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Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted female figure with a spear among cannons and weapons, with a town and troops behind.

Arma

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Two etched plates of putti in landscapes: one with a winged child holding a torch, one with a crowned child beside a globe.

Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1770

Engraving of a barber shaving a seated client in a bedroom interior, with a canopied bed, window, and framed painting.

Le Barbier, from Les Metiers series [The Barber, from The Trades series]

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraved plate with an oval floral cartouche flanked by two tapering panels of flowers and leaves on a dark ground.

"Oblong Fillet Flanked by Two Needle Cases (?)," Plate 5 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Two etched plates of putti: left a flute-playing cherub above a lyre player, right a helmeted child with shield and wolf.

Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

Michael Hartwagner, 1770

Engraved plate of a bowknot pendant with floral ornament and a pear-shaped drop, numbered 3 in the corner.

"Pendant in the Form of a Bowknot," Plate 3 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Etched plate of five ornamental fillet designs with floral motifs, ribbon bow and French caption, from a goldsmith design ser

"Five Different Fillets," Plate 6 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Grayscale sketch of wolves attacking a steer on an open plain, with a pack running in the background under a hazy sky.

Lobo Showed the Pack How to Kill Beef

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pen drawing of a classical frieze with three seated women, a shield-bearing man at right, and a figure with sheaves at left.

$100 Federal Reserve Note

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Engraved ornamental plate showing a scrolled urn with plant fronds, dragon grotesques and tassels on a pedestal.

Plate 44 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodblock print of a crowded ferry on a blue river, with a pine shore, thatched houses, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Ferry at Rokugo, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kawasaki, Rokugo Watashi-bune Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etching of two grotesque armored figures fighting on fantastical scaled creatures across a rocky landscape.

Plate 6, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Etched plate of a symmetrical ornamental cartouche with scrolls, grotesque winged creatures and a dragon at the top corners.

Plate 10, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodblock print of men in blue robes pulling a horse and rope past a large wooden torii gate under a dark sky.

Miya (Atsuta Jiuji Temple Fete), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of two men camping by a lake with canoes, a branch shelter, a campfire with fish, a dog, and mountains behind.

Camping Out in the Adirondack Mountains

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Wood engraving of people at a beach clam bake among rocks, with smoke rising and sailboats on the sea.

Sea-Side Sketches - A Clam-Bake

William H. Redding, 1870

Etching of a man drinking from a cup on horseback beside an inn doorway, with a woman, dog and cottage nearby.

Porte d'Auberge

Charles Émile Jacque, 1840

Engraved plate of three grotesque ornaments: a female herm, a winged figure on scrollwork, and a bell with tools.

Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with thatched houses, travelers, and women near a storefront, with blue sea beyo

Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of elephants helping a fallen companion out of a pit among palm trees, with Latin text below.

Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of Union cavalry and artillery galloping in pursuit along a turnpike past rows of military tents.

The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of many men sleeping on a floor in a station house while an officer stands in a bright doorway.

Station-House Lodgers

Winslow Homer, 1870

Woodblock print of a long arched bridge over blue river, with scaffolded pagoda roofs in foreground and distant mountain.

Yoshida (Toyokawa Bridge), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved title page with a domed pavilion, columns, grotesque figures and German inscription in a central cartouche.

Title page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of a hare and a lion made of curling ornamental leaf scrollwork, running across a hatched landscape.

Lion and Hare Composed of Ornamental Leaf-Work, from Neue-ersonnene Gold-Schmieds Grillen (New Designs for Ornaments…

Wolfgang Hieronimus von Bömmel, 1690

Engraving of soldiers and horsemen netting a giant serpent among rocks, with trumpeters and spearmen in the background.

Trapping the serpent

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1600

Monochrome lithograph of workers at the base of a blast furnace, with smoke and tall furnaces in the background.

The Base of the Blast Furnace

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Etching of a limp figure hanging from a rescue rope above churning sea waves and rocks.

Saved

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraving of women and a girl feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms on shelves in a timber-beamed workroom.

Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of an explorer with a cross banner beside a nude woman in a hammock, ships at sea, and jungle animals.

The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of sheep grazing on a hillside with a dog standing watch on the ridge under a hatched, overcast sky.

Le Guet du Chien

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Etching of a crowded tavern back room with men seated by a fireplace, posters and framed prints on the walls.

McSorley's Back Room

John Sloan, 1910

Engraving of spectators on a rooftop watching smoke rise over Boston harbor during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraving of boats attacking a sea monster in a harbour while crowds watch from the shore and a lighthouse stands nearby.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1590

Engraving of a 19th-century picnic in the woods with families, children climbing trees, and food laid out on the grass.

