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Engraved plate of six rococo cartouche designs with scrolling ornamental frames arranged in two columns on a cream page.

Desseins de Cartouches

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved design of a rococo silver monstrance with radiating rays, cherubs, wheat, grapevines, and a scrolled base.

Silver monstrance executed in 1727

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1730

Engraving of putti playing with drum and military instruments beside a helmeted warrior, with a portrait medallion above.

Putti Playing with Instruments of Battle

Michael Hartwagner, 1700

Engraving of a bearded winged figure seated on clouds atop a lion, reading a scroll against radiating light.

Saint Mark, seated on a Lion

Giulio Romano, 1510

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a seated dog, hunting horn, grapevines, scrollwork and a basket of fruit.

Design for a Cartouche with Crayfish (Horizontal)

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Brown wash drawing of Judith holding Holofernes's severed head while a maidservant looks on, with draped figures.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Alphonse Alexandre Leroy, 1820

Engraved plate of ornate wrought-iron railings, balcony, pilaster and grille designs with French labels.

Plate 94 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Engraving of a haloed figure preaching to a crowd under a tree, with a hilltop town and birds in the sky behind.

Sermon on the Mount

Michel Lasne, 1590

Etching of a bearded magus and a youth beside a horse, with a groom and an owl on a branch above.

Magus and Youth, with a Horse and Groom, plate 19 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved print of two winged cherubic figures embracing on a cloud, one raising a laurel wreath.

Cupid and Psyche

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Barthel Beham, 1530

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with curly hair and a mustache, turned toward the viewer on a pale sheet.

Self-Portrait of Anthony van Dyck, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Engraved rococo fountain design with a seated nude Diana, stag and hounds, hunting horns, a ruined tower and an oak tree.

Design for Fountain with Diana

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved title page with allegorical figures in clouds, Latin inscription naming Earl Cowper, horses and putti below.

Memorial to William Earl Cowper

François Boucher, 1720

Engraved portrait of Desiderius Erasmus in a black cap and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

Flemish Lucas Vorsterman, 1630

Susan and Child Facing Each Other

Mary Cassatt, 1880

Engraved plate of a rococo silver monstrance with sunburst rays, cherub heads, wheat and grapes, and a scrolled base.

Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglis…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved garden design with a fountain, cherubs, a heraldic shield, and two armored figures beside a tall tree.

Design with a Young Cadet with his Tutor in a Garden with a Fountain

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1700

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a bearded saint sitting in a landscape with a book and bell.

Virgin and Child in the Clouds

Michel Lasne, 1630

Engraved plate of an ornate keyhole escutcheon with scrolls, acanthus leaves, two birds and human masks.

Plate 9, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of robed philosophers gathered beneath trees, a seated man gesturing while others listen and a figure kneels writing.

The Academy of Plato

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Hand-colored print of two hunters resting under a fruit-laden tree with dogs, game birds, and a servant preparing food.

Repast of the Hunters

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Engraved design plate of a rococo ewer with scrolling acanthus ornament, curved handle and flared spout, numbered 18.

Buirre pour les Évèque

Pierre Germain, 1710

Woodblock print of curling blue waves, a pine-covered cliff, Mount Fuji in the distance and a sailboat on the bay.

Great Wave at Satta Beach, Suruga, from the series The Thirty-Six Views of Fuji (Fuji Sanjuroku Kei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1850

Etching of a classical allegory with a staff-bearing man, an urn, seated figures, cherubs, and scattered books.

Allegory of Transience

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Engraved dedication page with rococo frame, workshop scene of craftsmen at top, French text block, and grotto vignette below.

Dedication Page

Jean Lamour, 1760

Etching of a dim architectural interior with timber ceiling, stone arch, staircase, and barred gate by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari

Architectural Interior

Giovanni Paolo Gaspari, 1700

Pen drawing of nude sea gods and sea monsters battling in rippling water among reeds, one figure blowing a trumpet.

Battle of the Sea Gods, right half

Andrea Mantegna, 1400

Engraved plate of rococo frame borders with scrollwork, shells, a crown and a stag head design.

Developement de bordures pour une chasse du Roy., Deux détails..., 6th Plate [Two details for the frame of a Hunting…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of a soldier pointing to a ruined city through a window while a seated bearded man in a robe gestures toward it.

Caius Marius in Prison

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560

Engraved rococo design for a pier glass with ornate carved paneling, two chairs, and a console table below.

Plate 2, Projet d'un Trumeau de glace pour un grand cabinet fait pour le Portugal (Project for a Pier Glass for a Lar…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Green-grey chiaroscuro print of a nude man seen from behind, reclining by a stream under large trees.

