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Engraving of a workshop where men grind olives with an ox-driven millstone and press oil beside clay jars and barrels.

Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of a Bacchanal with nude revelers, satyrs, and putti around a wine barrel beneath a grapevine.

Bacchanal

Andrea Mantegna

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a seated dog, hunting horn, grapevines, scrollwork and a basket of fruit.

Design for a Cartouche with Crayfish (Horizontal)

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraving of a haloed figure preaching to a crowd under a tree, with a hilltop town and birds in the sky behind.

Sermon on the Mount

Michel Lasne, 1590

Etching of a classical allegory with a staff-bearing man, an urn, seated figures, cherubs, and scattered books.

Allegory of Transience

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Etching of a dim architectural interior with timber ceiling, stone arch, staircase, and barred gate by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari

Architectural Interior

Giovanni Paolo Gaspari, 1700

Engraving of a soldier pointing to a ruined city through a window while a seated bearded man in a robe gestures toward it.

Caius Marius in Prison

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560

Engraving of a braided horse labeled Saxo walking on a hill, with a walled town and river boats behind it.

A Saxon Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Woodblock print of a teahouse with travelers and porters carrying a green palanquin along a road under pine trees.

Kusatsu, A Station Famous for its Rice Cakes, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Japanese woodblock print of a bay with a rocky headland, small boats, pine trees and a distant snow-capped mountain.

Maisaka, Imaki Point, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of hunters in feathered headgear catching geese by a pond, with decoy gourds on water and a distant town.

Catching geese

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1600

Symmetrical grotesque ornament print with a central mask, scrolls, feathers, pendants, and a small elephant at the top.

Plate 14, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of foxes attacking a bull and goat in a landscape, with a shepherd and sheep, Latin verses below.

Bulls and goats attacked by foxes

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of holidaymakers on a rocky seashore with children in tide pools, women with parasols, and sailboats offshore.

August in the Country - The Sea-Shore

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of soldiers charging across a field toward smoke, with a mounted officer raising a sabre on the right.

Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of a family arriving by carriage at a snowy house for Thanksgiving, greeted by relatives at the open door.

Thanksgiving Day - Arrival at the Old Home

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodblock print of travelers resting by a large tree and smoking fire in a winter field, with pines and thatched roofs behind

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Printed paper craft sheet with kiosk template, roof pieces, balustrade, trees, flowers and figures, hand-colored in green, re

Kiosque No. 6, Nouvelles constructions faciles pour jeunes enfants (Kiosk No. 6, New Easy Constructions for Young Chi…

Pellerin et Cie., Epinal, France, 1880

Wood engraving of a ship under construction in Gloucester Harbor, with workers on scaffolding and children playing with toy b

Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1873, p. 900

Winslow Homer, 1870

Sailors struggle with a heavy canvas sail on a snowy deck while rigging and a mast rise into a stormy sky.

Winter at Sea - Taking in Sail off the Coast

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of children playing snap-the-whip in a grassy field beside a small schoolhouse and wooded hills.

Snap-the-Whip

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraved crowd scene of soldiers in caps greeting women in crinoline dresses, with a child in the foreground.

Home from the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved street scene of fashionable city pedestrians with parasols, top hats, dogs and a child passing a Laces & Fancy Goods

Spring in the City

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of young women in period dress and a gentleman with a cane walking along a tree-lined avenue past a fence.

The Morning Walk - Young Ladies' School Promenading the Avenue

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etching of three long-tailed ducks flying low over rough sea under a rainy, cloudy sky with a distant shoreline.

Old Squaws

Frank Weston Benson, 1910

Engraving of cavemen attacking elephants in a palm-filled landscape, with a fallen elephant being butchered in the distance.

Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of women unwinding silk cocoons in an arched workshop, with a child, baskets, and a town view through an archway.

Unwinding the cocoons

Flemish Philip Galle, 1590

Woodblock print of travelers at a lantern-lit inn courtyard with blue crest banners and tents, pine trees at right.

Seki, Early Departure, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched ornament plate with a winged putto playing a lute in a central scrolled cartouche, flanked by decorative vertical moti

Plate 43, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of passengers on a ship deck among masts and rigging, with a seated woman reading and the sea at left.

