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Oval engraved portrait of King James II in a curled periwig, lace cravat and armor, with Latin inscription below.

King James II of England (after Kneller)

Isaac Beckett, 1690

Etching of a shaded urban street with brick buildings, pointed towers, a large tree on the left and walking figures.

Fig Tree House, Lincoln's Inn

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of a woman in a lace-trimmed tiered gown and tall headpiece holding a fan on a terrace with an urn.

Mme la Marquise de Belfons

Pieter Schenk, 1710

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor leaping through a torn wall with a raised sword, with bamboo in the foreground.

Matsumoto Koshiro leaping through a wall

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Etched oval portrait of a smiling old man in a plumed turban and fur-trimmed coat, with a white collar and brooch.

Portrait of an Old Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat amid smoke, rigging and cannon during a naval battle, with a decorative border.

John Paul Jones in Battle

Carl Guttenberg, 1770

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral dome rising above rooftops, with a stone stair landing and small boats on the river below.

St. Paul's over Temple Stairs

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a tall shot tower behind riverside warehouses, moored boats on mudflats, and small figures walking at low tide.

The Shot Tower

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of families and children strolling and playing under shade trees in a city park with iron fencing and townhouses.

The Boston Common

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etched title page with a winged head, a figure holding a lightning bolt, zigzag flashes, and handwritten inscriptions.

Title page for "Douze eaux-fortes"

François Chifflart, 1860

Engraved ornamental panel with an eagle, winged figures holding garlands, a central oval cartouche and seated women below.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by an Eagle and the Motto NATOS ET NOSTRA TUEMUR, plate 7 from the Livre de Diverses Grot…

Michel Dorigny, 1650

Black-and-white portrait print of a man in a wide hat and ornate collar, flanked by columns, griffins, and an eagle crest.

Portrait of Maximilian I

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Etched portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat holding a palette, inscribed William Hogarth.

Self Portrait of William Hogarth

Samuel Ireland, 1780

Engraving of Roman soldiers confronting a seated woman in a columned interior with attendants and a wolf statue.

The Accusation of Lucretia

Pietro Fontana, 1800

Etching of Christ with cross consoling weeping women, a kneeling woman holding a child, and a crowd under an arch.

Via crucis - Station VIII, He Consoles the Weeping Women

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of the Apollo Pythius statue, a nude standing figure with a draped cloak and serpent, with a seated observer at low

Apollo Belvedere (Apollo Pythius)

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Etching of satyrs, a nymph and a goat in a rustic landscape, with an owl perched on a pole at right.

The Happy Satyr with His Family, plate 10 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved design for a decorative door with flanking female figures, garlands, putti and a central ornamental medallion.

Design for Door, from "Placarts Ou Ornemens"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraving of a laureled Roman emperor on a rearing horse in a rococo frame, with a camp and town behind.

The Roman Emperor Vitellius (69), in escutcheon

Étienne Charpentier, 1750

Engraving of peasants brawling with swords beside a fence and vine, with a German inscription banner across the top.

Peasant's Brawl

Sebald Beham, 1540

Mezzotint portrait of a bearded clergyman in a dark cap and robes within an oval frame, labeled Hugo Latimerus.

Portrait of Hugo Latimer

Richard Houston, 1740

Etching of a medieval gatehouse with two round conical towers, streaming banners, a bird overhead, and a hatched radiating sk

Ancienne Porte du Palais de Justice

Charles Meryon, 1850

Etching of an empty ferry terminal shed looking over a river toward a city skyline with a steamboat and smoke.

The Deserted Ferry

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Engraved ornamental design with reclining figures, cherubs, scrolling acanthus and classical moldings, by Jean Le Pautre, 166

Sheet from the set, "Recherche de Plusieurs Beaux Morceaux d'Ornamens"

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Portrait of Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1880

Engraving of a large vase on a leafy pedestal, supported and gripped by two muscular nude male figures on either side.

Plate 17, "Suite of Vases"

Benigno Bossi, 1760

Engraving of two peasant men dancing energetically, one with arms raised and one kicking a leg high, with a keys-hanging pouc

The Dancing Peasants

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, turned to the left against hatched background.

Portrait of Robert Burns

William Nicholson

Hand-coloured engraving of a Roman palace seen through a large stone arch, with boats on water and an obelisk in the distance

Peep-show, Vue d'un Superbe Pallais de Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1740

Hand-colored oval portrait print of bearded King Francis I of France in fur-trimmed dark robes, with French caption below.

King Francis I of France

Marie-Jeanne-Françoise-Suzanne Champion de Cernel, 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono drawing a sword, with a lattice screen behind him.

Fragment: Sawamura Sojuro drawing his sword

Utagawa Kuninao, 1820

Etching of the crucifixion of Christ with grieving women kneeling below and soldiers to the left under a cloudy sky.

