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Engraved plate of an ornate rococo candlestick with scrolled stem above a smaller panel of floral cartouche ornament.

Plate 31, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Engraved plate of a rococo wine cooler with figural handles and coat of arms, above a scrolling terrine design.

Seau à rafraichir executé pour M. le Duc en 1723 [Wine Cooler made for M. le Duc (Louis-Henri de Bourbon in 1723], pl…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved title page of Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez with lions, putti, a mask, torches and an architectural frame around

Title page from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1790

Engraved pendant design with ornate scrollwork, a standing allegorical figure in a niche, and a ribbon bow at top.

Plate 5, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Engraved design plate showing shell ornaments above and a footed nef vessel with a royal crest and cherubs below.

Nef pour le Roy., Nef aux armes royales, (1728-1729), 4th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo plate of an ornate silver candelabrum above a small garden scene in a scrolled cartouche.

Design with Steps and Terrace Guarded by Two Sphinxes

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved pendant design with a nude allegorical woman in a niche, flanked by stags and birds, labeled SPES.

Pendant Design with the Virtue Hope, Plate 3, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Two etched plates of putti: left a flute-playing cherub above a lyre player, right a helmeted child with shield and wolf.

Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

Michael Hartwagner, 1770

Engraved plate of a bowknot pendant with floral ornament and a pear-shaped drop, numbered 3 in the corner.

"Pendant in the Form of a Bowknot," Plate 3 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved plate of a rococo mirror frame with cherubs above, and below a side view of a sculpted writing box.

Côté de l'Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas., Écritoire pour le comte de Maurepas, 1731, 6th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo two-branch candlestick above a pair of snuffers and their tray, with scrolled decorative bases.

Bougeoir Mouchette et Porte Mouchette, Plateau avec bougeoir et paire de mouchettes, (1730-1735), 6th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo designs for watch cases and snuff boxes with scrolling ornament and small figural scenes.

Boëtes de Montre [Designs for Watch Cases], plate 54 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of an ornate pendant with a nude figure labeled Temperantia in a central niche, surrounded by scrollwork.

Plate 8, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Engraved pendant design with a central figure labeled FORTITVD, surrounded by scrollwork, drops and ribbon, numbered 7.

Plate 7, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Engraved rococo design of a tureen with scrolling shell ornament, on a book page above a centerpiece design.

Design for Tureen, from Dixieme Livre des Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonier, plate 62 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meiss…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo candlestick with scrolled ornament above a small garden scene with an arch and figures.

Design for Ornament from Cinquieme Livre d'Ornemens, plate 32, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Jus…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate showing ornate rococo sword handles and smaller snuffbox designs with curling scrollwork.

Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du marriage du Roy en 1725 [Gilt Sword Handle in Honor of the King's Marriage in…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a grotesque mask, winged griffins, an oval cameo portrait and scrolling ornament.

Design for Cartouche with Cupid, a Horse and Spears from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, 1790

Etched page of ornamental designs with reclining putti and a central ecclesiastical trophy with crosses and candles.

Design with Crowning Elements, Including Groups of Figures or an Ecclesiastical Trophy

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1770

Engraved page of rococo ornament designs with scrolls, reeds, foliage and a fish, with a central title cartouche.

Ornament Design with Fish Motif, from Livre des Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], pl. 16 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aur…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate showing rococo sword guards, a central sword handle, and small ornamental objects in scrolling designs.

Garde d'Epées d'or pour les presens du Marriage du Roy en 1725., troisième planche [Sword Handle in honor of the King…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved ornamental design with a central floral cross, oval pendants with ribbon bows, and a woman playing a lute.

"Ornamental Design with Cross at Center," Plate 2 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved plate of rococo ornamental frame borders with scrolls, shells, foliage, a crown and a bull's head.

Developement de bordure pour la chasse du Roy, Quatre détails..., 7th Plate [Four Details of the Frame for the Huntin…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etched plate of five ornamental fillet designs with floral motifs, ribbon bow and French caption, from a goldsmith design ser

"Five Different Fillets," Plate 6 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved plan of a rococo porcelain writing set with shell and scroll ornament, plate 45 from Meissonnier's Oeuvre.

Plan de l'Ecritoire de Porcelaine [Design for Porcelain Writing Set, Plan, 2nd pl.], pl. 45 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved page of six rococo vegetable ornament designs around a central title cartouche, by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740.

Ornament Design with Two Dead Birds lying on Acanthus Branch, from Livre de Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], p…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Colored print of a young woman in a white bonnet holding a green milk jug, inside an ornate gilded oval frame.

The Milk Woman

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1770

Grayscale sketch of wolves attacking a steer on an open plain, with a pack running in the background under a hazy sky.