Nude Man Seen from Behind (Narcissus?)

called Parmigianino Francesco Mazzola, 1530

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a shell-topped niche holding an armored nude figure, flanked by scrollwork, garlands a

Plate 22, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved rococo title page with a cartouche, winged trumpeter, crowned eagle shield, lion, and obelisk in a landscape.

Design for Cartouche

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved page of rococo ornamental borders with a crowned cartouche bearing fleur-de-lis and scrolling frame sections.

Development de bordures du Portrait du Roy, Cartouche aux armes du roi..., 4th plate, pl. 38 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurel…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etched portrait of an elderly man in a skullcap and dark robe holding a quill pen and paper before a drape.

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing-Master (The "Large Coppenol")

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Engraving of a braided horse labeled Saxo walking on a hill, with a walled town and river boats behind it.

A Saxon Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Hand-colored engraved monogram letter made of flower garlands and ribbons, topped by a crown of pearls and flowers.

Decorative Monogram Design

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Hand-coloured chinoiserie garden plate with pavilions, arched bridges, parasols, hanging bells and birds among flowering shru

Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres, no.2

Anne Allen, 1790

Etching of three women's heads in caps, one asleep with closed eyes at lower center, by Rembrandt.

Three Heads of Women, One Asleep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Woodblock print of a teahouse with travelers and porters carrying a green palanquin along a road under pine trees.

Kusatsu, A Station Famous for its Rice Cakes, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Black and white illustration of a man playing violin beside a fireplace and punch bowl, with seated onlookers in a room.

Fiddler at a Punch Party

Benjamin West Clinedinst, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a bay with a rocky headland, small boats, pine trees and a distant snow-capped mountain.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of hunters in feathered headgear catching geese by a pond, with decoy gourds on water and a distant town.

Catching geese

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1600

Symmetrical grotesque ornament print with a central mask, scrolls, feathers, pendants, and a small elephant at the top.

Plate 14, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of foxes attacking a bull and goat in a landscape, with a shepherd and sheep, Latin verses below.

Bulls and goats attacked by foxes

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of holidaymakers on a rocky seashore with children in tide pools, women with parasols, and sailboats offshore.

August in the Country - The Sea-Shore

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etching of a woman in a headwrap leaning over an open book, absorbed in reading, with fine crosshatched lines.

Woman Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved ornamental design with an arch, grotesque masks, garlands, seated figure, lions and figural panels below.

Design for Grotesque Ornament

the elder Jean Berain, 1690

Engraving of soldiers charging across a field toward smoke, with a mounted officer raising a sabre on the right.

Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of a family arriving by carriage at a snowy house for Thanksgiving, greeted by relatives at the open door.

Thanksgiving Day - Arrival at the Old Home

Winslow Homer, 1850

Wood engraving of a night street scene with top-hatted men and women in crinoline gathered around a telescope at a shop.

Boston Evening Street Scene, at the Corner of Court and Brattle Streets

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etching of a seated woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe reclining on cushions beside a draped curtain.

Sultane Noire (The Black Sultana), plate 28 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Woodblock print of travelers resting by a large tree and smoking fire in a winter field, with pines and thatched roofs behind

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Printed paper craft sheet with kiosk template, roof pieces, balustrade, trees, flowers and figures, hand-colored in green, re

Kiosque No. 6, Nouvelles constructions faciles pour jeunes enfants (Kiosk No. 6, New Easy Constructions for Young Chi…

Pellerin et Cie., Epinal, France, 1880

Wood engraving of a ship under construction in Gloucester Harbor, with workers on scaffolding and children playing with toy b

Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1873, p. 900

Winslow Homer, 1870

Etching of an ornate fountain with a foliage-wrapped column and leaping animals in a colonnaded courtyard.

Fountain

Wendel Dietterlinn the Elder, 1500

Engraved magazine cover of a man and woman in a rowboat among cattails, with verse printed below.

All in the Gay and Golden Weather

Winslow Homer, 1860

Sailors struggle with a heavy canvas sail on a snowy deck while rigging and a mast rise into a stormy sky.

Winter at Sea - Taking in Sail off the Coast

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of children playing snap-the-whip in a grassy field beside a small schoolhouse and wooded hills.

Snap-the-Whip

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraved crowd scene of soldiers in caps greeting women in crinoline dresses, with a child in the foreground.

Home from the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved street scene of fashionable city pedestrians with parasols, top hats, dogs and a child passing a Laces & Fancy Goods

Spring in the City

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of young women in period dress and a gentleman with a cane walking along a tree-lined avenue past a fence.