Homeward Bound

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of a Roman soldier with a sword fighting a war elephant among fallen warriors in an arena, watched from galleries.

A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved Harper's Weekly page showing a college match between sophomores and freshmen and four vignettes of student life.

College Life in New England

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of a crowded ballroom with cadets in uniform dancing with women in full gowns beneath chandeliers and columns.

A Cadet Hop at West Point

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etching of Christ driving money-changers from a columned temple, with cattle, overturned tables and a crowd in the foreground

Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Etching of Peter and John at a temple gate, with a seated beggar, a crowd on steps, and classical columns and arches.

Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of General Thomas swearing in volunteers before a columned building in Washington D.C., with a bare tree at center.

General Thomas Swearing in the Volunteers Called into the Service of the United States at Washington D.C.

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of women and children with parasols on a crowded beach, with bathing cabins and figures in the distance.

On the Beach at Long Branch - The Children's Hour

James L. Langridge, 1870

Engraving of a Union sharpshooter aiming a rifle while seated on a pine branch, with a canteen hanging from the tree.

The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of turbaned horsemen with spears chasing ostriches across a plain, with dogs and palm trees framing the scene.

The Ostrich Hunt

Flemish Philip Galle, 1570

Engraving of two cones, one with a spiral ribbon and one with a lattice pattern, on a flat base line.

Two Cones, plate H. iiii in Persepctiva. Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Etched plate of grotesque ornaments with feathered hats, ruffs, winged figures and scrollwork, numbered 36.

Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of horsemen lassoing deer across a wooded hillside with a castle in the distance.

Trapping deer

Flemish Karel van Mallery, 1600

Engraving of curling foliage with a courting couple seated at top center, putti and birds among the scrolls.

Garden of Love

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of hunters capturing crocodiles by a river, with a wild boar used as bait and Latin verses below.

Crocodile hunt

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of soldiers in a trench as a shell explodes above sandbag earthworks, with an officer standing at left.

A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of two faceted conical polyhedral forms with pointed tips, one on a block and one on a wooden stand, with a scale b

Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Engraving of soldiers relaxing in a crowded winter camp hut around a bright fireplace, with gear hanging from beams.

Winter-Quarters in Camp - The Inside of a Hut

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of an elephant wrestling a coiled snake under a tree, with a second elephant and hunters in a hilly landscape behin

Fight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of figures gathering evergreen branches in a snowy winter forest, one man raising an axe beside a loaded sled.

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of factory workers with lunch pails walking toward a large factory building at bell-time.

New England Factory Life - "Bell-Time"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved courtroom scene of seated jurors listening to a standing lawyer reading from a paper, with a judge at the left.

Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New City Hall, New York

Winslow Homer, 1860

Woodblock print of a village with thatched houses, women working at ropes, a traveler, a large tree and blue mountains.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved plate with two symmetrical grotesque ornament designs of scrolls, feathers and tassels by Christoph Jamnitzer.

Plate 55 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with a cloth shop, a palanquin, porters, and travelers beneath pine trees.

Narumi, A Place Famous for Its Cloth, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of a picnic outing with a horse-drawn wagon, women in period dresses, a seated man, and a dog on grass.

The Picnic Excursion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of white-sailed boats on rough sea beside a stone seawall and pine-covered buildings at dusk.

Kuwana, Mouth of the Kiso River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

The Rhinoceros

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of fowlers using tethered decoy birds and a cage to catch flocks in an open landscape with figures and trees.

Fowling

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of two women with walking sticks beside a rocky gorge, a tall waterfall on the right, small hikers below.

Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved calligraphy sheet with a flourished alphabet, decorative letter border and signature David Roelands at lower right.

Alphabet (Incunabulum page ?)

David Roelands, 1610

Etched grotesque ornament plate with symmetrical scrolls, a central mask, fish, birds and dragon forms on a pale ground.

Plate 17, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Japanese woodblock print of a ferryboat with crew and sailing ships on blue water, with mountains and pines beyond.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a stone bridge with palanquin bearers, vendors with baskets, and tall ceremonial poles under a morning sky

Nihon Bridge, Morning View, Nihonbashi, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etching of a man gripping a large bat-like flying apparatus, with other figures gliding in a dark sky.

Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying), plate 13 in Disparates (Proverbs)