Picnicking in the Woods

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodblock print of travelers in straw raincoats battling heavy rain on a steep hillside path above village rooftops.

Shono, Rainstorm, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of workers spreading leaves on feeding trays in a workshop, with an orchard scene at left.

Spreading the leaves on the feeding trays

Flemish Philip Galle, 1590

Engraving of a family Christmas celebration, with children dancing around a decorated tree while adults watch in a festive pa

The Christmas-Tree

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of oxen pulling a corn-laden cart past a barn, with farmers and women walking along a dirt road.

Driving Home the Corn

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraved scene of children in hats picking berries on a hillside, with a sailing ship on the sea behind them.

Gathering Berries

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraving of mounted hunters with spears and dogs chasing wild bulls across a landscape with trees and a castle.

Buffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Woodblock print of a harbor town at dawn with sailboats, lantern-lit shops, travelers on a road, and pine trees.

Shinagawa Station, Sunrise, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a bay with white-sailed boats, pine-lined shore, and layered mountains under a pale sky.

Ejiri, View Over Mio-no-Matsu-bara, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of surgeons treating wounded soldiers beneath an oak tree, with battle smoke in the distance.

The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved title page Nova Reperta showing a printing press, globe, compass rose, still and allegorical figures.

Title page of “Nova Reperta”

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of turkeys in a snowy farmyard with men, a loaded cart, a hay stack and a dog, Thanksgiving scene.

Thanksgiving Day - Ways and Means

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of men at night placing glowing lanterns in a garden to attract moths, with a dog and beehives in view.

Catching Night Moths, plate 25 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a bearded face at center, scrolling foliage, birds and insects, numbered 53.

Plate 53, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodblock print of boats on a blue bay beside a row of thatched houses and travelers on a road under a sunset sky.

Hilltop View, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kanagawa, Dai-no-kei Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a thatched teahouse with patrons seated outside, bare trees, a hill, and a traveler on a road.

Mariko Teahouse, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a horned hybrid figure on a shell form beside a symmetrical scrolling cartouche.

Plate 30, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of couples dancing in a crowded room with a fiddler, fireplace, and hanging corn after a husking.

The Dance after the Husking

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of crowded bathers splashing in waves at Newport beach, with bathhouses on shore and sailboats on the horizon.

The Bathe at Newport

Winslow Homer, 1850

Wood engraving of a couple by the moonlit sea above a meadow scene with reclining figures, a girl, and ducks.

Flirting on the Sea-Shore and on the Meadow

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of three ornate rococo torchère stands in the Chinese taste, with scrolled bases and carved details.

Three Designs for Torcheres in the Chinese Taste (Plate 13 of "One Hundred and Fifty New Designs")

Thomas Johnson, 1750

Engraving of women in a fashionable interior by a canopied bed, with a servant bearing a tray and a small dog among them.

Le Retour du Baptesme (Return from the Baptism), Plate IV, from Le Mariage à la Ville (Marriage in the City)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Woodblock print of an inn interior with women in blue kimono, a bathing man on a veranda, and a palm tree.

Akasaka, Interior of Inn, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of two rings covered in geometric polyhedra mounted on wooden stands, drawn in precise hatched perspective.

Two Rings, plate I. i. in Perspectiva. Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Engraved scene of couples dancing at a Parisian ball at the Mabille, with men in top hats and women in bustled gowns before a

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Mabille, Paris

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Columbus on a ship deck with a crucifix banner, surrounded by mermaids, sea monsters and Neptune.

Christopher Columbus

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1600

Engraving of cranes feeding among pit traps in a marsh while hunters hide beneath a tree at right.

Crane Hunt using Cones, plate 28 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and ink drawing of two women in long gowns walking past halberd-carrying guards in Tudor-style uniforms at court.

Presented at Court

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Wood engraving of a horse-drawn sleigh with a man and several fashionable women riding through a snowy winter landscape.

Christmas Belles

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved holiday page with holly border, central Nativity medallion, street scenes, and a crowded children's dance beneath a

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Winslow Homer, 1850

Wood engraving of women in Victorian dresses watching a shopkeeper weigh goods on a scale in a cluttered country store.

A Country Store - Getting Weighed

William James Linton, 1870

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of soldiers crowding a sutler's counter on pay day, with vignettes of letters and money sent ho

Pay-Day in the Army of the Potomac

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of men in turbans clubbing and wrestling crocodiles on a riverbank, with willow trees and a Latin caption below.

