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Etched rococo cartouche design with a reclining cherub, lyre, scrolls, and architectural ruins at its base.

Design for a Cartouche Representing Architecture

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved elevation of a riding academy side wall with arched windows, draped curtains, garlands, and chandeliers.

Side Wall Elevation of the Riding Academy, Vienna

Francesco Zucchi, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with crown, putti, lions and winged griffins, by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger.

Design for Cartouche with Crown, Two Putti Serving Bacchus, and Two Lions from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, 1790

Engraved rococo candelabra design with cherub and scrolling foliage above a decorative title cartouche with dolphins.

CINQUIEME LIVRE D'ORNAMENS Inventés Par J.A. Meissonnier et Gravé par Huquier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo designs by Meissonnier: a table centerpiece above a royal wash basin with putti and scrollwork feet.

Cuvette pour le Roy [Design for the King's Wash Basin], pl. 56 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a pinstriped suit and long coat holding a tennis racket, signed below the figure.

Play

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of porters loading cargo onto horses at a roadside post station beneath a teal sky.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched title plate with an oval floral cartouche holding the IHS monogram, topped by a ribbon bow and flanked by flower ornam

"Title Plate," Plate 1 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved interior design of a fireplace wall with porcelain vases, a lacquered panel of figures in landscape, and an upholste

Design for a Chimney Wall with Lacquered Panels and Porcelain from "Nouvelles Chiminees Faittes en Plusieur en Droits…

Daniël Marot, 1790

Engraving of Union soldiers sleeping on the ground by their rifles in a bare field, with a standing sentry at center.

Army of the Potomac - Sleeping on their Arms

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of Civil War soldiers, a central wheel of dated years, Lincoln portrait, farmers, women and children from Harp

1860-1870

Winslow Homer, 1870

Etched print of a bearded pasha in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe standing by a step, with a distant landscape.

Bacha de Caramanie (A Pasha from Karamin), plate 7 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a seated bull, winged figure, scrolls, and floral sprays, numbered 32.

Plate 32, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of a bearded hunter on horseback with a leopard, dogs and a leopard chasing rabbits in a wooded landscape.

Rabbit hunt

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

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

Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of horsemen lassoing and spearing wild bulls in an open field, with trees and Latin verses below.

Trapping wild bulls

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of crowds skating on an icy rink before city buildings, with top-hatted men, bonneted women and a child on a sled.

Skating at Boston

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of a rabbit hunt with rabbits fleeing across hills, dogs in pursuit, and mounted hunters beside a tree.

Rabbit hunt

Theodoor Galle, 1600

Etching of a seated man reading a large book beside a table with a skull, under a triptych with a crucifixion scene.

Portrait of Abraham Francen

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Lithograph of a large steel works interior with an overhead crane, stacked pig iron, and workers among railway wagons.

The Great Tower. Pig-Iron

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Hand-colored print of an actor as Richard III reclining in a jeweled robe with a gold sword, a red tent and battle behind.

Edmund Kean as Richard III

A. Park, London, England, 1830

Print of a Scottish man in a kilt walking a cobbled street past women at a well and men near a hanging sign and archway.

Flemish Street Scene with a Scottish Man

Will Hicox Low, 1910

Engraving of a dinner party in a parlor, figures raising wine glasses in a toast beside a bottle, fruit plate, and wall portr

Our Next President

Winslow Homer, 1860

Woodblock print of grazing horses and handlers in a green field beside a blue sea, with a large pine tree at center.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Print of a woman with closed eyes pouring steaming coffee into a cup and saucer, inside an ornate oval gold frame.

The Woman Taking Coffee

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1770

Book page with six engraved rococo vegetable ornament designs around a central title cartouche for Meissonnier's Livre de Leg

Title page for Livre de Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], pl. 13 in Ouvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Hand-colored tinsel picture of a uniformed man reading on a green sofa with a sleeping child in a book-lined study.

"Tinsel Picture": Napoleon in His Study

Napoleon Bonaparte, 1850

Engraved plate of an ornate ewer with an animal handle, lion masks, and garlands, labeled Romae ab antiquo repertum.

Vase (Plate 6 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1700

Engraving of a crowned child on a tricycle beside a winged figure, while Father Time pushes a 1868 wheelbarrow past a night c

The New Year - 1869

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved pendant design with a central niche showing a female figure and two children labeled Charitas, surrounded by scrollw

Plate 4, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Engraved plate with two rococo vase designs with scrolling foliage, a small cartouche between them, and number 143.

Two Designs for Vase-Like Ornaments

Franz Xaver Habermann, 1740

Ink and wash title page with ornamental frame, flower garland, owl coat of arms, and lettering for Delafosse's 5th collection

Title Page

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Engraving of a chained bearded man lying in a dark cell beside several motionless children on a stone floor.

Ugolino and His Sons

Pietro Bettelini, 1810

Engraving of a shepherd boy resting beside his crook, with sheep, a leaning tree and distant buildings in a green landscape.

