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Monochrome illustration of a snake raising its head above grass toward a frightened rabbit in the foreground.

"Mammy, Mammy!" He Screamed in Mortal Terror

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Engraved Harper's Weekly cover showing two women kneeling in a pew with vignettes of an ox, a mansion, and a sweeping maid.

Tenth Commandment

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of two oval ornamental cartouches with figures, scrollwork and fruit garlands, one with blank central panels.

Plate 13, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

René Boyvin, 1570

Etched vertical ornament with a crucified Christ flanked by two mourning figures in a niche, surrounded by dense scrollwork.

Ornament with the Man of Sorrows, Mary and John

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Engraved plate with five ornate rococo wall bracket designs and a central candle sconce with scrolling foliage.

Design for Wall Brackets, Plate 42 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs

Thomas Johnson, 1750

Etching of a standing woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe with a tasseled sash, in a garden setting.

Sultane Reine (The Queen Sultana), plate 29 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Woodblock print of a bay framed by pine trees, travelers on a hillside path, small boats on blue water under a pale sky.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched standing figure of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a curved sabre, on a tiled floor.

Chef des Indiens (Indian Chief), plate 8 from the series Caravanne du Sultan a la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going t…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Engraving of a Thanksgiving dinner in a formal dining room with seated guests, a standing servant, and a laden table.

Thanksgiving Day - The Dinner

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodcut coat of arms with a wild man leading hounds, a horn-blowing crest, grapevines, and the motto Soli Deo Gloria.

The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Engraving of a chaotic household where a couple fights amid overturned furniture, dogs and startled children.

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1580

Harper's Weekly page with six engraved scenes of Union army life before Yorktown, Virginia, including sharpshooters and a ste

Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and slashed fur-trimmed coat, holding a sword, against a hatched sky.

Portrait of Conrad von der Rosen

Daniel Hopfer, 1500

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a curved wooden bridge beside thatched houses, a willow tree and hills under a pale sky

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Two vertical ornamental panels with urns, winged griffins, acanthus scrolls and garlanded pedestals, engraved in fine hatched

Two ornamental panels

Agostino Mitelli, 1650

Woodblock print of travelers resting by a willow and stone wall on the Tokaido road, with a horse approaching at right.

Fujikawa, Approach of a Nobleman, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved study interior with a scholar using compasses, a hanging galleon, a globe, instruments, and a sea view through an ar

Lapis Polaris Magnes (Invention of the Compass), plate 2 of the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved plate of an ornate lidded vase with lion-head handles and a reclining lion relief, with a Latin caption below.

Vase (Plate 1 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse leading a pack of running dogs down a hillside, with a second rider behind.

Tannery, with His Dogs, Came Galloping Up the Cañon

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse at a teahouse beside a bridge, with thatched houses and a blue sea behind.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etching of a striped cat crouched near an archway while a small mouse watches from the left edge.

The Large Cat

Netherlandish Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraved portrait of Saint Dominic with halo, crucifix, lily and rosary, surrounded by oval scenes from his life.

Saint Dominic

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1630

Boys raiding a sand-swallow colony on a grassy sand cliff, with birds flying around and eggs scattered on the slope.

Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?"

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Woodblock print of New Year street performers with drummers, kimono-clad women and a man in a patterned robe near pine branch

New Years in Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai, 1840

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with vignettes of nurses, women sewing soldiers' shirts, and a wounded soldier in bed.

Our Women and the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etched title plate with grotesque ornamental border, winged figures and Dutch text in a central cartouche.

Title plate, from Grottesco in diversche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1570

Engraving of guests toasting around a table at left and a church congregation at right, framed by angels and holly.

Seeing the Old Year Out

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved rococo cartouche design with two horses, scrolling foliage, fleur-de-lis and fruit on a pale page.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking War

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Title page with a hand-colored wreath of flowers and leaves framing French handwritten text, numbered No. 1.

Title page, plate 1, in Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, No.1

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved rococo ornament with scrolls, a seated plumed figure, birds and flowers, by Antoine Aveline, 1730.

Ornament Design with Birds and a Figure

Antoine Aveline, 1730

Engraving of Saint Francis and Saint Clara adoring the infant Jesus in a manger, with rays of light and a Latin inscription b

Saint Francis and Saint Clara Adoring the Infant Jesus

Flemish Pieter de Jode the Younger, 1650

Engraving of Clelia on a rearing horse crossing a river, with women and soldiers, trees and billowing drapery.

Clelia Crossing the Tiber

Giulio Bonasone, 1550

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central chariot scene, tritons, birds, armor and dense scrollwork.

Plate 23, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Etched vertical ornament panel with a stag head, boar head, crossed arrows and oak branches by Stefano della Bella.

