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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

Engraving of an elephant wrestling a coiled snake under a tree, with a second elephant and hunters in a hilly landscape behin

Fight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

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

Engraving of figures gathering evergreen branches in a snowy winter forest, one man raising an axe beside a loaded sled.

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of factory workers with lunch pails walking toward a large factory building at bell-time.

New England Factory Life - "Bell-Time"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved courtroom scene of seated jurors listening to a standing lawyer reading from a paper, with a judge at the left.

Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New City Hall, New York

Winslow Homer, 1860

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

Woodblock print of a village with thatched houses, women working at ropes, a traveler, a large tree and blue mountains.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved plate with two symmetrical grotesque ornament designs of scrolls, feathers and tassels by Christoph Jamnitzer.

Plate 55 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

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

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with a cloth shop, a palanquin, porters, and travelers beneath pine trees.

Narumi, A Place Famous for Its Cloth, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of a picnic outing with a horse-drawn wagon, women in period dresses, a seated man, and a dog on grass.

The Picnic Excursion

Winslow Homer, 1860

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

Japanese woodblock print of white-sailed boats on rough sea beside a stone seawall and pine-covered buildings at dusk.

Kuwana, Mouth of the Kiso River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

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

The Rhinoceros

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

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 nude children playing in a wooden bath tub, with a seated woman in a turban and Gothic architecture behind.

The Children's Bath

Israhel van Meckenem, 1500

Engraving of fowlers using tethered decoy birds and a cage to catch flocks in an open landscape with figures and trees.

Fowling

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of two women with walking sticks beside a rocky gorge, a tall waterfall on the right, small hikers below.

Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1870

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

Engraved calligraphy sheet with a flourished alphabet, decorative letter border and signature David Roelands at lower right.

Alphabet (Incunabulum page ?)

David Roelands, 1610

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

Etched grotesque ornament plate with symmetrical scrolls, a central mask, fish, birds and dragon forms on a pale ground.

Plate 17, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Japanese woodblock print of a ferryboat with crew and sailing ships on blue water, with mountains and pines beyond.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a stone bridge with palanquin bearers, vendors with baskets, and tall ceremonial poles under a morning sky

Nihon Bridge, Morning View, Nihonbashi, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

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

Etching of a man gripping a large bat-like flying apparatus, with other figures gliding in a dark sky.

Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying), plate 13 in Disparates (Proverbs)

Wood engraving of Santa Claus placing presents in a bedroom beside a sleeping child, with a woman holding an apple.

Santa Claus and His Presents

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central hybrid figure, dragons, a bird and hanging chains, by Christoph Jamnitzer.

Plate 48, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Crowd of spectators in top hats and bonnets looking up at fireworks over trees at night, engraved illustration.

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July

Winslow Homer, 1860

Woodblock print of travelers on a grassy road beside a teahouse and turquoise sea, with pine trees on the hillside.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved scene of soldiers in a rough football game on a field, with a crowd and tents in a camp behind them.

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"

Winslow Homer, 1860

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

Engraved plate with a cherub riding a bird through clouds, surrounded by four ornamental grotesque designs.

Plate 31, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

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 a headless ghostly pilgrim in a monk's robe holding a staff, beside a tomb with a skeleton and skull.

Lovat's Ghost on Pilgrimage

Samuel Ireland, 1790

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

Engraving of people on a snowy city street at Christmas, with wreaths on a townhouse and a gas lamp.

Christmas Out of Doors

Winslow Homer, 1850

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

Etching of a radiant figure preaching to a crowd, with sick people kneeling and lying in the foreground.

Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

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

Engraved parlor scene of guests dancing and musicians playing under a chandelier, titled Thanksgiving Day, The Dance.

Thanksgiving Day - The Dance

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of two lions caught in a net as shielded hunters with torches approach through a palm landscape.

Lion trap

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of two geometric polyhedra on pedestals: a rhombic triacontrahedron at left and a spiky stellated icosahedron at ri

Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic Triacontrahedron and Icosahedron), Perspectiva Corporum R…

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

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

Etched ornamental plate with a central female figure in scrollwork, flanked by putti, candle sconces and hanging garlands.

Plate 46, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

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 two hunters with a gun and an ox near a stream, with deer and cattle in a wooded landscape.

Deer hunt

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

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

Etching of a large elephant in light facing robed, bearded men holding a scroll in shadow at left.

Otras Leyes por El Pueblo (Other Laws for the People)

Francisco Goya, 1810

Etched grotesque ornament plate with two elephant heads, scrolling acanthus, three putti under a canopy, and sprigs of foliag

Plate 26, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

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

Engraving of fishermen in rowing boats hauling large tuna near a harbor town with sailing ships, with Latin verses below.

Tuna fishing

Flemish Karel van Mallery, 1590

Engraving of figures fishing with pelicans on a river bank, with ducks, willows, huts and Latin verse below.

Indians Catching Fish with the Help of Pelicans

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

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

Woodblock print of a boatman poling a flat boat on a river, with travelers crossing a sandbar and misty hills behind.

Mitsuke, Tenryu-gawa River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of monkeys imitating kneeling hunters who wash their eyes in basins beneath trees, with a sunburst sky.

Apes imitating hunters

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1590

Etching of two women and a seated man on a ship gallery with scrolled iron railing, overlooking a harbor with masts.

The Gallery of H.M.S. Calcutta (Souvenir of a Ball on Shipboard)

James Joseph Tissot, 1870

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

Woodblock print of travelers outside a roadside teahouse with a large tree and misty mountains behind.

Ishibe (Megawa Sato), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of two tall stepped cones on a ground line, the right one decorated with interlocking geometric frame motifs.

Two Cones, plate H. i. in Perspectiva. Corporium Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Engraving of armed men fighting coiled serpents amid flames in a forest, with Latin verses below.

Fighting serpents with fire

Flemish Karel van Mallery, 1600

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

Engraving of a schoolroom at noon: a woman seated at a desk and a barefoot boy on a bench, with children playing outside.

The Noon Recess

Winslow Homer, 1870