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Etching of a man standing and a woman seated in a dark drawing room beside a fireplace, c. 1900.

A Couple in a Drawing Room

William Henry Hyde, 1900

Engraved illustration of an ornate ewer with serpent handle, ram head and skull decoration on a footed base.

Vase (Plate 10 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Etching of a rooster crowing on a hay pile, with hens foraging below under a hatched sky and a fence line in the distance.

Le Chant du Coq

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Engraving of the Holy Trinity: God the Father holds Christ's body, a dove above, angels and cherubs around.

The Holy Trinity

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved plate of an ornamental vase with serpent handles and a ram's head garland, numbered VIII.

Vase (Plate 8 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraved plate with eight designs of Chinese-style teapots, ewers, cups, a sauceboat and a footed bowl.

Designs for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils

Sir William Chambers, 1750

Engraving of a kneeling man before a white horse, hunting dogs, a stag among trees, and a castle on a rocky hill.

St. Eustace

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved sheet with two vertical grotesque ornament panels showing a nude woman, cherubs, sphinx, garlands and scrolling foli

Grotesque Ornament

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, 1500

Engraving of a bearded man with a bow beside a turbaned woman holding an infant, on a sparse landscape ground.

The Turkish Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a crowned woman carrying a platter with a severed head, beside a seated banquet scene in a beamed room.

Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Etching of a seated figure reading beside a lion on a path, with trees on the left and a tower and buildings on a hill.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of the Virgin seated on a crescent moon nursing the infant Christ, surrounded by radiating lines and stars.

Virgin on the Crescent (Title Page of the Life of the Virgin)

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Botanical illustration of a Crinum lily with a green stem and white spidery flowers, with a faint plant sketch below.

Crinum taitens

Engraved plate of an ornate classical vase with a serpent handle, mask at the shoulder, and figures in relief.

Vase (Plate 12 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

George du Maurier

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Engraving of the beheading of John the Baptist, with an executioner, a woman with a platter, and a banquet scene with musicia

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Israhel van Meckenem

Pen drawing of a seated woman holding a cornucopia of fruit and flowers, with a decorative banner reading Abundantia Terrae.

Abundantia Terrae

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Engraved plate of an ornate ewer with a twisted neck, scrolled handle and pedestal foot, numbered 243 on the page.

Vase (Plate 3 of Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Woodcut of Christ with a spade and Mary Magdalen kneeling before him in a landscape, from Dürer's Little Passion.

Noli me Tangere (Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen), from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a cloud beside Cupid drawing a bow, with a scroll inscription above.

Venus and Cupid

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Grayscale illustration of a dark bird pecking at shells and pebbles among grass and leaves, with a handwritten signature belo

The Handle of a China Cup, the Gem of the Collection

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, arms raised beside a cross, wearing a crown of thorns, with a skull at his feet.

The Man of Sorrows (with Hands Raised)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of two young women in bathing costumes on a beach, with bathers in the surf and a sailboat offshore.

The Bathers

William H. Redding, 1870

Engraved print of an ornate classical vase with a figure climbing its rim, ship reliefs, and acanthus leaves at the base.

Vase (Plate 7 of a Series)

Engraved title page with ornate border, two lions holding a crown above coats of arms, and allegorical figures beside printed

Title page, "Rerum et Urbis Mstelodamensiu Historia..."

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered headdress and fur-trimmed robe, holding a sword, on a terrace with urns.

Le Grand Seigneur (The Nobleman), plate 17 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to M…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Engraved plate of seven rococo panel crestings with scrolling shell-like ornament, titled Divers Couronnemens de Panneaux de

Divers Couronnemens de Panneaux de Menuiserie

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolls, a hunting spear, a hare, a dog head and oak leaves on a rocky base.

Design for Cartouche Evoking the Chase

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate of four rococo girandole wall sconce designs with scrollwork, foliage and chinoiserie pagoda motifs.

Gerandoles

Thomas Chippendale, 1750

Engraved plate of ornamental locksmith design with scrolling foliage, a winged bird, fruit clusters and a keyhole motif.

Plate 8, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etched ornamental design plate with scrolling foliage, lion masks and fruit clusters, numbered 116.

Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraved rococo cartouche with dogs, a boar, grapevines and a waterfall between scrolled ornamental frames.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking the Season of Autumn and The Chase

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate with four bands of architectural friezes showing sea gods, a griffin, acanthus scrolls, masks, and marine moti

Plate from Frises pour les architraves, cornices, et autres ornements d'architecture (Friezes Intended for Ornamentin…

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Hand-coloured title page with a scrolled French cartouche surrounded by green ferns, red and blue flowers, and a small garden

Title page, plate 1 from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers chinois"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche frame with shells, seaweed, and a trident evoking water, on a cream page.

Design for Cartouche Evoking Aquatic Elements

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with a pastoral scene of a shepherd, seated figures, a cow and a tower, with French title lettering

Cartouche with Central Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Hand-coloured ornamental design of a blue-sailed ship beside a willow, flowers and rocks, with a figure and dog in the boat.

Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres" No.3, Inventes…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Etching of a child's head with curls over a stag skull, flanked by two dogs, crossed spears and ribbons in ornamental framing

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Red chalk style plate of tree branches with leaves and flower sprigs, numbered 1 and 2, with French instructional caption bel

Plate 2 from Livre Ier, Principes du dessin dans le genre du Paysage

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770

Engraved rococo ornament design with scrolling cartouche, flower garland, urn and clouds above low foliage.

Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Symmetrical engraved grotesque with a central urn, dolphins, winged lions, putti and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraved plate of three ornate wrought iron balcony railing designs with scrolls and foliage, with a feet scale bar.

Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons

Pierre-Edmé Babel

Engraved rococo garden ornament design with scrolling forms, a reclining figure with a sun medallion, and trees behind.

Fantastical Garden Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Portrait of Joseph Zola (1739-1806)

Faustino Anderloni, 1800

Engraved design of a symmetrical wrought iron railing panel with scrolls, fleur-de-lis finials and acanthus leaves.

Panel of a Wrought Iron Railing

Pierre Guillebaud, 1610

Engraved plate of a rococo table centerpiece with candlesticks above a bowl with scrolled feet and putti, from Meissonnier's

Neuvième Livre des Oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier, Surtout de Table/Cuvette de Roy [Ninth Series of Designs from the wor…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etching of two figures in Asian robes playing a gong, bells, and stringed instruments among plants.

L'Ouye (Hearing) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Elevation and Plan of a Carriage Entrance

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo ornament plate with a crested bird, kneeling figures, scrollwork cartouches and an umbrella-holding figure.

Ornament Design with Figures and Birds

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved ornamental cartouche surrounded by flames, dragons and tools, with an empty central panel on a cream page.

Cartouche Decorated with Elements of Fire

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Portrait of Bernard Knipperdolling, A Chief of the Anabaptists of Münster

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1530

Engraved ornamental plate with acanthus scrolls, a central nude figure, and a grotesque creature among the foliage.

Plate 3, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Pencil and wash arabesque garden scene with a staircase, thatched pavilion, two figures, and stylized foliage in blue and red

Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, no.1

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central rider on a winged horse, surrounded by scrolls, putti, griffins and foliage.

Plate 21, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved plate of three ornate wrought-iron staircase balusters with scrolling foliate panels and lettered component keys.

Rampes d'Escaliers a Grands Paneaux, avec Pilastres, et Console

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of three ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, palmettes, garlands, cherub medallions and an urn.

Three Friezes, plate 4 fr

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Etching of Christ bound before a seated judge under a draped canopy, with soldiers and a crowd around the platform.

Christ Before Pilate: The Large Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of a rococo cartouche with a seated man smoking a pipe, a standing figure with a fan, and flags and a trident.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Country of China

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Etching of an allegorical scene with a seated plumed man, a herm bust, a trumpeting cherub, a lamb and a rabbit.

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Engraved ornamental plate with a central archer figure in a cartouche, surrounded by scrolls, masks and animals.

Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Title page with an oval wreath of colored fronds and flowers around French script, numbered No. 3.

Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs Idéales" No. 3

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved dedication page with a laurel-crowned bust, winged genius, putti, and inscription cartouche over books and a cannon.

Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies, frontispiece for Paolantonio Paoli, Rovine della città…

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Etching of a robed man gazing up at a stag with a glowing crucifix between its antlers, in a rocky landscape with a horse.

Saint Eustace

Elisabetta Sirani, 1650

Engraved rococo design of a trumeau mirror above a commode in paneled wall, with ornate scrolled frames and a scale bar.

Trumeau de Glace

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740