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Engraved architectural plate showing panelled walls, rococo carved ornament, shelved niches and a floor plan of a cabinet.

Panelling of the Bathroom in Palais Bourbon

Jacques Gabriel, 1710

Etched fan leaf design with a mermaid playing a lyre in a central oval, flanked by cherubs, dolphins and scrollwork.

Fan leaves, Third and fourth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, in…

Alexis Loir, 1670

Nocturnal harbor scene in brown tones with clouds above, rows of lights on shore and water, and a lighthouse at center.

The Bay, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Engraving of Hercules carrying two classical columns through a courtyard with arcades and a rotunda, a city behind.

Hercules with the Pillars of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of a seated woman, a young soldier with a shield and spear, and a bearded magus beside a helmet and serpent chains.

Seated Woman, Young Soldier, and Magus, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of a harbor with boats on a sandy beach, a hillside town with a tower, and sailboats on calm water.

Le Port de San Remo

Adolphe Appian, 1870

Engraving of a weir on the River Wye with fishermen holding long poles, a rocky cliff on the left and wooded hills behind.

A View of the River Wye, near Bakewell, Derbyshire

Robert Sayer, 1770

Engraving of a woman with a sword beside a fallen armored man, with an ornate fountain and Cupid in the background.

Pyramus and Thisbe

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraving of a couple on a tricycle and other cyclists on a riverside road, with a steamboat on the river.

Wheeling on Riverside Drive

Thure de Thulstrup, 1880

Etching of a rocky gorge with a fisherman by a pool and a multi-arched stone bridge in the distance.

Pont de Hauteville

Adolphe Appian, 1870

Engraving of two couples in 16th-century dress on grass, one man holding a sword beside a woman, with labels above.

May and June

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a shell with sea nymphs, a bearded Triton with trident, and cherubs in clouds above.

Venus, Triton, and Sea Nymphs

Pieter Soutman, 1640

Etching of a standing robed man with a cloth, a helmeted soldier seated in a boat, and an urn on a stone ledge.

Standing Magus, Seated Soldier, and a Man, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etched ornamental design with an oval scene of figures at a well above an arch flanked by putti and garlands.

Fan leaves, Tenth and eleventh plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens,…

Alexis Loir, 1740

Engraved elevation of rococo paneling with a central fireplace, oval painting and figural scenes in scrolled cartouches.

Panelling of the Assembly Room in Palais Bourbon

Jacques Gabriel, 1710

Etching of a haloed figure preaching with raised hands to a crowd in an arched interior, with figures seated and kneeling bel

Christ Preaching ('La Petit Tombe')

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraved elevation of the east front of the Horse and Foot Guards at Whitehall, with a central clock tower and arcaded wings.

The East Front of the Horse and the Foot Guards at Whitehall

Benjamin Cole, 1740

Engraved design of a decorative fireplace with a central medallion portrait, sphinx figures, flanking eagles and paneled door

Design for Mantle Piece, from "Cheminées et Lambris"

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Engraving of armed crowds and cannon in front of the Tuileries Palace facade, with fallen bodies and smoke in the foreground.

Storming of the Tuilleries Palace, Paris, 1792

Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman, 1790

Engraving of Hercules on a fiery pyre with a nude figure beside him, a distant walled town and a river on the right.

The Death of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of two peasant couples: dancing figures on the left and a drunken man being supported on the right, labeled Novembe

November and December

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of a long-haired man holding an ornamental design, with goldsmith tools and an acanthus vase on a table beside him.

Trade card of Louis Roupert, master goldsmith of Metz

Louis Cossin, 1680

Pen etching of a satyr and bacchante in ivy wreaths seated on a lion skin, with a horned female faun and a tent behind them.

Copy of Bacchante, Satyr, and Female Faun, from the series Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of mythological figures in a garden, with a sun chariot in the clouds above and figures turning into flowers.

L'Empire de Flore

Gérard Audran, 1680

Engraved street view of townhouses along a canal with a crane at left, pedestrians and a horse rider in the street.

Peep-show, View Near the Park, Toward the Bridge of Leyden in The Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800

Engraved view of Florence's Arno river with a stone bridge, riverside palaces, rowing boats and figures on the bank.

View of the Lungarno and the Ponte Santa Trinita

Francheschini, 1710

Sepia print of ruined Dunstanburgh Castle on a hill above rocky shore, with a cottage, sheep and breaking waves.

Dunstanburgh Castle, from "Liber Studiorum," part III

James Mallord William Turner, 1800

Engraved view of the Queen's Palace in St. James's Park with figures on the lawn and a cloudy sky.

The Queen's Palace in St. James's Park, from Walter Harrison's History of London

John Cooke, 1740

Etching of a village by a river with a winding wooden bridge, half-timbered houses, a church steeple and a hilltop castle.

Landscape with a winding wooden Bridge

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1540

Engraved print of a waterfall under a stone arch bridge, with trees, rocky cliffs, strolling figures and a tower on a hill.

The Devil's Bridge, near Cassel, Germany

Friedrich Schroeder, 1790

Engraving of a woman at left, men at an open door, and a reclining man on a canopied bed in an interior.

Thamar ejected from her brother's house

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Engraving of a biblical interior with robed men, armored soldiers, a canopied bed, and a seated dog in the foreground.

