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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraved design of a rococo alcove bed in a paneled niche with swagged curtains and ornate scrolling carved details.

Lit en niche, from Nouveau desseins de Lambris inventees par le Sr Pineau architecte

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Engraving of a sleeping man in a chair with a nude woman beside him, a winged cupid below, and a bat-winged creature above.

The Dream of the Doctor

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Wood engraving of men in a Baxter Street club-house: card players, a man smoking on a bed, and a reclining smoker.

The Chinese in New York - Scene in a Baxter Street Club-House

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved still life of a dense bouquet of carnations, roses and lilies in an ornate urn-shaped vase.

Vase of Flowers

Pieter I. Mortier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1680

Print of a bearded man in a turban and a boy carrying firewood beside a donkey, with rocks, a tree, and a distant town.

Abraham's Sacrifice

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, signed and dated 1864 at lower right.

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

H.W Rowland, 1900

Etching of a footed vase with a turtle-shaped lid and faceted finial, resting on a stone ledge.

Vase, plate 18 of "Suite de Vases"

Benigno Bossi, 1760

Engraving of three men in 18th-century dress on a cobbled street, one holding a drawn sword, beside stone buildings.

L'Etourdi (The Blunderer), Oeuvres de Molière (Works of Molière), Vol. I

Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet, 1770

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Christ Child, a kneeling king, attendants, and a procession in the

Adoration of Magi, plate 7 from series "Life of the Virgin"

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of a covered urn with scaled body, grotesque masks and serpent handles on a stone pedestal.

Covered Vase with Grotesq

Benigno Bossi, 1760

Etching of a man in a cap and scarf, turned three-quarters, with curly hair and dense cross-hatched shading.

Rembrandt in Cap and Scarf

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of the Holy Family in a Gothic hall with an ornate fountain, angels and putti around the basin.

The Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520

Engraved portrait of a seated man with dividers over perforated cards in a workshop filled with tools.

Portrait of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834)

V. Vebert, 1850

Two orange-bellied squirrels, one hanging upside down, climbing a tree branch with green leaves and nuts on a pale background

Orange-Bellied Squirrel

John James Audubon, 1830

Engraving of an allegorical Autumn figure with a basket of fruit, a man with a goblet, and farm workers in the background.

Four Seasons (Autumn)

Jan Saenredam, 1590

Etching of a man holding a lantern leading a donkey carrying a veiled woman through a dark night landscape.

The Flight Into Egypt: A Night Piece

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and buttoned coat, with a Latin caption naming Petrus Brevgel below.

Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Etched portrait of a bare-shouldered woman with hand on chest before a dark wooded hillside, with German caption on left.

Woman

Arnold Böcklin, 1880

Engraving of a haloed allegorical figure with a sword and scales, standing beside a lion, in fine cross-hatched lines.

Justice

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of two figures in a dark forest looking down at a bearded man half-buried beside a skull, with an owl overhead.

The Discovery of a Buried Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1760

Engraved design plate numbered 79 showing an ornate coffee pot on a stand with two seated figures holding cups.

Coffee-pot and Stand from

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Engraving of the Flight into Egypt: Mary on a donkey holding the infant Christ, angels above, palm trees and a deer.

The Flight into Egypt

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Etching of two magi and two boys seated among ruins with a sheep and a sleeping figure in the foreground.

Two Magi and Two Boys, plate 14 from the from Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of a woman beside a smoking urn, an old man kneeling with flowers, a child, and potted plants.

L'Odorat (Smell) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Portrait of Philip Melancthon

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Engraving of a woman in a lace-trimmed tiered gown and tall headpiece holding a fan on a terrace with an urn.

Mme la Marquise de Belfons

Pieter Schenk, 1710

Etched oval portrait of a smiling old man in a plumed turban and fur-trimmed coat, with a white collar and brooch.

Portrait of an Old Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1780

Engraved ornamental panel with an eagle, winged figures holding garlands, a central oval cartouche and seated women below.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by an Eagle and the Motto NATOS ET NOSTRA TUEMUR, plate 7 from the Livre de Diverses Grot…

Michel Dorigny, 1650

Black-and-white portrait print of a man in a wide hat and ornate collar, flanked by columns, griffins, and an eagle crest.

Portrait of Maximilian I

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Etched portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat holding a palette, inscribed William Hogarth.

Self Portrait of William Hogarth

Samuel Ireland, 1780