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

The Bagpiper

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

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

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

Portrait of James Hogg

William Nicholson

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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