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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a column, with a castle, tree, shield and bow in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraved elevation of a palace vestibule interior with Corinthian columns, arched niches, a paneled door, and a decorative ca

Decoration of the Vestibule in Palais Bourbon

Pierre L'Assurance, 1710

Etching of a standing woman pouring from a vessel at an altar, with a seated shirtless man and a helmeted soldier beside rock

Standing Woman, Seated Soldier, and a Slave, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of a dancing couple on the left and a walking couple with a sword on the right, dated 1546.

July and August

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of a crowded ancient city with a robed man gesturing, kneeling figures, oxen and a horse near a temple with columns

Unidentified subject

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Etching of a dense forest with large trees, a small waterfall over rocks, a river, and a distant village under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Waterfall

Bohemian Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640

Engraved landscape of a valley with a village, church spire, and figures on a path, with dedicatory inscription below.

First View of Pyrmont in Waldeck

Peter Mazell, 1780

Drawing of painters carrying framed canvases along a cobbled street past the Musée Royal, with men in top hats.

Le Dernier Jour de la Reception des Tableaux, from Charivari

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Etching of figures on a grassy hill overlooking a row of flat-roofed city buildings under a pale sky.

Way Uptown

Childe Hassam, 1920

Engraved view of Florence across the Arno river, with boats in the foreground and the cathedral dome and towers on the skylin

View of Florence with the Cathedral, S. Croce, Palazzo Vecchio, Plate 4 from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali…

Bernardo Sansone Sgrilli, 1730

Etching of a colonnaded classical building with tall columns, a broad staircase, and small pedestrians and pigeons in the for

The Steps, British Museum

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraving of the Mansion House facade in London with Corinthian columns, a sculpted pediment and iron railings.

The Mansion House, London

Benjamin Cole, 1740

Engraving of a mounted man in a dark coat greeted by girls strewing flowers under a floral arch with flags.

Washington on the Bridge at Trenton on His Way To Be Inagurated, 1789

Thomas Kelley, 1810

Engraving of workers destroying an idol of Bel in a temple while a crowned king watches from the left.

The Destruction of Bel and his Temple

Netherlandish Martin Van Heemskerk, 1550

Etching of a wooded landscape with large trees, a path, and two figures wading a stream at lower right.

Landscape With Two Figures Wading a Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved view of Twickenham from the Thames with houses, a church tower, trees, and boats with passengers on the river.

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

John Cooke, 1740

Engraved print of an acanthus leaf scroll with two birds, one perched and one in flight, on the right.

Acanthus motif with two birds

Cesare Domenichi, 1610

Etching of a ruined fortified building with a round tower, a wooden water conductor, and ducks on a stream.

Fortified Building by a Stream With a Large Water Conductor

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Etching of a ruined castle with an arched gateway beside the river Loire, with sailing boats and figures on the bank.

A Castle in Ruins Upon the Banks of the Loire

W. Boonett, 1770

Engraved elevation of a paneled room with a fireplace and two landscape panels with figures, framed in rococo scrollwork.

Panelling of the Cabinet in Palais Bourbon

Jacques Gabriel, 1720

Woodcut of a sleeping cupid with curly hair and a raised wing, resting on draped cloth against a pale green background.

A Sleeping Cupid

Bartolomeo Coriolano, 1640

Engraved view of Florence along the Arno with a stone bridge, church domes, boats, bathers and figures in the foreground.

View of S. Ferdinando in Castello and the Quarter Around and Beyond S. Spirito, Plate 5 from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute d…

Antonio Pazzi, 1730

Etching of a tree-lined city street with brick townhouses, a stone building at left, and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Pierrepont Place, Montague Terrace

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Three soldiers at a camp after Thanksgiving dinner, one holding up a wish-bone while another smokes a pipe nearby.

Thanksgiving-Day in the Army - After Dinner: The Wish-Bone

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of helmeted Minerva seated among cannons, armor and tools, with a battle and city behind her.

Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series

the Elder Jan Sadeler, 1590

Etching of the Ponte San Trinita bridge over a river in Florence, with arches, reflections, a bell tower and small boat.

Ponte San Trinita, Florence

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Etching of the Porta Maggiore in Rome, a three-arched gateway with carved inscriptions and figures among ruins.

Porta Maggiore

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1830

Engraved landscape of a forest path with figures, cattle, sheep and a shepherd beneath tall trees.

Landscape with Figures and Farm Animals

Pierre Aveline the younger, 1700

Etching of a wooded landscape with a dirt path, wooden fence, grazing animals on a bank, and large trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Cow-Herd Asleep on a Grassy Bank

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Etching of tall trees framing a stone Gothic-style building and a lamppost in an open square with two walking figures.

Lincoln's Inn Fields

Joseph Pennell, 1900