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Hand-colored peep-show of costumed carnival figures dancing in a Venetian-style square with arcaded buildings.

The Carnival of Venice (Peep-show)

Martin Engelbrecht, 1730

Engraving of a woman with a parasol on a beach, with two people in a rowboat and waves on the sea behind her.

"On the Beach, Two are Company, Three are None"

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved bookplate design shaped as a fan with a female figure in an oval medallion and ribbons reading Colonial Dames of Ame

Design for a Bookplate: Colonial Dames of America

Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, 1890

Engraved rococo ornament plate with scrolling acanthus leaves and a central floral rosette, numbered 16.

Plate 16 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Jacques Juillet, 1770

Etching of tall pine trees silhouetted against a pale sunset sky over dark foliage and a distant horizon.

Sunset

John Charles Robinson, 1880

Engraved plate of three ornate keyhole escutcheons with scrolling foliage, and cherub figures on the right design.

Plate 4, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of Neptune with trident and sea horses, with a figure on a chariot, winged birds and cherubs in clouds above.

Quos Ego (Whom I)

Simone Cantarini

Engraved grotesque plate with a cherub driving a chariot in the center, surrounded by animals, griffins, centaurs and scrolli

Plate 20, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Woodcut of two haloed women greeting in a doorway, with a donkey, robed figures, and towers in the background.

The Visitation

Leonardo Parasole, 1590

Engraved ornament sheet with a circular frame, acanthus scrolls, flower garlands, two cherubs, and small decorative studies a

Designs for engraved decoration of goldsmith's works

Jacques Vauquer, 1650

Engraved plate showing two rococo ewer designs with scrolling foliage and two cartouche fragments, numbered 143.

Two Designs for Ewer-shaped Ornaments, Album of Ornament

Franz Xaver Habermann, 1740

Engraving of women weaving garlands in a vineyard, with a reclining nude, a cupid, a woodcutter and goats in the background.

The Wreath

Giulio Bonasone, 1550

Etching of a shipyard with a wooden hull, sailing ship, church clock tower, workmen, anchor and barrels on a wharf.

Wharf, Kennebunkport, Maine

Harry Fenn, 1880

Engraved grotesque ornament with strapwork, two female figures, and a central Ovid scene of an archer and seated figures.

Strapwork Grotesque with Scene from Ovid

Flemish Pieter van der Heyden, 1560

Engraving of men in a procession carrying classical helmets, armor, shields, and ornate vases on poles.

Triumph of Caesar: The Corselet Bearers

Andrea Mantegna

Engraving of a burning city with fleeing figures, cattle, and a robed elder blowing a trumpet, with Latin text below.

The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast'

Flemish Marten de Vos, 1600

Engraved plate of an empire-style room with draped curtains and a table, surrounded by helmets, swords and shields.

Salle éxécuté au Chateau Malmaison (Room Designed for Chateau Malmaison), plate 55, in Recueil de decorations interie…

Charles Percier, 1800

Engraved rococo oval platter design with scrolls, acanthus leaves and shell ornament around an empty centre.

Design for a Silver Platter

Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler, 1740

Engraved garden design with a coat of arms fountain, pillars, and a rearing equestrian statue above among trees.

Design for Fountain with Coat of Arms and Equestrian Statue

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Engraved ornamental plate with grotesque scrollwork and a central oval scene of two mounted warriors fighting.

Plate 16, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved perspective of a neoclassical bedroom with ornate ceiling, wall panels, fireplace, chairs and a draped bed.

Vue perspective de la Chambre à coucher du Cit. V à Paris (Perspective View of the Bedroom of Cit. V in Paris), plate…

Charles Percier, 1810

Red-toned engraved plate of two decorative friezes with scrolling acanthus, flowers, garlands and a small figural medallion.

Plate 8 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Black and white ornamental design of swirling scrolls and leafy tendrils filling a horizontal rectangle, finely hatched.

Querfüllung auf hellem Grund (Horizontal Ornament)

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraved ornamental plate with a central architectural niche, seated figures, eagles, sphinxes and dense scrolling grotesque

Plate, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of a rearing horse with a braided tail against a distant landscape of hills and buildings, labelled Danus.

A Danish Horse, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraved ornamental frieze plate with scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers, an urn, and a trophy of arms in two bands.

Plate 14 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraving of two horses, labeled Romanus and Equus Matronalis, before a distant walled city with a bridge.

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

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Etched fan leaf design with cherubs, lions, a flower urn, and scrolling ornament in a semicircular frame.

Fan leaves, Second half of the set "Desseins d'Eventails et Ecrans

Nicolas Pierre Loir

Engraved ornamental plate with grotesque scrollwork, armored figures, sphinxes, and a horseback rider in clouds at center.

Plate 17, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of bearded Silenus riding a donkey with a satyr holding a cup, a dog, and putti in a landscape.

