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Engraving of Saint Paul preaching to a crowd before classical Athenian colonnades and a round temple, with an armored soldier

Saint Paul Preaching at Athens

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraving of putti gathering wood and sitting by a fire beside a thatched cottage, with French verses below.

L'Hyver

François Boucher, 1780

Engraving of three putti gathering flowers and leaves beside a stone urn and ruined wall under a cloudy sky.

Le Printems

François Boucher, 1780

Engraving of putti carrying wheat sheaves and flowers in a field under clouds, titled L'Este after François Boucher.

L’esté

François Boucher, 1780

Engraving of three putti with a goat and grapes under a tree, titled L'Automne, with French verses below.

L'Automne

François Boucher, 1780

Lithograph of the brick tomb gate of Washington at Mount Vernon, with obelisks, iron fencing, and figures on a path.

The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Nathaniel Currier, 1830

Etching of a wooded landscape with a path winding between tall trees toward distant figures under an open sky.

Three Figures in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Etched print of a Brooklyn power house with two smokestacks, a crane, and a suspension bridge over the water.

Power House, Brooklyn Edison Works

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Engraved Cooper Union certificate with a building vignette, handwritten attendance text in mathematics, and signatures.

Certificate in Mathematics, Cooper Union

Peter Cooper, 1860

Sepia mezzotint of a bearded man in a fur-collared robe in a barred cell with children and grieving figures, by John Boydell.

Ugolino in Prison (after Reynolds)

John Boydell, 1770

Pencil sketch of a New York skyline with rooftops in the foreground and several tall towers rising in the background.

New York Skyline - Light Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Dark brown etching of the Brooklyn Bridge towers and lit roadway at night, with a small boat on the water.

Brooklyn Bridge at Night

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Engraved semicircular fan leaf design with two cherubs, a flower urn, acanthus scrolls, fruit garlands and butterflies.

Fan leaves, Fifth and sixth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, inv…

Alexis Loir, 1670

Engraved 18th-century view of Hampstead with tree-lined road, carriage, strolling figures and distant houses.

A View of Hampstead

Robert Sayer, 1770

Engraved elevation of a paneled wall with a central fireplace, rococo mantel, and three landscape scenes with figures.

Decoration of the Fireplace Wall in Engrance Hall Hotel Roquelaure, Towards the Chapel

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Etching of a rustic house above a waterfall, with a rocky cliff, tall trees, two figures by a river and a small boat.

Landscape with House Near a Waterfall

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1760

Misty brown-toned print of a brewery with a tall chimney beside a river, with rowboats in the foreground.

Lion Brewery

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Engraved view of Rochester with castle keep, cathedral spire, town houses and rowing boats on the river.

A View of Rochester

Richard Marshall, 1710

Etching of a seated woman and standing figures among bones, an urn, and trees, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Woman with Her Arms in Chains, and Four Other Figures, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Black and white lithograph of a New York skyline with several tall towers above low buildings, under scribbled clouds.

New York Skyline - Dark Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraving of soldiers opening siege trenches with a horse-drawn cart, cavalry, and a walled city with spires beyond.

Views Representing the Most Considerable Transactions in the Siege of a Place, from Twelve of the Most REmarkable Sie…

Carington Bowles, 1770

Etching of a classical palace facade with statues, a formal garden, horseback riders, and pedestrians in the foreground.

A park of a castle

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etching of a brick shop front with Sunlight Soap signs, two shawled women on the street and children on the steps.

Sunlight Soap

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etched ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, putti and an oval landscape vignette, with a title cartouche below.

Friezes: Title Page for the set "Frises Feuillages et autres Ornemens..."

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraving of workers polishing armor in a workshop with a large grinding wheel and helmets scattered across the floor.

Armor making and polishing

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Hand-colored satirical print of exaggerated 19th-century inventions including a vacuum tube railway, balloons, and a flying w

March of Intellect

William Heath, 1800

Etching of an arched stone bridge over a river gorge, with a hilltop town and cathedral towers beneath cloudy skies.

St. Martin's Bridge, Toledo

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved lunette print of God the Father gesturing among clouds with angels and putti, titled Padre Eterno.

The Father Eternal

Pietro Bettelini, 1800

Engraved print of a royal procession with crowds, horsemen and carriages crossing a square toward a palace, with a statue and

Parade of Louis XIV on the Pont Neuf, Paris

Johann van Huchtenburgh, 1670

Etching of a drunken Silenus reclining with a wine cup, attended by satyrs beside a wine barrel and a donkey.

Drunken Silenus

Jusepe de Ribera, 1620