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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Black and white print of Hercules fighting twin warriors beneath bare trees, with a distant town and fallen armor in the fore

Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a man in a costume covered with shoemaking tools, holding a blade, standing on a terrace beside trees.

Habit de Cordonnier [The Shoemaker]

Nicolas de Larmessin II, 1690

Engraving of Christ breaking through Hell's gate, with figures in the foreground and demons in the upper right.

Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell)

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Hand-colored paper doll costume of a headless woman in a white gown and long blue cloak with a gold crescent.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Norma from the opera "Norma"

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Hand-colored paper doll in a brown hooded cloak with blue sash, holding a staff and rosary, on a pale base.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Alice from the opera "Robert der Teufel"

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraved proof of a standing woman in a black dress beside a small side table with a white flower, dark background.

Proof: Lady in Black

Henry Wolf, 1910

Engraving of the entombment of Christ, with mourners around a stone tomb beneath tree trunks.

The Entombment, from The Passion

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Engraving of a large horse seen from behind, with an armored rider above and a classical column at left.

The Great Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of sailors and women on a ship deck, one man looking through a telescope toward a distant ship at sea.

The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of emigrant families arriving at Constitution Wharf in Boston, with trunks, a crowd, and ships in the harbor behind

Emigrant Arrival at Constitution Wharf, Boston

Charles F. Damoreau, 1850

Black-and-white illustration of two men in fur hats and winter clothing walking through deep snow past evergreen trees.

"Cat, Answered François; "Dat's Mister Lynk,'" Illustration for Mooswa & Other of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 190…

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Black and white print of a beheading scene with a kneeling figure, executioner, severed head on a platter, and onlookers befo

Beheading of John the Baptist

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of a man playing a lute beside a seated woman holding a scroll, with a dog in the foreground and arched interior.

The Lute Player and the Singer (2nd state)

Israhel van Meckenem, 1500

Etching of an executioner with a raised sword beside a headless body in a dungeon, with chains on the wall and onlookers behi

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of a seated Venetian woman in a wide hat and ruff, with a small dog, mirror and vessel beside her.

Plate 12, Femina Veneta (Venetian Woman), Diversarum Nationum Ornatus Cum Suis Iconibus

Alessandro Fabri, 1590

Etching of a rider on a horse before a ruined arched building, with a child leading the horse and a dog in the foreground.

The Good Samaritan

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Pen drawing of a man in a suit embracing a woman in a striped period dress, with handwritten dedication below.

You Don't Like My Love Stories, Dear, so I Shall Not Write Any More

Howard Chandler Christy, 1900

Ballou's Pictorial newspaper page with harbor masthead and engraving of a crowded Boston street corner with pedestrians and a

Corner of Winter, Washington and Summer Streets, Boston

Charles F. Damoreau, 1850

Black and white engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a timber stable, with the Virgin and Child, three kings and a star.

Adoration of the Magi

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of the Descent from the Cross: a man on a ladder lowers Christ's body while mourners stand nearby.

The Descent from the Cross (The Deposition), from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved print of an ornate two-handled vase with garland festoons, rope handles, and a domed lid on a pedestal.

Vase (Plate 2 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Woodcut of two mounted men in a forest, one with a pike, a castle and river in the distance, and a dog below.

The Knight and the Landsquenet

Albrecht Dürer

Black-and-white illustration of a woman in a long gown striking a man in colonial uniform with her fan.

Lady in Colonial Dress Striking a Gentleman with Her Fan

Thure de Thulstrup, 1890

Woodcut of bathers in an open bath house with a timber roof, a drinking jug, and a walled town with towers behind them.

The Bath House

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of four women in long dresses playing croquet on a lawn with hoops, under a tree, above printed text.

Summer in the Country

John Karst, 1860

Engraved print of an ornate ewer with a serpent handle, masks, and a frieze of figures on its body.

Ewer with a Bas-Relief

Enea Vico, 1540

Engraved design of a lidded urn with a female head, fruit garlands, and two figures flanking the body, on a pedestal.

Vase Decorated with Figures, Rinceaux, and Festoons

Enea Vico, 1540

Engraved scene of a couple passing a flower stall with bouquets at a crowded fair, with a hanging floral display above.

Floral Department of the Great Fair

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved plate showing embroiderers at work in a room, with labeled tools, frames, thread and floral embroidery samples below

Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des méti…

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1760

Hand-colored print of a figure made of playing cards, dice and game pieces leaning over a green billiard table.

Ein Spieler aus allen liekannten spielen zusamengesetzt (A Player Composed of All Known Games)

Andreas Geiger, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of two men in striped suits talking, with framed sketches of horses and boxers on the wall behind them.

I Play Poker with the Old Man

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Engraving of a crowned woman holding a crown while a kneeling man lifts her cloak, with another crown on the floor.