The Morning Walk - Young Ladies' School Promenading the Avenue

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etching of three long-tailed ducks flying low over rough sea under a rainy, cloudy sky with a distant shoreline.

Old Squaws

Frank Weston Benson, 1910

Engraving of cavemen attacking elephants in a palm-filled landscape, with a fallen elephant being butchered in the distance.

Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of women unwinding silk cocoons in an arched workshop, with a child, baskets, and a town view through an archway.

Unwinding the cocoons

Flemish Philip Galle, 1590

Engraved plate of an ornate Roman-style vase with a coiled serpent, a shell-holding figure, and scrollwork decoration.

Vase (Plate 5 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a young woman with curled hair, a plumed dark hat, and a lace-trimmed dark dress.

Melle Noblet

Henri Grévedon, 1820

Woodblock print of travelers at a lantern-lit inn courtyard with blue crest banners and tents, pine trees at right.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched ornament plate with a winged putto playing a lute in a central scrolled cartouche, flanked by decorative vertical moti

Plate 43, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of passengers on a ship deck among masts and rigging, with a seated woman reading and the sea at left.

Homeward Bound

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of a Roman soldier with a sword fighting a war elephant among fallen warriors in an arena, watched from galleries.

A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved Harper's Weekly page showing a college match between sophomores and freshmen and four vignettes of student life.

College Life in New England

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraved plate of an ornate classical vase with scroll handles, a cupid, a grotesque mask, and foliate decoration.

Vase (Plate 9 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraving of a crowded ballroom with cadets in uniform dancing with women in full gowns beneath chandeliers and columns.

A Cadet Hop at West Point

Winslow Homer, 1850

Black and white lithograph of a woman in a dark hat with a white plume, black off-shoulder bodice and puffed sleeves.

The White Plume

Cephas G. Childs, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a flat cap with a heraldic shield and cardinal's hat above, Latin inscriptions framing the page

Portrait of Albrecht of Brandenburg

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Etching of Christ driving money-changers from a columned temple, with cattle, overturned tables and a crowd in the foreground

Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Etching of Peter and John at a temple gate, with a seated beggar, a crowd on steps, and classical columns and arches.

Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of General Thomas swearing in volunteers before a columned building in Washington D.C., with a bare tree at center.

General Thomas Swearing in the Volunteers Called into the Service of the United States at Washington D.C.

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etching of an angel appearing in light above shepherds, sheep and cattle in a dark wooded landscape.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Wood engraving of women and children with parasols on a crowded beach, with bathing cabins and figures in the distance.

On the Beach at Long Branch - The Children's Hour

James L. Langridge, 1870

Engraving of a Union sharpshooter aiming a rifle while seated on a pine branch, with a canteen hanging from the tree.

The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of turbaned horsemen with spears chasing ostriches across a plain, with dogs and palm trees framing the scene.

The Ostrich Hunt

Flemish Philip Galle, 1570

Engraving of two cones, one with a spiral ribbon and one with a lattice pattern, on a flat base line.

Two Cones, plate H. iiii in Persepctiva. Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Engraving of a white horse in a stone archway with a halberd, armor, and a brazier, dated 1505.

The Small Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of two ornate knife handle designs with framed mythological scenes, scrollwork, and Latin inscriptions on aged pape

Designs for Two Knife Handles

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1500

Etched plate of grotesque ornaments with feathered hats, ruffs, winged figures and scrollwork, numbered 36.

Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Etching of a curly-haired man in a plumed fur cap and dark cloak, set within an oval frame.

Rembrandt with Plumed Hat and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Black and white print of a man in a doorway petting a large moose beside a snowy log cabin.

Boy with a Moose

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Ink illustration of a man in winter furs raising an arm beside snowshoes, with a rifle and wolves in a dark snowy forest.

"Holy Mudder, Dis Time Sabe François," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 175)

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Engraving of horsemen lassoing deer across a wooded hillside with a castle in the distance.

Trapping deer

Flemish Karel van Mallery, 1600

Engraving of a mermaid-like sea monster and a bearded man beside a sea, with a castle on a hill and a ship offshore.

The Sea Monster

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of curling foliage with a courting couple seated at top center, putti and birds among the scrolls.

Garden of Love

Israhel van Meckenem, 1400

Woodcut of St. Sebaldus holding a staff and rosary, presenting a Gothic church model in an arched stone niche.

St. Sebaldus

Hans Springinklee, 1510

Engraving of four nude women standing in an interior, two seen from behind, beside an arched doorway and a helmet on the floo

Four Nude Women (The Four Witches)

Albrecht Dürer, 1400