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Engraving of mythological figures in a garden, with a sun chariot in the clouds above and figures turning into flowers.

L'Empire de Flore

Gérard Audran, 1680

Engraved page of two ornate rococo clock case designs with urns, foliage, dragons and lion masks, by Oppenord.

Page Three from "Second Licre Contenant Differens Desseins de Pendules Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Moonlit Paris square with a Gothic church tower on the left, a domed building behind, and small pedestrians on the paving.

St. Etienne du Mont and the Pantheon, Paris

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

Engraved plate of an ornate double cupboard door flanked by pilasters with putti reliefs, with a plan view below.

Plate 6, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards, traittée dans la même gout..."

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Engraved street view of townhouses along a canal with a crane at left, pedestrians and a horse rider in the street.

Peep-show, View Near the Park, Toward the Bridge of Leyden in The Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curled hair, fur-trimmed mantle and star insignia, inscribed Louis XIV.

Portrait of Louis XIV, King of France

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved view of Florence's Arno river with a stone bridge, riverside palaces, rowing boats and figures on the bank.

View of the Lungarno and the Ponte Santa Trinita

Francheschini, 1710

Japanese woodblock print of two women under cherry blossoms, one sweeping fallen petals with a broom.

April, from series of "Social Customs..."

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Sepia print of ruined Dunstanburgh Castle on a hill above rocky shore, with a cottage, sheep and breaking waves.

Dunstanburgh Castle, from "Liber Studiorum," part III

James Mallord William Turner, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded officer in a dark uniform with epaulettes and a white peaked cap, titled The Grand Duke Nichol

Portrait of Nicholas Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia

G. R. Hall, 1830

Mezzotint oval portrait of Martin Luther in dark robes, with an engraved inscription below, by Richard Houston.

Portrait of Martin Luther

Richard Houston, 1750

Engraved view of the Queen's Palace in St. James's Park with figures on the lawn and a cloudy sky.

The Queen's Palace in St. James's Park, from Walter Harrison's History of London

John Cooke, 1740

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral's west front and dome seen down a city street, flanked by tall buildings and towers.

St. Paul's, Fleet Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a village by a river with a winding wooden bridge, half-timbered houses, a church steeple and a hilltop castle.

Landscape with a winding wooden Bridge

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1540

Engraved print of a waterfall under a stone arch bridge, with trees, rocky cliffs, strolling figures and a tower on a hill.

The Devil's Bridge, near Cassel, Germany

Friedrich Schroeder, 1790

Engraving of a woman at left, men at an open door, and a reclining man on a canopied bed in an interior.

Thamar ejected from her brother's house

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Engraving of two robed apostles speaking to a seated beggar beside a column, with onlookers in period dress behind them.

S. Peter and S. John Healing the Lame at the Gate of the Temple

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of Hercules struck by a woman with a club, with nude figures, a satyr, a child and a castle in the landscape.

Hercules at the Crossroads (The Effects of Jealousy)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved ornamental design with a grotesque mask, scrolls, shell and fruit garland framing a blank cartouche.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of a biblical interior with robed men, armored soldiers, a canopied bed, and a seated dog in the foreground.

Ammon Begs the King to Summon his Sister Thamar

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Engraved vertical ornamental panel with a classical statue, putti, fruit urns, boars and a medallion of embracing figures.

L’Automne

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraving of a horned satyr playing a flute beside a nude woman nursing an infant among gnarled trees.

The Satyr Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved print of the Buyten Hof in The Hague with a carriage, riders, and pedestrians on a cobbled square.

Peep-show, View of the Buyten Hof in The Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800

Three Grotesque Heads in Profile (After Hogarth)

Jane Ireland, 1790

Etching of a crowded city avenue with large American flags hanging from tall buildings and pedestrians walking in sunlight an

Avenue of the Allies

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraved portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and a lace collar, labeled Lord of Lavden 1637.

Portrait of Lord of Lavden (1637)

Isaac Herbert, 1790

Engraved interior of a columned hall with seated deputies facing a raised throne under a canopy, crowded with spectators.

Meeting of the States General at Versailles in 1789

Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman, 1790

Red chalk style print with a cherub, two hens, a leafy tree, and a lion with putti in an ornamental scroll panel.

Plate 4, from "Oeuvre de Differens Genres"

Flemish Gilles Antoine Demarteau, 1770

Engraved elevation of rococo paneled wall with two arched windows and mirror panels, Palais Bourbon bedroom.

Decoration of the Bedroom in Palais Bourbon

Jacques Gabriel, 1710

Vertical strip showing two Japanese figures, a woman with ornate hair above and a man holding a folding fan below.

Two Actors

Kikugana Eizan, 1810

Engraved street view of the Old City Hall on Wall Street with columns, a cupola, strolling figures and a large tree.

View of the Old City Hall, Wall Street

Hatch and Smillie, New York, NY, 1820

Engraving of a mounted cavalry officer in armor with a sword, riding a grey horse, with soldiers behind him.

