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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

Etching of Christ seated by a well speaking with a woman, with ruins and a small crowd in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of soldiers attacking mothers and infants with daggers, with nude men standing in the foreground at right.

Massacre of the Innocents

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of St. Jerome writing at a table in a study, with a sleeping lion and dog on the floor and a skull on the sill.

St. Jerome in his Study

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

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

Chiaroscuro print of Apollo playing a lyre beside a seated satyr, Marsyas, in an oval frame, in blue and green tones.

Apollo and Marsyas

Antonio Maria Zanetti, 1720

Engraving of a bearded bagpiper in a turban playing bagpipes while leaning against a tree trunk.

The Bagpiper

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

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

Hand-colored print of two women with jewelry on a table, while two children stand and lie nearby in a classical interior.

La Mere des Gracques, plate 46 from the Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Etching of a stone arch bridge over a river with church spires and city buildings behind, and figures on stairs in the foregr

London Bridge Stairs

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved design of an ornate table clock with a cherub on top, Roman numeral dial, caryatid figures and griffins.

Design for a table clock

Daniël Marot, 1710

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

Engraved bust portrait of a bespectacled man with curly hair, wearing a dark jacket and frilled cravat.

Portrait of James Hogg

William Nicholson, 1810

Etching of a satyr family beside a ruined wall and obelisk, with a seated woman, a child, and scattered objects on the ground

Satyr Family with an Obelisk, plate 11 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved page with three ornamental designs: a fireplace front, a door overdoor, and a tall dining room panel with satyrs.

Title Page and Three Paneling Designs

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

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

Etched portrait of a mustached man in a dark jacket and cravat, turned to the right, titled Portrait of Paul J. A. Baudry.

Portrait of Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1880

Etching of an elderly man in a dark study gazing at a glowing disc with letters before a gothic window.

Faust in His Study, Watching a Magic Disc

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curly hair, lace collar and cloak, inside an inscribed frame on a pedestal.

Portrait of Jean Chapelain

Robert Nanteuil, 1650

Etching of a busy Knightsbridge street with ornate turreted buildings, horse carriages and pedestrians in period dress.

Knightsbridge

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono standing beneath cherry blossoms on a grassy riverbank.

Woman viewing Cherry Blossoms on the Bank of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hana no kei)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

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

Engraved ornamental design with a crucifixion in an oval medallion, flanked by winged angels and putti.

Design for Holy Water Spouts, from "Inventions Pour Faire des Plaques"

Jean Le Pautre, 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 Christ falling under the cross with a helper and soldiers at right, bare trees, and an Italian caption below.

Via crucis - Station VII, He Falls Beneath the Cross the Second Time

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved design of a tiered epergne with shell bowls, flowers, scrolls and two putti, on a plain page.

Epergne, from "Disegni Di

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

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

Colored lithograph of an old bearded man in a purple robe pushing a younger man headfirst off a rock into the sea.

Telemaque et Mentor, plate 29 from the Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Etching of a tall Gothic church tower surrounded by city buildings, with small pedestrians in the street below.

The Church Across the Way

Childe Hassam, 1910

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

Engraved title page with French text inside an ornate rococo cartouche frame topped by a bird head and garlands.

Title page from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

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

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a white gown and pearl necklace, holding a fan, before a draped curtain.

Portrait of Sally McKean, Marchioness of Yrujo

Gilbert Stuart, 1820

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

Engraved mantelpiece design with two angels holding a cross above a medallion scene and laurel-wreathed masks below.

Design for Mantlepiece, from "Cheminées a la Modern"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Woman wearing a hat

Jules de Goncourt, 1840

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

Engraved rococo clock design with an empty oval panel, two putti beneath a shell crown, and lion figures at the base.

Page Five from "Second Licre Contenant Differens Desseins de Pendules Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi e…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

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

Engraved vertical decorative panel with a chinoiserie pagoda canopy, parrots, seated figures and rococo scrollwork on a page.

Design for a Decorative Panel

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark lace-trimmed coat leaning on a tribune and pointing outward, with a laurel garland panel

Portrait of Jean Paul Marat

Louis Pannier, 1800

Engraving of a cavalry officer with plumed hat and sword on a rearing horse, with soldiers in the distant landscape.

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Lieutenant

Georg Philip Rugendas, 1720

Engraved architectural plate of a paneled double door with putti overdoor, flanked by ornamental panels, with a floor plan be

Plate 5, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards dans son chambrante fermé..."