A Shepherd Boy

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Hand-colored print of stylized fantastic flowers in grey, pink, blue and orange on a branching stem with feathery foliage.

Fantastic flower motif from "Nouvelle Suitte de fleurs iéales"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved plate of a reclining river god with reeds and landscape in an oval, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

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

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Engraved ornamental plate with a central oval of a winged nude figure, surrounded by grotesque scrolls, masks, lions and sphi

Plate 28, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of fighting horses rearing in a hilly landscape with a wolf at lower left and trees at upper right.

Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Hand-colored engraving of two bearded men talking beneath a flowering tree, with armed attendants and a horseman nearby.

Laban reproves Jacob for leaving secretely

the Younger Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1720

Engraved design drawing of an ornate standing cup with a tall domed cover, decorated with masks, cherubs and scrollwork.

Standing Cup with Cover, from "Novum opus cratero graphicum..."

Matthias Zündt, 1550

Engraved vertical ornament with a flaming candelabrum, winged birds, medallions, mermaids and scrollwork on a pale sheet.

Ornamental Candelabrum

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Etching of Apollo radiating light above a rocky slope with a winged horse, muses with a lyre, and scattered armor and books.

Scene with Apollo

Thomas Christian Winck, 1800

Engraving of Diana and nymphs bathing in a grotto pool, with a hunter with antlers at left, captioned in Latin.

Diana and Actaeon

Michael Hartwagner, 1700

Hand-colored design of a painted wall pilaster with birds, fruit garlands, grotesque figures, and classical medallions.

Wall Decoration, Plate XI from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a wall with a winged putto in an octagon, eagles, garlands, and a console table with a g

Design for a Console Table and Looking Glass

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen drawing of an ornate altar cross flanked by winged angels and cherubs on clouds, with circular emblems.

Design for an Altar Cross

Pietro Belli, 1810

Watercolor and pencil study of a spotted Japanese lily with pencil sketches of related flower forms on cream paper.

Japanese Lily, East Hampton

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a low cloud bank over a horizon with a faint bull outline and handwritten dates above.

Clouds and a Bull, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Ink and wash sheet with octagonal scenes of Cupid and Psyche and small studies of winged Cupid figures, labeled in Italian.

Cupid and Psyche: Four Octagons and Eight Drawings of Cupid

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash design sheet with ornamental panels, scrollwork, a rosette medallion, and a feathery plume motif.

Design for an Embroidered Frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil sketch of a winged figure above a reclining sleeper reaching toward light rays, labeled Insomnia.

"Insomnia," Study for a Poster for Paine's Celery Compound

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and ink sketch of a draped woman gesturing over a reclining nude man on a bed beside a lit column.

"The Blessing of Sleep," Study for a Poster for Paine's Celery Compound

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolls, flower garlands, a violin and horn, and an empty central field for lettering.

Cartel décoré pour la Musique

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche with cherubs, floral scrolls, and church emblems at the base, labeled l'Eglise.

Cartel with Ecclesiastical Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved plate with two flaming incense burner designs flanking a central ornamental mount with scrolls and laurel.

Designs for Two Incense Burners and a Cartel Clock Case

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche with an empty center, scrollwork frame, floral garlands, and books and instruments at the base.

Decorated Cartel with Poetry Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved design of an ornate wall clock with Roman numerals, rooster heads, floral garlands and a female bust below.

Wall Clock (Cartel) Design (Title Page Before Lettering)

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved design plate showing two candlesticks, a winged clock case with radiating rays, and a laurel-wreathed trophy.

Designs for Candlesticks, Cartel Clock Case, and a Trophy

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved design plate showing two ornamental trophies flanking a pedestal monument topped with an urn, numbered 27.

Designs for a Cartel Clock Case, Ornamental Sculpture, and a Trophy

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche with empty center, bearded mask above, and goods and foliage overflowing a basket below.

Decorated Cartel with Commerce Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolling garlands and military trophies of drums, flags and a shield, captioned Le Militaire.

Cartel with Military Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved plate of three designs: two wall clock cases, a laurel wreath trophy, and a console table with a garland.

Title Page and Designs for Cartel Clock Cases, Trophy, and Console Table

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved plate of two cartel clock case designs with scrolls, a dragon, an urn with foliage, and a circular dial opening.

Cartel Clock Case Design

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1730

Engraved rococo cartouche for poetry with empty center, garlands, a lyre, an open book, a quill and a laurel branch.

Cartel décoré pour la Poësie

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche with empty center, crowned mask, trident, anchor, barrels and shells, marked Cartel décoré pour le

Cartel décoré pour le Commerce

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche with empty central panel, garlands, and a globe and scientific instruments at the base, captioned L

Cartel with Scientific Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved design plate showing two pedestals, a console table, and a cartel clock case with neoclassical ornament.

Designs or Gueridons (Plinths), Console Table, and Cartel Clock Case

Henri Sallembier, 1770