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Engraved elevation of a paneled room with a fireplace and two landscape panels with figures, framed in rococo scrollwork.

Panelling of the Cabinet in Palais Bourbon

Jacques Gabriel, 1720

Woodcut of a sleeping cupid with curly hair and a raised wing, resting on draped cloth against a pale green background.

A Sleeping Cupid

Bartolomeo Coriolano, 1640

Engraved view of Florence along the Arno with a stone bridge, church domes, boats, bathers and figures in the foreground.

View of S. Ferdinando in Castello and the Quarter Around and Beyond S. Spirito, Plate 5 from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute d…

Antonio Pazzi, 1730

Etching of a tree-lined city street with brick townhouses, a stone building at left, and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Pierrepont Place, Montague Terrace

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Three soldiers at a camp after Thanksgiving dinner, one holding up a wish-bone while another smokes a pipe nearby.

Thanksgiving-Day in the Army - After Dinner: The Wish-Bone

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of helmeted Minerva seated among cannons, armor and tools, with a battle and city behind her.

Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series

the Elder Jan Sadeler, 1590

Etching of the Ponte San Trinita bridge over a river in Florence, with arches, reflections, a bell tower and small boat.

Ponte San Trinita, Florence

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Etching of the Porta Maggiore in Rome, a three-arched gateway with carved inscriptions and figures among ruins.

Porta Maggiore

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1830

Engraved landscape of a forest path with figures, cattle, sheep and a shepherd beneath tall trees.

Landscape with Figures and Farm Animals

Pierre Aveline the younger, 1700

Etching of a wooded landscape with a dirt path, wooden fence, grazing animals on a bank, and large trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Cow-Herd Asleep on a Grassy Bank

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Etching of tall trees framing a stone Gothic-style building and a lamppost in an open square with two walking figures.

Lincoln's Inn Fields

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a road procession with a horse-drawn cart, walking figures, and a laden pack animal beside trees.

Figures on the March

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1740

Print - Jacques Callot, 1630

Jacques Callot, 1630

Etching of a wooded landscape with a stream, a rowing boat with a fisherman, a fence, and a distant town under clouds.

Wooded Landscape With a Stream and Fisherman

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Printed ticket for the World's Columbian Exposition, Manhattan Day, Oct. 21 1893, with a Statue of Liberty illustration.

Ticket to the World's Columbian Exposition, Expressly for Manhattan Day, Oct. 21st 1893

World's Columbian Exposition, 1890

Engraving of Hercules and Iolaus clubbing a many-headed hydra beneath trees, with an inscription above.

Hercules Slaying the Hydra

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraved misty mountain landscape with a castle on a cliff and travelers resting by a campfire in the foreground.

Morganlandschaft

Wilhelm Witthoft, 1840

Woodblock print of travelers on horseback passing pine trees, with Mount Fuji in the distance, by Ando Hiroshige.

Yoshiwara. Hidari Fuji (Yoshiwara with Mount Fuji), from Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-na Uchi (Fifty-Three Stations on the T…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Hand-colored engraving of a guillotine execution in a city square, with soldiers, cavalry, a carriage and a crowd.

Execution of King Louis X

Paul-André Basset, 1800

Engraved allegory of a woman with an infant on a chariot drawn by lions, surrounded by cherubs and classical columns.

The Triumph of Chastity

Adrien Lommelin, 1650

Engraved ornamental cartouche framing a pastoral landscape with a hunter, two dogs, trees and a building on a hill.

print - Daniel Rabel, 1630

Daniel Rabel, 1630

Engraved ornamental design with a lute player under a parasol, two dancers, putti and scrolling floral motifs around a title

Title plate of "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Ecrans, et autres Ornemens"

Alexis Loir, 1670

Etching of three soldiers and a boy with a flag in a rocky landscape, with a sword and helmet in the foreground.

Three Soldiers and a Boy, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Dark tonal nocturne of a riverside city at dusk, with glowing lamps along the embankment and silhouetted buildings under mist

Mist of the Thames

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Hand-colored peep-show print of Amsterdam's skyline seen across harbor water, with ships, rowboats and flags in the foregroun

Peep-show, Vue Generale de la Ville d'Amsterdan du Côté de Tye (A General View of the City of Amsterdam from the Tye)

Thomas Bowles, 1750

Etched ceiling design with a blank central cartouche, scrolling ornament, grotesque figures and putti in corner panels.

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling, No. 9 from "Plafons a la Moderne"

Nicolas Pierre Loir, 1650

Etching of a shoreline with a tree branch arching over rocks, a fisherman at the water's edge, and a distant sailboat.

A Villefranche-sur-Mer (Environs de Carqueiranne)

Adolphe Appian, 1880

Engraved landscape of a ruined round stone tower on a rocky hill, with a large tree and walking figures in the foreground.

The Sham Castle, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, near Cassel, Germany

Friedrich Schroeder, 1790

Etching of a formal French garden with a rectangular basin, potted plants, clipped hedges, tall trees and small figures.

The Basin

Flemish Abraham Genoels, 1680

Etching of a river landscape with resting sheep, poplar trees, a distant village and a cloudy sky.

On the Test

Francis Seymour Haden, 1850

Etching of a river harbor with a city skyline, a suspension bridge, ships and industrial piers under a hazy sky.

