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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving of art students and copyists working at easels in the Louvre gallery, with framed paintings and visitors in a vault

"Art - Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Hand-colored print of a kitchen where pots, pans, a teapot and chairs dance at midnight beside a dog and a parrot.

The Minuet, a Midnight Revel

William Day, 1820

Engraved full-length portrait of a bearded man in lace collar and sash beside a plumed helmet, drapery, and cannon.

Portrait of Albrecht Waldstein

Joseph Bergler the younger, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in an oval frame, flanked by allegorical figures, a skull and a putto below.

Portrait of Pieter Brughel the Younger

Flemish Aegidius Sadeler II, 1600

Engraving of apocalyptic horsemen charging over a crowd of despairing figures, one rider carrying a scythe.

The Apocalyptic Riders

Julius Caesar Thaeter, 1840

Etching of tall trees in a woodland landscape with Venus, Adonis, Cupid and hunting dogs in the lower right.

Venus and Adonis with Cupid in a Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Etching of a crowded pier with a paddle steamer and a large bridge crossing the river behind it.

Blackfriars Bridge, Penny Steamboats

Joseph Pennell, 1890

Portrait of Victor Hugo

Auguste Rodin, 1880

Engraved ornamental panel with a central octagonal landscape of a tree, hunters and a dog, framed by garlands and classical f

Panel from, "Ornements de Paneaux"

Jean Le Pautre, 1680

Etching of a village with a church tower, ruined houses, a horseman on a road, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape With Ruined Houses

Israel Silverstre, 1650

Ukiyo-e woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono and two men with a pole, before a town with a bridge and boats.

Four Actors in a Town Landscape

Hosada Yeishe, 1800

Etching of a skeleton in a dark cloak leaning over a barefoot man holding a book in a dark wooded setting.

Death comes to the artist

François Chifflart, 1850

Etching of the martyrdom of Saint Stephen, with a kneeling saint below a heavenly vision of angels and a dove.

Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1780

Engraved architectural plate showing a rococo double cupboard door with putti reliefs above and floor plans below.

Plate 4, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards varie de deux façons"

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Colour print of a tropical forest waterfall with palms, rock cliffs, and two figures beside a stream.

Print - George Baxter, 1850

George Baxter, 1850

Etching of a crowded flower market beside the ornate Gothic Butter Tower in Rouen, with a corner building at right.

Flower Market and Butter Tower, Rouen

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved rococo clock design with an eagle on top, scrolling ornament, a blank oval cartouche, and lion and female masks.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of Prometheus chained to rocks while an eagle attacks him, with a serpent and clouds in the background.

Prometheus Chained to the Rocks of Caucasus

Cornelis Cort, 1560

Engraved ornamental plate with three cartouche designs: a lion with bow and arrows, a crowned shield with lion and eagle, and

page Six from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par Hu…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of a curved stone harbor landing with rowboats, masted sailing ships, and people on the steps and quay.

Landing Place, Leghorn

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Engraved battle scene of cavalry charging through smoke with infantry lines and cannon across hills behind.

The Battle of newmarket, in Silesia

Carington Bowles, 1750

Engraving of Florence's riverfront with fishermen in boats and in the Arno, a medieval tower, and a bridge.

View of the Northeastern Quarter of Florence, North of the Arno, Plate 3 from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali…

Carlo Gregori, 1730

Etching of two figures in a dark forest looking down at a bearded man half-buried beside a skull, with an owl overhead.

The Discovery of a Buried Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1760

Engraved architectural plate of an ornate rococo double cupboard door with scrolled carvings, floral crest, and scale bar.

Plate 1 from a Set of 6, "Decoration d'une porte double à placard"

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Etching of tall trees beside a pond with a small wooden footbridge and a distant tower under cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with a Foot Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved design plate numbered 79 showing an ornate coffee pot on a stand with two seated figures holding cups.

Coffee-pot and Stand from

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Engraved rococo ornamental page with a central cartouche, cherubs, candelabra, a dog and cat, and a helmet at top.

Page Three from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of Hay Wharf showing brick warehouses, moored barges and a distant sailing mast along a waterway.

Hay Wharf

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a formal garden with a long water basin, stone urns, a boat with figures, and a distant palace under cloudy sky.

La Gondole (The Gondola)

Flemish Abraham Genoels, 1680

Engraving of two peasant couples: dancing pair on left, woman with wreath and man with staff on right, labeled September and

September and October

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of St. Paul's Chapel beside a skyscraper under construction with scaffolding and cranes, in brown tones.

St. Paul's, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Engraving of a funerary monument with a winged figure leaning on an urn, a medallion portrait, and a triangular pyramid behin

The Tomb of Clara-Maria of Saxony

Domenico Cardelli, 1800

Engraving of the Flight into Egypt: Mary on a donkey holding the infant Christ, angels above, palm trees and a deer.

