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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 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

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

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 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

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 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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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