Crocodile Hunt in Tentyra, in Egypt, plate 30 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved dedication page with a fantastical tree framing German text above a distant landscape with towns.

Dedication page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a bridge under a torii gate, with village rooftops and a temple on a wooded hill.

Yugoyoji Temple (Fugisawa), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a crouching lion, flowers, and a lower row of grotesque masks.

Plate from Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (Friezes, Foliage and Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Soldiers lie and kneel with rifles among tall trees in a forest, keeping watch as an outlying picket.

The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Roman archers and horsemen attacking a giant coiled serpent in a forest landscape with palm trees.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved floor plan of a first-floor country house layout with labeled salon, bedchambers, cabinets, and central staircase.

Plan du premier Etage, d'une Maison de Campagne

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of a haloed woman walking through woods with drummers, a piper, and onlookers beside a rocky hill.

The Dance of St. Mary Magdalene

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Etching of robed figures and draped women beside a tall column, with a domed rotunda in the distance under radiating light.

Scene Inspired by Antiquity

Christian Winck, 1700

Engraving of a thorn-crowned figure presented to soldiers and bearded onlookers before tall columns, with a halberd raised at

The large "Ecce Homo"

Vespasiano Strada, 1610

Etching of a costumed procession with drummers, flute players, and pike bearers in plumed hats, by Jacques Callot.

Entrée de Monsieur de Macey (Entrance of the Monsieur de Macey), from Le Combat à la Barrière (Combat at the Barrier)

Jacques Callot, 1620

Engraved architectural section of a theatre showing tiered boxes, a proscenium with columns, and a balcony, in green-gray ink

Section of the House and Proscenium

Saverio Avesani, 1710

Engraving of a plumed helmeted leader and a seated bearded man at a pedestal with an open book, surrounded by soldiers and cr

Alexander and the Book of Homer

Etienne Delaune, 1560

Engraved frieze of hunters on horseback and foot attacking lions, an elephant, hounds and winged creatures beneath a tree.

Wild Animal Hunt (frieze)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Engraved plate of a decorated parade chamber with canopied bed, tapestries, columns and lettered architectural key below.

Decoration d'une chamber de parade vüe du côté du Lit, plate 82 in De La Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de…

Jacques-François Blondel, 1730

Etching of two robed men at a temple gate, with a kneeling beggar at their feet and a crowd on steps beyond.

Peter and John at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Etched rococo design page with scrolling ornamental borders, a small cartouche, and two landscape vignettes with trees.

Design for Ceiling Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved elevation of ornate iron gates with a central fountain of a sea god and rococo crowned cartouche, Place Royale Nancy

Dessein des grandes Grilles posées sur la Place Royale de Nancy en 1755 par ordre de S.M. le Roy de Pologne

Jean Lamour, 1760

Engraved ornamental plate with scrollwork, acanthus leaves, winged female figures and a cherub, on a page of an album.

Plate 6, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Sepia engraving of a rococo scrolling ornament with curling acanthus leaves and foliage on a ruled background.

Plate 11 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved frieze with a boar hunt and centaurs above, and hunters among swirling acanthus scrolls below.

Designs for Friezes

Jean Le Pautre, 1640

Engraving of a water mill with waterwheels, millers at work, horses carrying grain sacks, and a river landscape with boats.

A water mill

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved decorative frieze in red ink with scrolling foliage, putti, a lyre and a central title band.

Title Page from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Etching of a seated man reading beside a table with a skull, open book, and crucifixion triptych, with a window at right.

Abraham Francen, Apothecary

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved plate of ornamental locksmith designs with scrollwork, a keyhole escutcheon, a rosette and a wrought-iron balustrade

Plate 5, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of the Virgin and Child seated with angels, putti and God the Father in clouds above, beside a stone sarcophagus.

Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Engraved design plate of a rococo silver centerpiece and two tureens with putti, scrollwork and candle branches.

Projet de Sculpture en Argent d'un Grand Surtout de Table et les Deux Terrines...Executée pour Millord Kinston (sic)…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of two horizontal bands of rococo scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers and tendrils on a pale ground.

Plate 15 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Etching of nymphs bathing by a stream near a rocky cave, with cattle, sheep, and shepherds in a wooded landscape.

Nymphs Bathing Near a Cave

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1740

Black and white ornamental frieze with two birds perched on arches, flanked by scrolling foliage, flowers and wreath motifs.

Frieze with Birds, Flowers, Wreaths and Scrolls

Theodor Bang, 1590