Sunset from Williamsburg Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Engraved elevation of a rococo fireplace wall with a central mantel, figural panels, ornamental cartouches, and paneled doors

Decoration of the Fireplace Wall in Entrance Hall of Hotel Roquelaure

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Etching of a banquet scene with robed figures seated at a long table, a kneeling woman in the foreground, and curtained windo

Christ at the House of the Pharisee

Carlo Saraceni, 1610

Etching of a winged Cupid resting on a cushion with a quiver of arrows on his back, draped fabric behind him.

Cupid Resting, after a painting formerly attributed to Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraved elevation of a paneled interior wall with a central door, arched pediment and rococo scroll ornament.

Decoration of the Entrance Hall in Hotel Roquelaure

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral columns and steps with many pedestrians crossing the pavement and street lamps.

St. Paul's Pavement

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of elegant courtly figures dancing around a pedestal with musicians, with a banquet and a severed head in the backg

Dance of the Daughters of Herodias

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of a dense naval battle with ornate galleys, armored warriors, nude swimmers and sea horses in the water.

Naval Battle Between Greeks and Trojans

Giovanni Battista Scultori, 1530

Etching of a soldier with a horse, a groom with a staff, and a dog on rocky ground by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Soldier with Horse and Groom, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of Notre Dame's apse and towers across the Seine, with a stone bridge, a horse cart and rowboats in the foreground.

L'Abside de Notre Dame de Paris (The Apse of Notre Dame, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1850

Etching of a reclining ewe with two lambs resting on grassy ground, with a faint hill in the distance.

Study of Sheep

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1650

Hand-colored print of nymphs and a satyr with goats beside a bearded herm sculpture in a wooded garden.

Nymphs and Satyrs Before a Herm

Jean François Janinet, 1780

Engraved print of a canal scene with a drawbridge, carriage, pedestrians, boats, and townhouses along the Grote Bierkade in T

Peep-show, View of the Great Bierkade, The Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800

Hand-colored plate of a Canada lynx crouching on a mossy log with foliage behind it.

Canada Lynx

John James Audubon, 1830

Engraving of art students and copyists working at easels in the Louvre gallery, with framed paintings and visitors in a vault

"Art - Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Hand-colored print of a kitchen where pots, pans, a teapot and chairs dance at midnight beside a dog and a parrot.

The Minuet, a Midnight Revel

William Day, 1820

Engraving of apocalyptic horsemen charging over a crowd of despairing figures, one rider carrying a scythe.

The Apocalyptic Riders

Julius Caesar Thaeter, 1840

Engraved ornamental panel with a central octagonal landscape of a tree, hunters and a dog, framed by garlands and classical f

Panel from, "Ornements de Paneaux"

Jean Le Pautre, 1680

Etching of a village with a church tower, ruined houses, a horseman on a road, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape With Ruined Houses

Israel Silverstre, 1650

Engraved battle scene of cavalry charging through smoke with infantry lines and cannon across hills behind.

The Battle of newmarket, in Silesia

Carington Bowles, 1750

Engraving of Florence's riverfront with fishermen in boats and in the Arno, a medieval tower, and a bridge.

View of the Northeastern Quarter of Florence, North of the Arno, Plate 3 from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali…

Carlo Gregori, 1730

Etching of a formal garden with a long water basin, stone urns, a boat with figures, and a distant palace under cloudy sky.

La Gondole (The Gondola)

Flemish Abraham Genoels, 1680

Engraving of two peasant couples: dancing pair on left, woman with wreath and man with staff on right, labeled September and

September and October

Sebald Beham, 1540

Hand-colored engraving of a city square in ruins, with collapsing towers, panicked people and runaway carriages.

Peep-show, Reggio di Calabria Destroyed by Earthquake, February 5, 1783

Jacques-François Chéreau, 1770

Engraved bird's-eye view of the Würzburg Residenz palace with courtyard, formal gardens and hills behind it.

Aerial View of the Residenz at Würzburg, Germany

J.O. Berndt, 1770

Engraved print of two ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, a hunting vignette of dogs and a stag, and putti in a central

Two Friezes

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraving of soldiers gathered at a campfire under pine boughs beside a sutler's tent with signs for cider and herrings.

Thanksgiving in Camp

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved print of a formal garden with a central fountain and cypress rows, framed by reeds and a trident emblem.

Petit Impiger Ortus

Flemish Abraham Genoels, 1680

Etching of the Crystal Palace in London, with a formal garden, fountain, stone urns and statues in the foreground.

The Crystal Palace, London

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of an ornate triumphal float drawn by oxen, with a domed shrine, unicorn rider, and eagle, under a banner.

A parade float in Reggio, Italy: "Carro trionfale della Confraternità del S.to Sacrame.to di S. Stefano" (The Triumph…

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Engraved allegory with a bearded man in a ruff beside a skeleton, a winged death figure, and a woman in an oval portrait.

Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller

Flemish Aegidius Sadeler II, 1600

Etching of a shaded urban street with brick buildings, pointed towers, a large tree on the left and walking figures.

Fig Tree House, Lincoln's Inn

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a tall shot tower behind riverside warehouses, moored boats on mudflats, and small figures walking at low tide.

The Shot Tower

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of families and children strolling and playing under shade trees in a city park with iron fencing and townhouses.

The Boston Common

Winslow Homer, 1850