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Corporal

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1720

Brown print of a Triumph of Death with three fates, a wheel of fortune, skeletons and an hourglass within an architectural fr

Triumph of Death with three fates in an architectural frame above a wheel of fortune flanked by skeletons; a skull an…

Andrea Andreani, 1580

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a standing Saturn figure holding a scythe, flanked by putti and masks.

Grotesque with Deities. Plate 01 “Saturne” 2nd state

René Boyvin, 1540

Etching of the Tour de l'Horloge in Paris with a clock tower, turrets, a stone bridge and a barge on the river.

La Tour de l'Horloge

Charles Meryon, 1850

Engraved elevations of two Paris hotel vestibules with paneled doors, arched windows, pilasters and rococo carved ornament.

Decoration of the Two Vestibules in Hotel Roquelaure

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Mezzotint portrait of a young boy in a plumed helmet reaching toward a parrot in a tree, with a distant house.

The Lord Euston

John Smith, 1680

Etching of an old Paris building with arched doorway, shuttered windows, two figures on the street, and handwritten verse abo

La rue des mauvais garcons

Charles Meryon, 1850

Engraved portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia in a dark veil and white collar, hands clasped, with Latin inscription be

Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Flemish Lucas Vorsterman, 1650

Engraved plate of an ornate domed clock with twisted coiled wires around columns and two Roman-numeral dials on the base.

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

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Engraved view of Florence's Piazza della Signoria with Palazzo Vecchio tower and crowds at a festival procession.

View of Palazzio Vecchio, Loggia, and Pizza on Occation of Fête in homage to St. John the Baptist, Plate 23 from "Sce…

Carlo Gregori, 1740

Engraved view of a formal garden with a tiered cascade, fountains, tree-lined paths and strolling figures in period dress.

View of the Fountains at Brunoy

Pierre Philippe Choffard, 1760

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of Civil War soldiers marching, a mounted officer, and song titles like Dixie.

The Songs of the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etching of a woodland landscape with a resting traveller and dog beside a stream, tall trees framing the scene.

Landscape With Traveller Resting

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved design of an ornamental urn on a pedestal with floral garlands and a cameo medallion.

ornament

John Edwards, 1780

Engraved plans and elevations of London Bridge showing arches, towers and a church tower, with scale bars and text.

Plans for the New London Bridge

Benjamin Cole, 1740

Wood engraving page of Civil War news vignettes: a woman reading a letter, soldiers, sailors, and men grabbing newspapers fro

News from the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of soldiers attacking two bastions at a breach made by mines, with cannon smoke and a city skyline behind.

The Attach of Two Bastions, at Breches Made by Springing Mines, from Twelve of the Most Remarkable Sieges and Battles…

Carington Bowles, 1770

Engraving of Union soldiers in a dense bayonet charge across a smoky field, rifles raised, with a tree and distant troops.

The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a column, with a castle, tree, shield and bow in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraved elevation of a palace vestibule interior with Corinthian columns, arched niches, a paneled door, and a decorative ca

Decoration of the Vestibule in Palais Bourbon

Pierre L'Assurance, 1710

Etching of Christ carrying the cross with Simon of Cyrene helping, a crowd and a stone tower behind them.

Via crucis - Station V, Simon of Cyrene Helps Him to Carry the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Etching of the entombment: men lay a shrouded body in a stone tomb while mourners and a kneeling figure watch under tree bran

Via crucis - Station XIV, The Entombment

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of a sleeping nude Venus beneath a tree with a winged Cupid resting against her, with a landscape behind.

Sleeping Venus and Cupid

Theodoor Galle, 1590

Etching of a standing woman pouring from a vessel at an altar, with a seated shirtless man and a helmeted soldier beside rock

Standing Woman, Seated Soldier, and a Slave, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved allegory of Water with putti, sea creatures, fountain, ships and a distant city within ornamental scrollwork.

Aqua, allegory of Water from The Four Elements

Hans Kellerthaler, 1580

Etching of a riverside town with a Gothic monument on the left, an arched bridge, figures on the bank and a dog.

A View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb

Canaletto, 1740

Engraving of a dancing couple on the left and a walking couple with a sword on the right, dated 1546.

July and August

Sebald Beham, 1540

Circular etching of a formal French garden with a long reflecting pool, tree-lined paths, a statue, and a fountain.

French Gardens

Flemish Abraham Genoels, 1680

Engraving of a crowded ancient city with a robed man gesturing, kneeling figures, oxen and a horse near a temple with columns

Unidentified subject

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

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

Etching of a dense forest with large trees, a small waterfall over rocks, a river, and a distant village under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Waterfall

Bohemian Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640

Engraved landscape of a valley with a village, church spire, and figures on a path, with dedicatory inscription below.

First View of Pyrmont in Waldeck

Peter Mazell, 1780

Engraved title page with rococo frame, flower garlands, drafting tools and text for an architecture treatise, 1766.

Title Page, from "Nouveau Traité des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture"

Charles Dupuis, 1760