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Etching of moored sailing ships and their reflections on a calm harbor, with riverfront buildings and a smokestack at right.

Below Chestnut Street Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Etching of a wooded landscape with a path winding between tall trees toward distant figures under an open sky.

Three Figures in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Sepia woodcut of a muscular nude Hercules lifting his arms as a giant wrestles at his feet in a cave with cattle and bones.

Hercules Killing Cacus

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1580

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in ornate dark military uniform with gold braid and medals, holding a plumed cap.

Portrait of James Thomas Brudenell

D. J. Pound, 1850

Engraved portrait of a young man with curly hair in a dark cloak and white collar, captioned BYRON.

Portrait of George Gordon Lord Byron

Thomas Phillibrown, 1830

Etched print of a Brooklyn power house with two smokestacks, a crane, and a suspension bridge over the water.

Power House, Brooklyn Edison Works

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Etching of a Gothic chapel entrance with arches, stone stairs and small dark figures climbing toward an ornate doorway.

Entrance to Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster

Joseph Pennell, 1900

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

Black and white print of an angel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in a vaulted interior, with a dove above and a lily vase.

The Annunciation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

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 decorative panels: cupid carried by the Graces above, and a lyre with garlands and fruit below.

Panneau de Cabinet

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

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 bust portrait of a man with short hair, cravat and lapelled coat, set centred on a pale sheet.

Portrait of an Unknown Man

Julius Caesar Thaeter, 1840

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

A View of Hampstead

Robert Sayer, 1770

Etching of a bearded seated man with skulls and animals, onlookers, and a boy playing a pipe among tree trunks.

Seated Magus Observing Skulls, and Other Figures, plate 5 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of a grinning flame-haired figure holding torches, standing on a bent man's shoulders against a dark background.

Subir y Bajar (Up and Down)

Francisco Goya, 1800

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child beside a seated bearded man, with a castle landscape and God among clou

The Holy Family with Butterfly

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of a reclining bearded man in white drapery, a gaunt nude figure behind him, and a crowd of onlookers in shadow.

The Crazed Artist

François-Nicolas Chifflart, 1850

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 circular vignette of pigs resting in straw by a fence, with chickens and a bird in a farmyard scene.

Pigs in Pigsty

Wright and Co Danforth, 1850

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

A View of Rochester

Richard Marshall, 1710

Engraved sheet with six oval portraits of US presidents surrounding a central building vignette, titled Presidents of the Uni

Portraits of United State

Frederick T. Stuart, 1890

Etching of a New York skyline seen over rooftops, with a Gothic tower at the center and hazy smoky sky.

New York from Brooklyn Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Hand-colored caricature of a flowery dandy with a short-tailed poodle, watched by a crowd of robed men before classical colum

Jeunesse d'Alcibiade, plate 19 from the HIstoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Loose charcoal sketch of a man in a vest seen from behind, standing in a cluttered workshop with bottles and a press.

Joseph Pennell

Childe Hassam, 1910

Woman in green kimono with hair ornaments seated by a lattice window, beside an inset pine landscape, Japanese woodblock prin

Yui, from the series, "The Highest Ranking Geisha's Journey"

Keisei Eisen, 1830

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

Print - Jean-Baptiste Scotin I, 1730

Jean-Baptiste Scotin I, 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 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

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 Melchoir Descourtis, 1780

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sir 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

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 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

Aged paper with handwritten ink inscriptions in cursive, including the name Robert Balmanno and the year 1820.

The Proposal

Albrecht Dürer, 1400

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 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

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 Philip Rugendas, 1720

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

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