Lobo Showed the Pack How to Kill Beef

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pen drawing of a classical frieze with three seated women, a shield-bearing man at right, and a figure with sheaves at left.

$100 Federal Reserve Note

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Engraved page of rococo border designs with a crowned fleur-de-lis cartouche and scrolling corner and edge segments.

Development du bordure pour le portrait du Roy., Deux coins de la bordure..., 5th Plate, pl. 39 in Oeuvre de Juste-Au…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etching of a seated nude woman in a headscarf bathing her feet, set against a dark hatched background.

Woman Bathing Her Feet at a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside the tree of knowledge, with a serpent, parrot and animals in a wooded setting.

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Hand-colored paper doll costume with a blue bodice, yellow full skirt and pink sash, shown without a head on a cut-out base.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Agathe from the opera "Der Freischutze" (The Freischutz)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraved ornamental plate showing a scrolled urn with plant fronds, dragon grotesques and tassels on a pedestal.

Plate 44 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodblock print of a crowded ferry on a blue river, with a pine shore, thatched houses, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Ferry at Rokugo, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kawasaki, Rokugo Watashi-bune Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Hand-colored botanical plate of red and pink Amaryllis aulica flowers with green leaves on a white background.

Amaryllis aulica

Engraved interior with a man handing a letter to a woman at a harpsichord, another woman reading nearby, under classical arch

Le Billet Doux

Nicolas Delaunay, 1770

Etching of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur cloak writing at a table beside books and keys.

Portrait of Cornelis C. Anslo

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Drawing of a large factory interior with overhead cranes and workers around a massive turret structure.

Building the Great Turret

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Etching of two grotesque armored figures fighting on fantastical scaled creatures across a rocky landscape.

Plate 6, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraved portrait of a bald man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses in a dark suit, with a handwritten dedication below.

Proof: Portrait of Henry Wolf

Henry Wolf, 1900

Etched plate of a symmetrical ornamental cartouche with scrolls, grotesque winged creatures and a dragon at the top corners.

Plate 10, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ, both with halos, seated before a distant river landscape.

The Virgin and Child in Swaddling Clothes

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Engraving of a crowned woman beside a winged helmet, acanthus scrolls, and a skull on a shield, by Albrecht Dürer.

Coat of Arms of Vanitas

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Brown etching of a shepherd in a cloak leaning on a staff, with sheep grazing in a field behind him and trees at right.

Shepherdess Knitting

Jean-François Millet, 1860

Woodblock print of men in blue robes pulling a horse and rope past a large wooden torii gate under a dark sky.

Miya (Atsuta Jiuji Temple Fete), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Wood engraving of soldiers with dark lanterns and rifles reconnoitering beside a wooden barricade at night.

Rebels Outside Their Works at Yorktown Reconnoitring [sic] with Dark Lanterns

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of two men camping by a lake with canoes, a branch shelter, a campfire with fish, a dog, and mountains behind.

Camping Out in the Adirondack Mountains

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Wood engraving of people at a beach clam bake among rocks, with smoke rising and sailboats on the sea.

Sea-Side Sketches - A Clam-Bake

William H. Redding, 1870

Etching of a man drinking from a cup on horseback beside an inn doorway, with a woman, dog and cottage nearby.

Porte d'Auberge

Charles Émile Jacque, 1840

Black-and-white illustration of a man in fur clothing holding a dog harness beside three sled dogs, with a second man in a ca

"I Go For Pull Out Now, Boy," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 195)

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Engraved plate of three grotesque ornaments: a female herm, a winged figure on scrollwork, and a bell with tools.

Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Hand-colored paper doll costume with blue skirt, military jacket, red trim and tambourine, on a cut paper stand.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Marie from the opera "Die Tochter des Regiments" (The Daughter of the Regiment)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Hand-coloured paper doll in a blue gown with gold scrollwork, yellow trim and a layered skirt, on a pale base.

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

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Etching of a seated man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe beside a garden wall and tree, on a tiled floor.

Prestre de la Loy (The Priest of the Law), plate 9 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (Caravan of a Sult…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with thatched houses, travelers, and women near a storefront, with blue sea beyo

Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of elephants helping a fallen companion out of a pit among palm trees, with Latin text below.

Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of Union cavalry and artillery galloping in pursuit along a turnpike past rows of military tents.

The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of many men sleeping on a floor in a station house while an officer stands in a bright doorway.

Station-House Lodgers

Winslow Homer, 1870

Woodcut of Christ seated at table with two disciples, haloed by radiating light in an arched niche, by Dürer.