Silenus Riding on an Ass

Giulio Bonasone, 1550

Engraved scene of a crowded city square with stone buildings, a raised platform, and onlookers watching from balconies.

Ecce Homo (copy)

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraved pastoral landscape with an arched bridge over a river, grazing sheep, draped figures, and distant mountains.

Jacob and Laban (Il Ponti)

William Woollett, 1780

Etching of a winged dragon bearing the Virgin and Child on its back, with a banner above and flames from its mouth.

Parade Float with the Virgin and Child riding a Dragon, plate 8 from A. Isacchi, "Relatione di Alfonso Isachi intorno…

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Engraving of three sailing ships tossed among fantastical sea monsters on rough waves under a dark sky.

Three ships surrounded by monsters

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Hand-colored engraving of an allegorical America: a feathered woman with a bow beside a crocodile, parrot, monkey and tropica

America

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Sepia etching of a seated woman and a winged youth writing on a classical monument beside architectural fragments.

Etching with aquatint: Architecture

Felice Giani, 1790

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a leaping deer, hounds, arched bridge, waterfall, ostrich and fruit.

Design for Cartouche Forming a Bridge (Horizontal)

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraving of the Nativity: kneeling Virgin beside infant Christ in a manger, shepherds with a lamb at left, angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Flemish Nicolaus van Aelst, 1600

Two engraved plates of putti: one playing flute and lyre on a pedestal, the other helmeted beside a pelt and winged cherub.

Suitte des Enfants

Michael Hartwagner, 1770

Engraving of men catching snakes with forked sticks in a marsh, with dogs, frogs, trees and ruins in the background.

Hunting snakes

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1600

Engraved cartouche showing a seated woman with an incense burner beside a camel, with palm trees and a building in the backgr

L'Asie

Marie Michelle Blondel, 1730

Engraving of a rearing horse with a bridle, labeled GALLICVS, with a city and hills in the background.

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

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraved elevation of a riding academy side wall with arched windows, draped curtains, garlands, and chandeliers.

Side Wall Elevation of the Riding Academy, Vienna

Francesco Zucchi, 1740

Japanese woodblock print of porters loading cargo onto horses at a roadside post station beneath a teal sky.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched title plate with an oval floral cartouche holding the IHS monogram, topped by a ribbon bow and flanked by flower ornam

"Title Plate," Plate 1 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraving of Union soldiers sleeping on the ground by their rifles in a bare field, with a standing sentry at center.

Army of the Potomac - Sleeping on their Arms

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of Civil War soldiers, a central wheel of dated years, Lincoln portrait, farmers, women and children from Harp

1860-1870

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a seated bull, winged figure, scrolls, and floral sprays, numbered 32.

Plate 32, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of a bearded hunter on horseback with a leopard, dogs and a leopard chasing rabbits in a wooded landscape.

Rabbit hunt

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of horsemen lassoing and spearing wild bulls in an open field, with trees and Latin verses below.

Trapping wild bulls

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of crowds skating on an icy rink before city buildings, with top-hatted men, bonneted women and a child on a sled.

Skating at Boston

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of a rabbit hunt with rabbits fleeing across hills, dogs in pursuit, and mounted hunters beside a tree.

Rabbit hunt

Theodoor Galle, 1600

Etching of a seated man reading a large book beside a table with a skull, under a triptych with a crucifixion scene.

Portrait of Abraham Francen

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Hand-colored print of an actor as Richard III reclining in a jeweled robe with a gold sword, a red tent and battle behind.

Edmund Kean as Richard III

A. Park, London, England, 1830

Woodblock print of grazing horses and handlers in a green field beside a blue sea, with a large pine tree at center.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Engraving of a crowned child on a tricycle beside a winged figure, while Father Time pushes a 1868 wheelbarrow past a night c

The New Year - 1869

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved plate with two rococo vase designs with scrolling foliage, a small cartouche between them, and number 143.

Two Designs for Vase-Like Ornaments

Franz Xaver Habermann, 1740

Engraving of fighting horses rearing in a hilly landscape with a wolf at lower left and trees at upper right.

Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraved ornamental frieze with classical figures, scrollwork, and a central cartouche reading Theodor de Bry.

Plate 1, from a set of four frieze designs

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590

Etching of a seated woman holding a child, a cat on a bench, and a man at a sunlit window in an interior.

The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Joseph at the Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of a bearded man pointing to his forehead beside a woman holding an ornate covered jar, with a distant landscape.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraving of three ornate flower vases with serpent handles and carved masks, each holding a bouquet of blossoms.

Vases, from Le Blanc 4

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750

Engraving of five lansquenet soldiers and a turbaned rider on horseback in a landscape with trees.

Five Lansquenets and an Oriental on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer

Etching of figures gathered around an infant in a dim interior with a ladder and barrel at left.

The Circumcision in the Stable

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650