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Engraving of men at night placing glowing lanterns in a garden to attract moths, with a dog and beehives in view.

Catching Night Moths, plate 25 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a bearded face at center, scrolling foliage, birds and insects, numbered 53.

Plate 53, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of a crowned woman carrying a platter with a severed head, beside a seated banquet scene in a beamed room.

Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodblock print of boats on a blue bay beside a row of thatched houses and travelers on a road under a sunset sky.

Hilltop View, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kanagawa, Dai-no-kei Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a thatched teahouse with patrons seated outside, bare trees, a hill, and a traveler on a road.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a horned hybrid figure on a shell form beside a symmetrical scrolling cartouche.

Plate 30, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of couples dancing in a crowded room with a fiddler, fireplace, and hanging corn after a husking.

The Dance after the Husking

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etching of a seated figure reading beside a lion on a path, with trees on the left and a tower and buildings on a hill.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of the Virgin seated on a crescent moon nursing the infant Christ, surrounded by radiating lines and stars.

Virgin on the Crescent (Title Page of the Life of the Virgin)

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of crowded bathers splashing in waves at Newport beach, with bathhouses on shore and sailboats on the horizon.

The Bathe at Newport

Winslow Homer, 1850

Wood engraving of a couple by the moonlit sea above a meadow scene with reclining figures, a girl, and ducks.

Flirting on the Sea-Shore and on the Meadow

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of three ornate rococo torchère stands in the Chinese taste, with scrolled bases and carved details.

Three Designs for Torcheres in the Chinese Taste (Plate 13 of "One Hundred and Fifty New Designs")

Thomas Johnson, 1750

Engraving of women in a fashionable interior by a canopied bed, with a servant bearing a tray and a small dog among them.

Le Retour du Baptesme (Return from the Baptism), Plate IV, from Le Mariage à la Ville (Marriage in the City)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Woodblock print of an inn interior with women in blue kimono, a bathing man on a veranda, and a palm tree.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of two rings covered in geometric polyhedra mounted on wooden stands, drawn in precise hatched perspective.

Two Rings, plate I. i. in Perspectiva. Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Botanical illustration of a Crinum lily with a green stem and white spidery flowers, with a faint plant sketch below.

Crinum taitens

Engraved scene of couples dancing at a Parisian ball at the Mabille, with men in top hats and women in bustled gowns before a

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Mabille, Paris

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Columbus on a ship deck with a crucifix banner, surrounded by mermaids, sea monsters and Neptune.

Christopher Columbus

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1600

Engraving of cranes feeding among pit traps in a marsh while hunters hide beneath a tree at right.

Crane Hunt using Cones, plate 28 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved plate of an ornate classical vase with a serpent handle, mask at the shoulder, and figures in relief.

Vase (Plate 12 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

George du Maurier

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Engraving of the beheading of John the Baptist, with an executioner, a woman with a platter, and a banquet scene with musicia

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Israhel van Meckenem

Pen and ink drawing of two women in long gowns walking past halberd-carrying guards in Tudor-style uniforms at court.

Presented at Court

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Pen drawing of a seated woman holding a cornucopia of fruit and flowers, with a decorative banner reading Abundantia Terrae.

Abundantia Terrae

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Engraved plate of an ornate ewer with a twisted neck, scrolled handle and pedestal foot, numbered 243 on the page.

Vase (Plate 3 of Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Wood engraving of a horse-drawn sleigh with a man and several fashionable women riding through a snowy winter landscape.

Christmas Belles

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved holiday page with holly border, central Nativity medallion, street scenes, and a crowded children's dance beneath a

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Winslow Homer, 1850

Wood engraving of women in Victorian dresses watching a shopkeeper weigh goods on a scale in a cluttered country store.

A Country Store - Getting Weighed

William James Linton, 1870

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of soldiers crowding a sutler's counter on pay day, with vignettes of letters and money sent ho

Pay-Day in the Army of the Potomac

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of men in turbans clubbing and wrestling crocodiles on a riverbank, with willow trees and a Latin caption below.

Crocodile Hunt in Tentyra, in Egypt, plate 30 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Woodcut of Christ with a spade and Mary Magdalen kneeling before him in a landscape, from Dürer's Little Passion.

Noli me Tangere (Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen), from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved dedication page with a fantastical tree framing German text above a distant landscape with towns.

Dedication page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a cloud beside Cupid drawing a bow, with a scroll inscription above.