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved plate showing two ornate pendant jewelry designs with armillary spheres, sphinxes, and pear-shaped drops.

Two Pendant Designs

Flemish Hans Collaert the Elder, 1580

Six teardrop-shaped ornamental designs with scrollwork and flowers in blue wash, arranged in two rows on a pale sheet.

Six Designs for Components of a Columbine Cup, from the series Allerley Gebuntznierte Fisirungen

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraved ornament design of a winged sphinx with garlands and rococo scrollwork, with grape clusters, on a bound page.

Sphynx Ornament Design

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Engraved bust portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and dark cap, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Titian

Agostino Carracci, 1580

Engraved ornamental plate with a central female figure with spear inside an arch, surrounded by scrolling grotesque decoratio

Plate 25, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling beside a sleeping lion, holding a crucifix, with a skull at his feet.

Saint Jerome

Agostino Carracci, 1600

Engraving of a wooden velvet loom with a weaver seated at the treadles, numbered parts and hanging weights.

Le Métier à faire le Velours (The Velvet Loom)

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1700

Engraved circular rococo cartouche with scrollwork, an urn with a mask, a column, feathery branches and a distant fountain.

Ornament, Cartouche

Matthias Lock, 1750

Engraving of Flora offering a flower wreath to a reclining Cupid beside a flower-filled urn in a wooded landscape.

Flore et l'Amour

François Boucher, 1740

Etching of a woman with an upswept hairstyle holding an infant against her shoulder, with sparse room lines behind them.

Gardner (Cassatt) Held by His Mother

Mary Cassatt, 1880

Engraved design for a garden fireworks display with a tiered tower, statues, and a palace facade framed by trees.

Projet d'un feu d'Artifice dans un Jardin (Design for Fireworks in a Garden), plate 114, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle M…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved elevation of a rococo wrought iron choir entrance gate with scrollwork, rings, and lettered labels.

Porte d'Entrée de Choeur

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo cartouches and wall consoles with scrolled ornament, some holding urns and a teapot.

Desseins de Cartouches, et de Consoles

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design for a porcelain writing set, elevation and plan views with scrollwork and shell ornament.

Ecritoire de Porcelaine [Design for a Porcelain Writing Set, Elevation, 2nd plate], pl. 45 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo three-arm candelabrum with scrolled base, above a small cartouche with two cherubs.

Candelabrum with Three Arms, plate 76, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Engraved plate of nude Venus with a cupid in a circular landscape medallion framed by ornate scrollwork and birds.

Venus, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Engraved rococo design of an ornate stove in an arched niche, flanked by mirror frames with scrollwork and cherubs.

Autre Poële avec Tous ces Ornemens et Principales Moulures Dorés…Un Tableau au Dessus

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved neoclassical wall elevation with paneled doors, pilasters, medallions and classical figural decoration.

L'une des face de la Chambre à coucher de Mme. G. à Paris (One of the Walls of the Bedroom of Mme. G. in Paris), plat…

Charles Percier, 1800

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mounted soldiers, a ladder, and a crowd of mourners below.

Cavalry with the Three Crosses

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Sepia frontispiece with an oval bust portrait labeled MAURO TESI, surrounded by sphinx, putti, garlands and classical archite

Medallion Portrait of Mauro Tesi, Surrounded by Architectural Ornaments, Frontispiece to the "Raccolta Di Disegni Ori…

Count Cesare Massimiliano Gini, 1780

Engraved symmetrical grotesque ornament plate with a central oval chariot scene, griffins, caryatids, and parrots, bound in a

Plate 24, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Sepia print of a seated old man gesturing in a dark prison cell with huddled sons, a reclining body, skull and chains.

Count Ugolino della Gherardesca with his Sons and Grandsons in Prison

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraved ground-floor plan of a country house with a central oval salon and round entrance vestibule, French labels.

Plan du Rez de chaussée d'une Maison de Campagne

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate numbered 53 showing a fluted covered sugar bowl with floral finial and a rococo scrolled dish below.

Pot à Sucre

Pierre Germain, 1740

Engraved French book title page with ornate frame, putti, dragons, torches, and a medallion portrait above the text.

Title Page

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1710

Engraved ornamental panel with a flower basket, cherubs, birds, scrollwork and a central landscape vignette.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by a Basket of Flowers and a Garland, plate 10 from the Livre de Diverses Grotesques pein…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraving of a bearded man and a young woman in Asian dress with two cats among blossoming trees and a parasol.

Le Toucher (Touch) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Hand-coloured chinoiserie plate with arabesque foliage border, pagoda pavilion, lattice bridge with figures, and handwritten

Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, no. 1

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Engraved rococo design of a white glazed stove with putti and scrolls, flanked by two framed mirror panels.

