over a river gorge, with a hilltop town and cathedral towers beneath cloudy skies.

St. Martin's Bridge, Toledo

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved lunette print of God the Father gesturing among clouds with angels and putti, titled Padre Eterno.

The Father Eternal

Pietro Bettelini, 1800

Engraved print of a royal procession with crowds, horsemen and carriages crossing a square toward a palace, with a statue and

Parade of Louis XIV on the Pont Neuf, Paris

Johann van Huchtenburgh, 1670

Etching of a drunken Silenus reclining with a wine cup, attended by satyrs beside a wine barrel and a donkey.

Drunken Silenus

Jusepe de Ribera, 1620

Engraved elevation of rococo panelling with a glazed door and mirror, with scale bars in toises beneath.

Panelling in Hotel Roquelaur,l Bedroom and Wall of Adjoining Room

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Engraved ceiling design with classical columns, garlands, reclining figures, and a cartouche inscription at lower right.

Ceiling, from "Grands Carts de Plafons"

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis, who holds a spear beside hunting dogs, with a cupid and a bow in a wooded landscape.

Venus and Adonis (after Titian)

Robert Strange, 1770

Engraving of a Roman-style banquet interior with draped canopy, musicians in a gallery, and armed figures in the foreground.

The Death of Amnon, Plate 1 from "Gland Alcoves a la Romaine"

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraved perspective of Place Gralin in Nantes showing a columned theatre facade, carriages and pedestrians in a city square.

Gralin Place, Nantes

Antoine Henón, 1780

Engraved horizontal frieze of putti holding laurel, with trophies of arms, spears, and an oval shield showing a battle scene.

Frieze: Trophies of Arms and Putti

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Engraved print of a seated man in uniform and a seated woman in satin gown beside a table, globe, and window landscape.

George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis Washington

Thomas Illman, 1840

Engraving of two walking couples on grass, one man carrying a sword, with German month inscriptions above.

January and February

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of an old wooden windmill beside smoking factory chimneys and a mine headframe under a pale sky.

Old and New Mills, Valenciennes

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Engraved ceiling design with garlands, putti and a central medallion showing a classical scene with figures.

Project for a ceiling. With alternative suggestions

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etching of a forest path lined with tall trees and wooden fences, with light filtering through the canopy.

Woods With Fenced in Areas

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved view of the Tuileries Palace with soldiers on parade, a carriage, and crowds in the foreground, 1800.

View of the Tuilleries Palace, Paris

John Pye the younger, 1800

Etched architectural design of a French alcove with columns, draped curtain, sculpted female figures and pastoral wall panels

Design for a French Alcove, from "Alcoves à le Francoise"

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Etching of Windsor Castle towers rising above trees along a river, with rowing boats on the water and figures on the bank.

Windsor from Eton

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a wooded path lined with gnarled trees, with grassy sandy ground in the foreground.

The Three Sisters

Francis Seymour Haden, 1860

Sepia print of a girl on a stone bench with a toddler and a small dog beside her, with a barrel and foliage behind.

Du Cabinet de Madame d'Azaincourt

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770

Engraving of a ragged kneeling man before robed figures under a tree, with a town and mountains in the background.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraving of two couples in 16th-century dress walking on grass, one man raising his hand, with inscribed names above.

March and April

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of a Gothic stone gateway with a pointed arch, carved heads, and two pedestrians walking through toward a street.

Saint John's Gate, Clerkenwell

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Charcoal sketch of warships in a harbor under a sunburst breaking through clouds, with a small tugboat in the foreground.

Return of the Fleet

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraving of a busy studio where a painter works on a knight slaying a dragon while assistants draw, grind pigments and sculp

Color Olivi (Invention of Oil Painting), plate 14 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of two costumed dancers in a forest clearing beside a waterfall, with French verse printed below the scene.

Scene from the Opera "Sylvie"

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, 1760

Monochrome print of Samson restrained by armored soldiers while Delilah looks on, with heavy curtains and a raised sword.

The Blinding of Samson

Johann Jacobé, 1780

Etching of London skyline with St Paul's dome, an obelisk and a bridge seen over dark trees in the foreground.

London over Embankment Gardens

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a forest road curving past tall trees and grassy hills, with two small figures and a distant town on the left.

Landscape With Two Figures in a Road

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraving of soldiers attacking a covered way before a walled city with a tower and church spires, under a cloudy sky.

An Attack and Lodgement on the Covert Way, from Twelve of the Most Remarkable Sieges and Battles in Europe

Carington Bowles, 1770

Engraved title page with putti, fruit garlands, a coat of arms and a central inscription for Raphael's Genesis loggia frescoe

''La Sacra Genesi figurata da Rafaele D'Urbino nelle logge vaticane'' (Title Page, Raphael's Genesis Frescoes in the…

Francesco Villamena, 1620

Engraved print of New York City Hall with an American flag, a domed cupola, a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians on the str

City Hall, New York

J. Archer, 1820

Etching of a village with ruined walls, a smoking tower, villagers, and a rider with cattle on a road.

Landscape With Town in Ruins

Israel Silverstre, 1650

Etching of a multi-story house behind an ornate wrought iron fence, with ivy on the walls and trees at right.

Rossetti's House

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of an ornate tower-shaped festival float pulled by plumed horses, with figures in armor and a banner above.

Print - Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Etching of three dead rats hanging from wire mousetraps on a wooden board, with a box trap at left and French verse below.

The mousetrap

Charles Émile Jacque, 1860

Etching of Hampton Court Palace's facade across a formal garden with clipped trees and a stone urn in the foreground.

Hampton Court Palace

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a seated woman with a reclining satyr child, goats, a tree and a distant village in a landscape.

Woman with an Infant Satyr, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of two bearded philosophers and a boy examining a skull beside a dog, with a tree and draped backdrop.

Two Philosophers and Boy, plate 22 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of soldiers killing infants and attacking mothers among classical columns, with a Latin Matthew 2:16 inscription be

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Engraving of Altenburg Castle on a hill above a town with trees and half-timbered houses under a cloudy sky.

View of Altenburg Castle

Christian August Günther, 1800

Engraved stage design of a royal banquet hall with arcades, chandeliers, and a draped table with seated figures.

Stage Design: A Banquet Hall

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1740

Etching of Rouen seen from a wooded hill, with the Seine, stone bridges, and a tall cathedral spire on the skyline.

Rouen from Bon Secours

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of the Holy Family in an arched niche: Mary holds the Christ Child while Joseph reads an open book beside them.

The Holy Family with a Sack

Ferdinando Gregori, 1770

Engraved view of the Pitti Palace facade in Florence with carriages, riders and pedestrians on a cobbled square.

View of the Pitti Palace in Florence, Plate 2 from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese,…

Johann Sebastian Müller, 1730

Sepia drawing of a seated shepherd seen from behind, facing a small dog standing on its hind legs in a grassy landscape.

Seated Shepherd Playing with a Dog

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770