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Engraved view of Twickenham from the Thames with houses, a church tower, trees, and boats with passengers on the river.

View of Twickenham, from the River Thames, from Walter Harrison's History of London

John Cooke, 1740

Engraved print of an ornate doorway with an urn-topped pediment and a receding view through paneled doors into a corridor.

Doorway, Apartment of Lou

François Chauveau, 1710

Engraved print of an acanthus leaf scroll with two birds, one perched and one in flight, on the right.

Acanthus motif with two birds

Cesare Domenichi, 1610

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

Engraved portrait of a seated older man with side whiskers in a dark suit and cravat, in a carved armchair.

Portrait of Robert Grosvenor, Baron of Ebury

D. J. Pound, 1850

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, two allegorical figures with bow and lyre, a rooster, and fruit garlands.

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

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1750

Etching of a ruined fortified building with a round tower, a wooden water conductor, and ducks on a stream.

Fortified Building by a Stream With a Large Water Conductor

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

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

Engraved portrait bust of a balding man in a military uniform with embroidered collar and star medal, with a signature below.

Portrait of Frederick Augustus, Duke of York

H. R. Cook, 1820

Etching of a ruined castle with an arched gateway beside the river Loire, with sailing boats and figures on the bank.

A Castle in Ruins Upon the Banks of the Loire

W. Boonett, 1770

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

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man with a mustache and lace collar, set on a rectangular sheet with wide margins.

Head of Man

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1740

Etching of Station XI of the Via Crucis showing Christ laid on the ground beside a ladder, with a crowd and robed figure arou

Via crucis - Station XI, Jesus Nailed to the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved design of a side table with spiral fluted legs, garland swags, and an urn on top, with a scale bar below.

A table

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1780

Etching of a busy street with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, a street lamp, and a classical colonnade of St Martin's.

Saint Martin's

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Black and white lithograph of Gothic St. Thomas Church tower beside tall buildings, with pedestrians and a carriage on a city

St. Thomas' New York

Childe Hassam, 1910

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

Engraved sheet of three ornamental picture frame designs with putti, trophies, scrollwork, and a reclining figure.

Design for Painted Frames, from "Bordures de Tableau"

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Woodcut of two women embracing before a stone doorway, with a mountain landscape, castle and tall trees behind them.

The Visitation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of the Deposition: Christ's body lies in Mary's lap with mourners, a ladder and cross behind, and a standing man at r

Via crucis - Station XIII, The Deposition

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 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

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

Hand-colored print of Grace Church on Broadway, showing a tall Gothic spire and pedestrians along an iron-fenced street.

Grace Church

Laurent Deroy, 1850

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

Porta Maggiore

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1830

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 crowded infernal hall with a gesturing figure on a raised platform beneath glowing lamps and stars.

The Council in Hell. Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost" (after William Hogarth)

Jane Ireland, 1780

Mezzotint print of two mounted trumpeters playing brass trumpets, one on a grey horse, in a landscape setting.

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Trumpeters

Georg Philip Rugendas, 1720

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

Engraved design of an ornate altar with columns, rococo scrollwork, a cherub and cross, with a floor plan below.

Design for an Altar, from "Nouveaux Dessins d'Autels"

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Engraving of Achilles among women in a classical columned hall, with a shield, jewelry box and sword on the floor.

Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes

Nicolas Ryckermans, 1650

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

Engraved ornamental panel with winged figures, garlands and a central landscape scene with a figure leading a donkey.

Sheet from the set, "Ornemens de Peaneaux pour... Lambris"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved plate showing two side views of an ornate clock design with Roman numeral dials and scrolled foliate decoration.

Design For a Clock, pl. XVII from "Recueil d'Ouvrages Curieux de Mathematique et de Mecanique, ou Description du Cabi…

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

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 wooded river landscape with a nude figure running on the bank and another figure in the water.

Arethusa Pursued by Alpheus in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

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

Figures on the March

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1740

Engraved bust portrait of a woman in a feathered turban, lace collar and layered necklace, with caption below.