Dessein d'un Poële de Terre Vernissée en Blanc

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a winged figure holding a bird cage, centaurs, horses, and symmetrical scrollwork.

Ornament Panel with Bird Cage

Nicoletto da Modena, 1500

Engraved design of an ornate double goblet with lobed bulbs, scrollwork band, and lattice-patterned foot on paper.

Double Goblet, after Altdorfer

Hieronymus Hopfer, 1520

Engraved plate of rococo staircase balustrades with ornate scrollwork panels, consoles and pilasters, labeled A to D.

Rampes d'Escalier a Grands Paneaux avec Consoles et Pilastres

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved street scene of a blacksmith's forge with horses, riders, and a furnace, showing the invention of the stirrup.

Staphae, Sive Strapedes (Invention of the Stirrup), plate 9 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved plate of a hanging church lamp with rococo scrollwork and a cherub, numbered 83 and captioned Lampe d'Eglise.

Lampe d'Eglise (Church Lamp), plate 83, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Pietro Aretino (1492-1556)

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Two engraved plates of putti from the Suitte des Enfants series, one with a torch and dolphin, one with a crowned child and g

Suitte des Enfants

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1770

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a well, with a water jar and a town with figures in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Engraved ornament plate of a vase with scrolling foliage, flowers, and fantastical birds and insects on either side.

Plate 5, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Engraved plate showing three ornate wrought-iron balcony designs and two decorative keyhole escutcheons with scrollwork.

Entrée de Serrures, Plate 98 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Engraving of an winged angel appearing to a kneeling man beside a tree, with shepherds and sheep in the landscape.

Angel Appearing to Joachim

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraved rococo design of a fireplace with mirror, oval painting, flanking panels A and B, and candelabra.

Cheminée Decorée de Glaces

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of a winged woman in deep thought beside a sphere, polyhedron, hourglass, and sleeping dog under a radiant sky.

Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved rococo garden design of a tiered fountain with a cherub, a tree, an arcaded terrace and two seated figures.

Design for Fountain with a Couple

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo ironwork: keyhole escutcheons, door knockers, hinge, rosette and decorative brackets in a grid.

Diverses Pieces de Menus Ouvrages de Serrurerie

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo fountain design with cascading water, a putto riding a dolphin, a triton, and a tree beside stairs.

Design for Fountain with Putto Riding a Dolphin

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Hand-colored engraving of figures in 18th-century dress with flowers, a garden pavilion, sheep, and a rococo floral border.

The Sense of Smell

François-Thomas Mondon, 1740

Etching of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with an angel beside them and a leafy background.

Madonna and Child with an Angel

Teresa del Pò, 1650

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and cloak, with a Latin inscription naming Franciscus Franck below.

Portrait of Frans Francken, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Hand-colored title page with a wreath of stylized flowers and foliage around French text, numbered No. 2.

Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales" No. 2

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a trident, scrolls, and a dolphin spouting water among waves.

Design for Cartouche Evoking the Sea

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo wainscoting design with a central mirror, console table and two side panels labeled A and B.

Design for Wainscoting with a Mirror and a Console Table

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved floor plan of a country house cellar with vaulted rooms, a staircase, and French labels on a cream page.

Plan des Caves d'une Maison de Campagne

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with a central pastoral scene of a shepherd, sheep, and tree beneath ornate scrollwork.

Design for Cartouche with Central Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, classical columns, fountain, and a putto riding a sea creature with a trident.

Title Page

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a ruff collar and doublet, turned to the left, against a hatched background.

Portrait of Adam van Noort, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Hand-colored print of figures gathering grapes in baskets beneath a tree, with a pink pavilion on a hill behind.

Gathering grapes

Alexis Peyrotte, 1730

Engraved rococo ornament sheet with two vertical panels of scrolls, foliage, putti and figures, numbered 7.

Designs for Two Gueridons and a Wall Bracket with a Vase

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched rococo cartouche design with shield, spear, fruit, foliage, and a camel beside the scrollwork.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of Asia

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved title page with symmetrical arabesque ornament, putti, garlands, medallions and a central flaming urn.

Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1780

Engraving of a busy 16th-century printmaking workshop with workers at presses, benches and inking tables.

Engraving on metal; Engravers on a ship

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved decorative frieze with scrollwork, putti, fruit garlands, a mountain landscape vignette and a circular classical med

Freizes

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Bound page of six rococo ornament engravings with a central title cartouche, plants and shell-like scrollwork.

Ornament Design with Crayfish Motif, pl. 14 in Livre des Légumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament] pl. in Oeuvre de Just…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740