Via crucis - Station XII, The Crucifixion

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of three ornamental paneling designs with scrolls, garlands, putti and a flower urn, one labeled for a bath room.

Three Designs for Decorative Paneling

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central classical figure, winged creatures, drapery and a Latin caption below.

Grotesque with Deities. Plate 04 “Juno,” 2nd state

René Boyvin, 1540

Engraving of a woman huntress seated on a mound with a spear and net, framed by a rococo ornamental border.

La Chasseuse

Gabriel Huquier, 1720

Engraved oval cartouche design with two putti leaning over a flower urn, surrounded by scrolls and floral garlands.

Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Sailboat, in Recueil Noveau de Differens Cartouches

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1730

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in military uniform with a star order and sword, framed by an ornate scrolling border.

Portrait of Frederick Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

Daniel John Pound, 1850

Engraved page of three vertical ornamental pilaster designs with cherubs, an atlas figure, and a female caryatid.

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

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of a bare-shouldered woman seated on a couch, with a crowd of agitated figures crowding in from the left.

Cleopatra (?)

François Chifflart, 1850

Engraving of the Holy Family with a lamb beneath a tree, with haloed figures and a dedication inscription below.

Holy Family with St. John

Engraving of the risen Christ with a staff above startled soldiers, with radiant light and cherubs in the sky.

The Resurrection

Gaspar Huberti, 1690

Etching of a rainy night street with umbrellas, carriages, lit shop fronts and a bare tree at right.

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of an industrial harbor with a gantry crane lifting a grab bucket, smokestacks, smoke, and moored barges.

The Grip, Serang

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Engraved bust portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark jacket and cravat, on a cream paper sheet.

Portrait of George Bancroft

Henry Bryan Hall, 1860

Engraving of a turbaned rider on a rearing horse recoiling from an angel above a battlefield of fallen soldiers.

The Angel Appearing to Sennacherib's Army In Battle

Pieter Soutman, 1630

Engraved view of Richmond from the River Thames, with a rowing boat, a bridge, riverside houses and trees.

View of Richmond, from the River Thames, from Walter Harrison's History of London

Royce, 1740

Etching of St. James's Palace gatehouse with clock tower, pedestrians in top hats and an early car on the street.

St. James's Palace from St. James's Street

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of figures lowering a body from a cross at night, with mourners and a white shroud in the foreground.

Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a stone well, with a town and travelers in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Woodcut of Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ child on his shoulders, a tree and hermit beside him.

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved landscape of a valley town with hills, tall trees, travelers with pack horses, and a cloudy sky.

Second View of Pyrmont in Waldeck

Peter Mazell, 1780

Hand-colored print of Mount Vesuvius erupting above a bay with a lighthouse, fortress, boats, and swans in the water.

Mount Vesuvius

England William Spooner, 1830

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome, a lion, Mary Magdalene, an angel and a putto under a draped curtain.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalene

Agostino Carracci, 1580

Hand-colored caricature of an old woman holding a brass microscope while a boy watches beside a table with a bowl.

Spooner's Transformations, No. 2, The Microscope

England William Spooner, 1830

Printed cut-out sheet of a menagerie with animal panels for tiger, lion, rhinoceros, elephant and jaguar, in green and pink.

Cut-out Construction: Ménagerie

Epinal, 1900

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, birds, potted plants and scrollwork framing German and French title text.

Title-page from Neüe Inventiones von Chinesischen Zierrathen, zu untershiedlichem Gebrauch, Erster Theil

Bellay, 1730

Vertical decorative wall design with classical statues, fruit garland on blue, grotesques, putti and scrollwork panels.

Wall Deocration, Plate II from Raphael's Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani

Tall painted drawing of ornamental wall pilasters with scrollwork, medallions, fruit garlands on blue, and marble panels.

Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Hand-coloured engraving of two allegorical figures among palms, a hammock, a crocodile, and a ship, titled America.

America

Giovanni Volpato, 1800

Vertical wall decoration with classical figures, grotesque motifs, coffered panels and a blue column of fruit garlands.

Wall Decoration, Plate XIII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Hand-colored engraving of robed figures, palm trees, a camel rider and an incense burner under pink clouds.

Asia

Giovanni Volpato, 1800

Tall decorative wall panel design with grotesque motifs, cherubs, fruit garlands, medallions, and vine ornament on colored gr

Wall Panel Decoration with Grotesque Motifs

Giovanni Ottaviani

Hand-colored print of an ornamental wall decoration with scrolls, medallions, fruit garlands, and marble-effect panels.

Wall Decoration, Plate from "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano" (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani

Tall decorative wall design with putti, classical medallions, scrollwork, and a blue panel of hanging fruit garlands.

Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican [Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, plate IV]

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770