The Flight into Egypt

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraving of a boy in a ruff collar riding a spaniel and holding a bird on his raised hand beside an oak tree.

The Dog of Goltzius

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a high-collared coat and frilled cravat, labelled Mr. James Gillray, 1810.

Portrait of James Gillray

Charles Turner, 1810

Etching of two magi and two boys seated among ruins with a sheep and a sleeping figure in the foreground.

Two Magi and Two Boys, plate 14 from the from Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved plate of a domed clock design with columns, encircling metal bands and a Roman numeral dial on a square base.

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

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Engraved print of an armored officer on a prancing black horse, raising a baton before soldiers in a camp.

Suite of Cavalry Officers: General of the Army

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1720

Engraved vertical ornamental panel with scrolls, a central column, a hearth scene with figures, and a landscape medallion.

L’Hiver

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraving of a woman beside a smoking urn, an old man kneeling with flowers, a child, and potted plants.

L'Odorat (Smell) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Etching of a crowded city street flanked by tall office buildings converging toward a pale sky.

The Stock Exchange

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a riverside landing stage under an iron bridge, with steamboats, smokestacks and small figures on the bank.

Landing Place, Duisburg

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Hand-colored engraving of a city square in ruins, with collapsing towers, panicked people and runaway carriages.

Peep-show, Reggio di Calabria Destroyed by Earthquake, February 5, 1783

Jacques-François Chéreau, 1770

Engraved plate of a rococo fireplace with overmantel painting of a nude and cupid, with a plan view below.

Plate 3, "Decoration de cheminée pour un grand Apartement"

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Title page with a Gothic stone doorway and carved corbels, lettered Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen,

Title Page, "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc."

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

Engraved bird's-eye view of the Würzburg Residenz palace with courtyard, formal gardens and hills behind it.

Aerial View of the Residenz at Würzburg, Germany

J.O. Berndt, 1770

Engraved print of two ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, a hunting vignette of dogs and a stag, and putti in a central

Two Friezes

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair and overcoat, captioned Dr. L. v. Schorn, on a cream sheet.

Portrait of Dr. L von Schorn

Julius Caesar Thaeter, 1830

Engraving of soldiers gathered at a campfire under pine boughs beside a sutler's tent with signs for cider and herrings.

Thanksgiving in Camp

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved print of a formal garden with a central fountain and cypress rows, framed by reeds and a trident emblem.

Petit Impiger Ortus

Flemish Abraham Genoels, 1680

Etching of the Crystal Palace in London, with a formal garden, fountain, stone urns and statues in the foreground.

The Crystal Palace, London

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Hand-colored print of the Pavillon de Flore facade with a covered cart, figures in period dress, and an ornate lamppost.

Pavillon de Flore Tuileries

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

Sepia print of soldiers on horseback and a standing officer pointing near a camp, with wagons and a ruined tower under cloudy

A Military Operation

Christian Rugendas, 1710

Engraved title page with rococo scrollwork, two embracing putti on a central urn cartouche, and flanking torches.

Title Page from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Woodcut of a kneeling woman offering a box at an altar in a colonnaded temple hall, with a crowd of onlookers.

The Presentation in the Temple. from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of a large oak in a wooded landscape with a nymph fleeing a horned figure through tall reeds.

Syrinx Pursued by Pan in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Portrait of Philip Melancthon

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Engraving of an ornate triumphal float drawn by oxen, with a domed shrine, unicorn rider, and eagle, under a banner.

A parade float in Reggio, Italy: "Carro trionfale della Confraternità del S.to Sacrame.to di S. Stefano" (The Triumph…

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Engraved design plate of an ornate hourglass in a classical niche with fluted columns and a mask-topped pediment.

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

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Oval engraved portrait of bearded Henri Martin in a dark coat and bow tie, with book caption below.

Portrait of Henri Martin

Ferdinand Delannoy, 1880

Engraved allegory with a bearded man in a ruff beside a skeleton, a winged death figure, and a woman in an oval portrait.

Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller

Flemish Aegidius Sadeler II, 1600

Hand-colored print of a bearded man grimacing in a reedy marsh while helmeted soldiers climb a dune above him.

Marius a Minturnes, plate 21 from the HIstoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Engraved page of three vertical rococo ornamental panels with figures, scrollwork, a dragon and cherubs.

Page Four from "Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans où Pilastres Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et G…

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of a standing woman in classical dress within an ornate rococo floral frame, with an obelisk and building behind he

Flavia Domitilla, Wife of the Emperor Vespasian, in escutcheon

Étienne Charpentier, 1750