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Etching of a reclining ewe with two lambs resting on grassy ground, with a faint hill in the distance.

Study of Sheep

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1650

Hand-colored print of nymphs and a satyr with goats beside a bearded herm sculpture in a wooded garden.

Nymphs and Satyrs Before a Herm

Jean François Janinet, 1780

Engraved print of a canal scene with a drawbridge, carriage, pedestrians, boats, and townhouses along the Grote Bierkade in T

Peep-show, View of the Great Bierkade, The Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800

Hand-colored plate of a Canada lynx crouching on a mossy log with foliage behind it.

Canada Lynx

John James Audubon, 1830

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

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

The Apocalyptic Riders

Julius Caesar Thaeter, 1840

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

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 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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Grip, Serang

Joseph Pennell, 1910

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