Portrait of Princess Frederica, Duchess of York

Thomas Woolnooth Sr, 1820

Print - Jacques Callot, 1630

Jacques Callot, 1630

Engraving of seated Christ in a crown of thorns, flanked by two angels holding a cloth, with whips and thorns at his feet.

Christ With the Instruments of the Flagillation Attended by Two Angels

Flemish Joannes Galle, 1650

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

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

Etching of Christ carrying the cross under a stone arch, with soldiers, a hanging lantern and a bust labeled Tiberius.

Via crucis - Station II, He Takes the Cross on His Shoulders

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

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

Etching of a busy London Strand corner with bookseller signs, shopfronts, advertisements and pedestrians on the pavement.

No. 230 the Strand

Joseph Pennell, 1900

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 ornamental design page with an urn, a central cartouche with two figures and candelabra, and a bull's head panel.

Page Four from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

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 portrait of an older man in a dark skull cap and white clerical garment, with a dedication and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram

Isaac Herbert, 1790

Engraving of Job reclining nude while winged demons attack him and his wife stands beside him in a ruined landscape.

Job Tormented by the Demons and His Wife

Flemish Lucas Vorsterman, 1630

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

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 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

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

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

Woodcut of Christ gesturing to kneeling and standing women under a wooden shelter, with a walled town and bare tree behind.

Christ Taking Leave of his Mother, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

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

Etching of a fortress tower with masted ships and rowboats in a harbor under a cloudy sky, by Thomas Moran.

The Castle of San Juan d' Ulloa, Vera Cruz, Mexico

Thomas Moran, 1880

Etching of seated Hercules with a club and lion skin, with small putti at his feet on a stone pedestal.

Hercules, plate one from Twelve Etchings by Chifflart

François-Nicolas Chifflart, 1860

Engraved design for a choir screen with cherubs, a cross, an urn, garlands, and a bust in a draped frame.

Design for a Choir Screen

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Etching of a seated woman with two children, a donkey, sheep, an owl on a wall, and a dog in a rural landscape.

Woman with Two Children and a Donkey, plate 21 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of Christ falling under the cross for the third time, with soldiers, a crowd, and a ship mast in the background.

Via crucis - Station IX, He Falls Beneath the Cross the Third Time

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1740

Engraved tailpiece of a hand gripping a drawn sword, with dense hatched shading behind the arm and sleeve.

Arm with a Drawn Sword, Tailpiece for Franx Kugler's "Geschichte Friedrichs des Grossen, Leipzig, 1840-1842

Hieronymus Heinrich Jakob Ritschl von Hartenbach, 1840

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

Stipple engraving of a bewigged man in a fur-trimmed robe and lace cravat, captioned John Second Lord Belhaven.

Portrait of John Hamilton, Second Early of Belhaven

W. Bautree, 1790

Etching of Veronica kneeling to wipe the face of Christ carrying the cross, with a soldier and onlookers beside a city skylin

Via crucis - Station VI, Saint Veronica Wipes His Face

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

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 rococo ornamental plate with a cherub, a griffin, a carved head, books and a quill on a scrolled pedestal.

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

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

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

Engraved page of three vertical ornamental panels with a rooster, arrows, a draped archer, cherubs and scrolled cartouches.

Page Two from "Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans où Pilastres Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gr…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

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

Etched portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cravat, holding a palette, with inscription naming William Hogarth.

Portrait of William Hogarth

Samuel Ireland, 1780

Engraving of a laurel-crowned Roman rider on a rearing horse within an ornate rococo frame, with a crowd below.

The Roman Emperor Caligula (37-41)

Étienne Charpentier, 1750

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

Engraved ornamental page with three decorative pilasters featuring putti, scrolling foliage, shields, and a central urn on a

Page Six from "Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans où Pilastres Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gr…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

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

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 wide city street with ornate townhouses, pedestrians, a carriage, and a large tree on the right.

Park Lane

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Back of a paper sheet with a grey monogram stamp and a purple circular seal reading L.W.

Man of Sorrows

Albrecht Dürer, 1500