Venus and Cupid

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Grayscale illustration of a dark bird pecking at shells and pebbles among grass and leaves, with a handwritten signature belo

The Handle of a China Cup, the Gem of the Collection

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a bridge under a torii gate, with village rooftops and a temple on a wooded hill.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, arms raised beside a cross, wearing a crown of thorns, with a skull at his feet.

The Man of Sorrows (with Hands Raised)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of two young women in bathing costumes on a beach, with bathers in the surf and a sailboat offshore.

The Bathers

William H. Redding, 1870

Engraved print of an ornate classical vase with a figure climbing its rim, ship reliefs, and acanthus leaves at the base.

Vase (Plate 7 of a Series)

Engraved title page with ornate border, two lions holding a crown above coats of arms, and allegorical figures beside printed

Title page, "Rerum et Urbis Mstelodamensiu Historia..."

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered headdress and fur-trimmed robe, holding a sword, on a terrace with urns.

Le Grand Seigneur (The Nobleman), plate 17 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to M…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a crouching lion, flowers, and a lower row of grotesque masks.

Plate from Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (Friezes, Foliage and Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Engraved plate of seven rococo panel crestings with scrolling shell-like ornament, titled Divers Couronnemens de Panneaux de

Divers Couronnemens de Panneaux de Menuiserie

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Soldiers lie and kneel with rifles among tall trees in a forest, keeping watch as an outlying picket.

The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Roman archers and horsemen attacking a giant coiled serpent in a forest landscape with palm trees.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolls, a hunting spear, a hare, a dog head and oak leaves on a rocky base.

Design for Cartouche Evoking the Chase

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate of four rococo girandole wall sconce designs with scrollwork, foliage and chinoiserie pagoda motifs.

Gerandoles

Thomas Chippendale, 1750

Engraved floor plan of a first-floor country house layout with labeled salon, bedchambers, cabinets, and central staircase.

Plan du premier Etage, d'une Maison de Campagne

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of ornamental locksmith design with scrolling foliage, a winged bird, fruit clusters and a keyhole motif.

Plate 8, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etched ornamental design plate with scrolling foliage, lion masks and fruit clusters, numbered 116.

Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraving of a haloed woman walking through woods with drummers, a piper, and onlookers beside a rocky hill.

The Dance of St. Mary Magdalene

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraved rococo cartouche with dogs, a boar, grapevines and a waterfall between scrolled ornamental frames.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking the Season of Autumn and The Chase

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate with four bands of architectural friezes showing sea gods, a griffin, acanthus scrolls, masks, and marine moti

Plate from Frises pour les architraves, cornices, et autres ornements d'architecture (Friezes Intended for Ornamentin…

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Hand-coloured title page with a scrolled French cartouche surrounded by green ferns, red and blue flowers, and a small garden

Title page, plate 1 from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers chinois"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved octagonal ornament with scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers, and grotesque creature heads by Wendel Dietterlin the Yo

Plate 6, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Etching of robed figures and draped women beside a tall column, with a domed rotunda in the distance under radiating light.

Scene Inspired by Antiquity

Christian Winck, 1700

Engraved rococo cartouche frame with shells, seaweed, and a trident evoking water, on a cream page.

Design for Cartouche Evoking Aquatic Elements

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with a pastoral scene of a shepherd, seated figures, a cow and a tower, with French title lettering

Cartouche with Central Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of a thorn-crowned figure presented to soldiers and bearded onlookers before tall columns, with a halberd raised at

The large "Ecce Homo"

Vespasiano Strada, 1610

Hand-coloured ornamental design of a blue-sailed ship beside a willow, flowers and rocks, with a figure and dog in the boat.

Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres" No.3, Inventes…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Etching of a child's head with curls over a stag skull, flanked by two dogs, crossed spears and ribbons in ornamental framing

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Red chalk style plate of tree branches with leaves and flower sprigs, numbered 1 and 2, with French instructional caption bel

Plate 2 from Livre Ier, Principes du dessin dans le genre du Paysage

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770

Engraved rococo ornament design with scrolling cartouche, flower garland, urn and clouds above low foliage.

Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Symmetrical engraved grotesque with a central urn, dolphins, winged lions, putti and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions

Master of the Die, 1530

Etching of a costumed procession with drummers, flute players, and pike bearers in plumed hats, by Jacques Callot.

Entrée de Monsieur de Macey (Entrance of the Monsieur de Macey), from Le Combat à la Barrière (Combat at the Barrier)

Jacques Callot, 1620