Christ at Emmaus, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Woodblock print of a long arched bridge over blue river, with scaffolded pagoda roofs in foreground and distant mountain.

Yoshida (Toyokawa Bridge), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved title page with a domed pavilion, columns, grotesque figures and German inscription in a central cartouche.

Title page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodcut of the risen Christ with a halo, holding a banner above a tomb while guards sleep around him.

The Resurrection, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a hare and a lion made of curling ornamental leaf scrollwork, running across a hatched landscape.

Lion and Hare Composed of Ornamental Leaf-Work, from Neue-ersonnene Gold-Schmieds Grillen (New Designs for Ornaments…

Wolfgang Hieronimus von Bömmel, 1690

Engraving of soldiers and horsemen netting a giant serpent among rocks, with trumpeters and spearmen in the background.

Trapping the serpent

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1600

Monochrome lithograph of workers at the base of a blast furnace, with smoke and tall furnaces in the background.

The Base of the Blast Furnace

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Etching of a limp figure hanging from a rescue rope above churning sea waves and rocks.

Saved

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraving of women and a girl feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms on shelves in a timber-beamed workroom.

Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of a seated woman in a shawl beside an empty woven cradle against rocky cliffs, with a stick leaning nearby.

The Empty Cradle

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a uniformed soldier in a shako saluting, holding a saber, with a handwritten dedication below.

The Military Salute

Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq, 1870

Engraving of an explorer with a cross banner beside a nude woman in a hammock, ships at sea, and jungle animals.

The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of sheep grazing on a hillside with a dog standing watch on the ridge under a hatched, overcast sky.

Le Guet du Chien

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Etching of a man standing and a woman seated in a dark drawing room beside a fireplace, c. 1900.

A Couple in a Drawing Room

William Henry Hyde, 1900

Etching of a crowded tavern back room with men seated by a fireplace, posters and framed prints on the walls.

McSorley's Back Room

John Sloan, 1910

Engraved illustration of an ornate ewer with serpent handle, ram head and skull decoration on a footed base.

Vase (Plate 10 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraving of spectators on a rooftop watching smoke rise over Boston harbor during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraving of boats attacking a sea monster in a harbour while crowds watch from the shore and a lighthouse stands nearby.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1590

Engraving of a 19th-century picnic in the woods with families, children climbing trees, and food laid out on the grass.

Picnicking in the Woods

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodblock print of travelers in straw raincoats battling heavy rain on a steep hillside path above village rooftops.

Shono, Rainstorm, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etching of a rooster crowing on a hay pile, with hens foraging below under a hatched sky and a fence line in the distance.

Le Chant du Coq

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Engraving of workers spreading leaves on feeding trays in a workshop, with an orchard scene at left.

Spreading the leaves on the feeding trays

Flemish Philip Galle, 1590

Engraving of a family Christmas celebration, with children dancing around a decorated tree while adults watch in a festive pa

The Christmas-Tree

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of oxen pulling a corn-laden cart past a barn, with farmers and women walking along a dirt road.

Driving Home the Corn

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of the Holy Trinity: God the Father holds Christ's body, a dove above, angels and cherubs around.

The Holy Trinity

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved plate of an ornamental vase with serpent handles and a ram's head garland, numbered VIII.

Vase (Plate 8 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraved scene of children in hats picking berries on a hillside, with a sailing ship on the sea behind them.

Gathering Berries

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraved plate with eight designs of Chinese-style teapots, ewers, cups, a sauceboat and a footed bowl.

Designs for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils

Sir William Chambers, 1750

Engraving of a kneeling man before a white horse, hunting dogs, a stag among trees, and a castle on a rocky hill.

St. Eustace

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved sheet with two vertical grotesque ornament panels showing a nude woman, cherubs, sphinx, garlands and scrolling foli

Grotesque Ornament

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, 1500

Engraving of a bearded man with a bow beside a turbaned woman holding an infant, on a sparse landscape ground.

The Turkish Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of mounted hunters with spears and dogs chasing wild bulls across a landscape with trees and a castle.

Buffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Woodblock print of a harbor town at dawn with sailboats, lantern-lit shops, travelers on a road, and pine trees.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a bay with white-sailed boats, pine-lined shore, and layered mountains under a pale sky.

Ejiri, View Over Mio-no-Matsu-bara, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of surgeons treating wounded soldiers beneath an oak tree, with battle smoke in the distance.

The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved title page Nova Reperta showing a printing press, globe, compass rose, still and allegorical figures.

Title page of “Nova Reperta”

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of turkeys in a snowy farmyard with men, a loaded cart, a hay stack and a dog, Thanksgiving scene.

Thanksgiving Day - Ways and Means

Winslow Homer, 1850