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

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

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with a lace ruff collar and flower ornaments in her hair, captioned Countess of Mar.

Portrait of Isabel Erskine, Countess of Mar

Edward Harding, 1790

Engraved ornamental design with a decorative urn, two putti with garlands, and a shell niche above a carved mascaron.

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

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of Jesus on a balcony above a crowd and soldiers, with a man carrying a cross in the foreground.

Via crucis - Station I, Jesus Condemned to Death

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

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

Black and white print of a kneeling crowned woman beside an executioner with a sword, a burning spiked wheel, and a crowd.

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine

Albrecht Dürer, 1400

Etching of a seated man beside classical ruins, a nude statue atop a column, and smoke rising from an altar.

Integer vitae scelerisque purus (Horace, Odes. Book I,22)

Giovanni David, 1770

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

Engraved ornamental plate with an empty oval frame flanked by cornucopias, acanthus scrolls, and garland friezes.

Frieze with Ovoidal Frame

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Engraved decorative panel with putti on a cloud, a central tree with garlands, an urn of flowers, and standing figures.

Title Page and Decorative Panel Design

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraved plate of ornamental friezes and overdoor designs with garlands, cartouches, birds, and labeled hunting, fishing, and

Designs for Paneling, Friezes, and Overdoors

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Black and white plate of neoclassical ornamental friezes and panels with scrolls, a griffin, garlands and trophies.

Friezes, Panels and Ornam

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Etching of the Gothic Guildhall facade with a tall central spire, arched windows, and small pedestrians in the street below.

The Guildhall

Joseph Pennell, 1900

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

Mezzotint portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, with a cloak and wooded landscape behind him.

Portrait of Sir John Percival Bart of Burton in the County Cork of Ireland

John Smith, 1700

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

Etching of the Woolworth Building's tall Gothic tower above a busy city street with carriages and pedestrians.

The Woolworth Building

Joseph Pennell, 1910

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

Etched portrait of an older bearded man in a dark coat, signed Alexandre Cabanel, holding a slender object.

Portrait of Alexander Cabanel

Benjamin-Louis-Auguste Damman, 1880

Hand-colored print of a seated woman dipping an infant upside down into dark water in a rocky cave, after Daumier.

La Bapteme d'Achille, plate 22 from the Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Engraved plate of clock gears, dial faces and a large Roman-numeral clock with a fish-shaped support, titled Horology: Dial W

Horology: Dial Work, from pl. XXXIII from "A Cyclopaedia of Horology - Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers"

Abraham Rees, 1810

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 a jester gesturing beside a seated woman under a tree, with a pond and an ornate scrolled border.

Le Bouffon

Gabriel Huquier, 1720

Engraved design for an arched overdoor with putti, a central mask, a reclining classical woman, and a foliage-framed roundel.

Design for Overdoor and Frame, from "Recherche de Plusieurs Beaux Morceaux"

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

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 oval portrait of a bearded man in armor and lace collar, with drapery, helmet and sword below.

Portrait of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey

Jacob Houbraken, 1740

Etched portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair and a dark cloak, hand resting on his chest, crosshatched background.

Portrait of Hans Makart

William Unger, 1880

Engraving of a seated veiled woman beside an ornate pulpit with a preacher and listeners, framed by a curtain and columns.

Design for Pulpit

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Engraved rococo fireplace design with arched niche, ornate cartouche, pilasters, and floor plan details below.

Plate 1, Decoration de Cheminée pour un grand Apartement

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Etching of a woman in a cloak standing among laden donkeys and mules, with a hillside village and mountains behind.

Les Anes du Midi

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1870

Mezzotint of arranged armor, helmet, pike, rifle and flag on a ledge, with a distant battle scene and dedicatory inscription.

Dedication Page of a Suite of Cavalry Officers

Georg Philip Rugendas, 1720

Etching of soldiers and robed figures around an altar with a skull and bone, beside a rocky outcrop with an inscription.

Soldiers, Magus, and Other Figures Observing a Skull and a Tibia on an Altar, plate 7 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of St. Jerome kneeling in a rocky landscape beside a resting lion, with cliffs, pines and a chapel.

St. Jerome in Penitence

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved title page with winged putti, fruit garlands, a coat of arms, and the title La Sacra Genesi figurata.

"La Sacra Genesi figurata

Francesco Villamena, 1620

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