St. Elizabeth

Israhel van Meckenem, 1500

Woodcut of Christ with a halo and staff appearing to a seated woman in a headscarf beside a curtained bed.

Christ Appearing to His Mother

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etched design of an ornate classical vase with reclining figures, satyr handles and a garden landscape behind it.

Design for a Vase

Flemish Jacques Damery, 1650

Hand-colored paper doll costume of a woman in a pink and blue gown with lace headdress holding sheet music.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Singer in Concert-Toilette

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Black-and-white woodcut of four horsemen riding over fallen figures beneath an angel in the clouds.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved octagonal portrait of Cardinal Mazarin in clerical dress with a skullcap and tasseled collar cord.

Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin

Jean Morin, 1650

Engraving of soldiers crowding around an open crate of Christmas boxes in a camp with white tents and hanging laundry.

Christmas Boxes in Camp - Christmas, 1861

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of the Virgin with a nude infant, a chained monkey at her feet, a bird on the child's hand, and a river landscape w

The Virgin with the Monkey

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a rifle, with a handwritten verse beside him.

Trial proof: Portrait of Henry van Dyck

Walter Appleton Clark, 1890

Lithograph of the Pennsylvania Senate Chamber in 1850 with curved desks and a seating plan of senators below.

Senate Chamber, Harrisbug, Pennsylvannia

August Kollner, 1850

Engraved portrait of a scholar in a fur hat writing at a desk beside books and a flower vase.

Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Etching of a harbor with moored boats, wooden pilings, and waterfront buildings reflected in calm water.

Harbor: Cos Cob, Connecticut

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etched design plate of an ornate Baroque altar with candles, chandeliers, kneeling angels and scrollwork.

Design for an Altar, plate 2 of "Nuove Inventioni d'Ornament..."

Filippo Passarini, 1690

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a white crane and pine branches on a yellow background.

Kabuki players as the Eight Sennin (Triptych)

d. Kininaga, 1810

Woodcut of the Entombment: men lower Christ's body while mourning women stand nearby beside a rocky tomb and a crown of thorn

The Entombment, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pen and ink illustration of a man in checked suit watching two women embrace in an ornate interior with a gilt mirror.

I Stood by Speechless in My Bewilderment

Howard Chandler Christy, 1900

Monochrome illustration of an elderly bearded man seated on a bench by a log cabin doorway, with ivy growing up the wall.

Uncle Remus at the Door of His Cabin

Arthur Burdett Frost, 1900

Watercolor design for a decorative panel with symmetrical acanthus scrolls and foliage inside a scrolled border.

Design for a Panel

Cooper Union Art School, 1900

Woodcut of a long-haired saint in prayer, surrounded by winged cherubs, rising above a rocky landscape with mountains and wat

Elevation of Saint Mary Magdalen

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved grotesque panel with two dolphins flanking a central column, scrolling foliage and a human mask at top.

Grotesque Panel with Dolphins

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Engraving of three children on a roadside with a passing stagecoach and rolling hills, from Appletons' Journal.

On the Road to Lake George

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved circular perpetual calendar with radial tables, a central coat of arms, and the twelve month names around the rim.

Perpetual Calendar

Ortensio Toro, 1590

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of a couple reading a letter, surrounded by cupids and figures from many cultures.

St. Valentine's Day - The Old Story in All Lands

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo sanctuary lamp with candle arms and suspended oil lamps on chains.

Sanctuary Lamp, from "Dis

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Engraved plate of a fringe-making loom in a workshop, with workers at the frame and a labeled technical diagram below.

Passementerie, Mètier à Franges

J.R. Lucotte, 1760

Engraving of St. Gregory's Mass: kneeling clergy before Christ of Sorrows at an altar, with an angel holding Passion instrume

The Mass of St. Gregory

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Monochrome illustration of a snake raising its head above grass toward a frightened rabbit in the foreground.

"Mammy, Mammy!" He Screamed in Mortal Terror

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Engraved Harper's Weekly cover showing two women kneeling in a pew with vignettes of an ox, a mansion, and a sweeping maid.

Tenth Commandment

Winslow Homer, 1870

Etched vertical ornament with a crucified Christ flanked by two mourning figures in a niche, surrounded by dense scrollwork.

Ornament with the Man of Sorrows, Mary and John

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Engraved plate with five ornate rococo wall bracket designs and a central candle sconce with scrolling foliage.

Design for Wall Brackets, Plate 42 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs

Thomas Johnson, 1750

Etching of a standing woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe with a tasseled sash, in a garden setting.

Sultane Reine (The Queen Sultana), plate 29 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Etched standing figure of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a curved sabre, on a tiled floor.

Chef des Indiens (Indian Chief), plate 8 from the series Caravanne du Sultan a la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going t…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Woodcut coat of arms with a wild man leading hounds, a horn-blowing crest, grapevines, and the motto Soli Deo Gloria.

The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

Albrecht Dürer, 1520