Ammon Begs the King to Summon his Sister Thamar

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Engraved print of the Buyten Hof in The Hague with a carriage, riders, and pedestrians on a cobbled square.

Peep-show, View of the Buyten Hof in The Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800

Three Grotesque Heads in Profile (After Hogarth)

Jane Ireland, 1790

Engraved interior of a columned hall with seated deputies facing a raised throne under a canopy, crowded with spectators.

Meeting of the States General at Versailles in 1789

Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman, 1790

Engraved elevation of rococo paneled wall with two arched windows and mirror panels, Palais Bourbon bedroom.

Decoration of the Bedroom in Palais Bourbon

Jacques Gabriel, 1710

Engraved street view of the Old City Hall on Wall Street with columns, a cupola, strolling figures and a large tree.

View of the Old City Hall, Wall Street

Hatch and Smillie, New York, NY, 1820

Engraved elevations of two Paris hotel vestibules with paneled doors, arched windows, pilasters and rococo carved ornament.

Decoration of the Two Vestibules in Hotel Roquelaure

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Engraved view of Florence's Piazza della Signoria with Palazzo Vecchio tower and crowds at a festival procession.

View of Palazzio Vecchio, Loggia, and Pizza on Occation of Fête in homage to St. John the Baptist, Plate 23 from "Sce…

Carlo Gregori, 1740

Engraved view of a formal garden with a tiered cascade, fountains, tree-lined paths and strolling figures in period dress.

View of the Fountains at Brunoy

Pierre Philippe Choffard, 1760

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of Civil War soldiers marching, a mounted officer, and song titles like Dixie.

The Songs of the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etching of a woodland landscape with a resting traveller and dog beside a stream, tall trees framing the scene.

Landscape With Traveller Resting

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved plans and elevations of London Bridge showing arches, towers and a church tower, with scale bars and text.

Plans for the New London Bridge

Benjamin Cole, 1740

Wood engraving page of Civil War news vignettes: a woman reading a letter, soldiers, sailors, and men grabbing newspapers fro

News from the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of soldiers attacking two bastions at a breach made by mines, with cannon smoke and a city skyline behind.

The Attach of Two Bastions, at Breches Made by Springing Mines, from Twelve of the Most Remarkable Sieges and Battles…

Carington Bowles, 1770

Engraving of Union soldiers in a dense bayonet charge across a smoky field, rifles raised, with a tree and distant troops.

The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a column, with a castle, tree, shield and bow in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraved elevation of a palace vestibule interior with Corinthian columns, arched niches, a paneled door, and a decorative ca

Decoration of the Vestibule in Palais Bourbon

Pierre L'Assurance, 1710

Etching of a standing woman pouring from a vessel at an altar, with a seated shirtless man and a helmeted soldier beside rock

Standing Woman, Seated Soldier, and a Slave, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of a dancing couple on the left and a walking couple with a sword on the right, dated 1546.

July and August

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of a crowded ancient city with a robed man gesturing, kneeling figures, oxen and a horse near a temple with columns

Unidentified subject

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Etching of a dense forest with large trees, a small waterfall over rocks, a river, and a distant village under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Waterfall

Bohemian Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640

Engraved landscape of a valley with a village, church spire, and figures on a path, with dedicatory inscription below.

First View of Pyrmont in Waldeck

Peter Mazell, 1780

Drawing of painters carrying framed canvases along a cobbled street past the Musée Royal, with men in top hats.

Le Dernier Jour de la Reception des Tableaux, from Charivari

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Engraved view of Florence across the Arno river, with boats in the foreground and the cathedral dome and towers on the skylin

View of Florence with the Cathedral, S. Croce, Palazzo Vecchio, Plate 4 from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali…

Bernardo Sansone Sgrilli, 1730

Etching of a colonnaded classical building with tall columns, a broad staircase, and small pedestrians and pigeons in the for

The Steps, British Museum

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of the Mansion House facade in London with Corinthian columns, a sculpted pediment and iron railings.

The Mansion House, London

Benjamin Cole, 1740

Engraving of a mounted man in a dark coat greeted by girls strewing flowers under a floral arch with flags.

Washington on the Bridge at Trenton on His Way To Be Inagurated, 1789

Thomas Kelley, 1810

Engraving of workers destroying an idol of Bel in a temple while a crowned king watches from the left.

The Destruction of Bel and his Temple

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Etching of a wooded landscape with large trees, a path, and two figures wading a stream at lower right.

Landscape With Two Figures Wading a Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved view of Twickenham from the Thames with houses, a church tower, trees, and boats with passengers on the river.

View of Twickenham, from the River Thames, from Walter Harrison's History of London

John Cooke, 1740

Engraved print of an acanthus leaf scroll with two birds, one perched and one in flight, on the right.

Acanthus motif with two birds

Cesare Domenichi, 1610

Etching of a ruined fortified building with a round tower, a wooden water conductor, and ducks on a stream.

Fortified Building by a Stream With a Large Water Conductor

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Etching of a ruined castle with an arched gateway beside the river Loire, with sailing boats and figures on the bank.

A Castle in Ruins Upon the Banks of the Loire

W. Boonett, 1770