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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving of peasants feasting at a table under a grapevine trellis, with a man drinking from a tankard.

The Peasant's Feast, or, The Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraved portrait of a standing officer in uniform with a sword and cloak, beside a grey horse on a grassy slope.

Portrait of Nathanael Greene

Alonzo Chappel, 1860

Etching of a rider on horseback led through an arched gateway past a crowd of onlookers and a figure on a balcony.

Triumph of Mordecai

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved page of three rococo cartouches with putti, mythological figures, and a reclining dog among flowers.

Page Two from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par Hu…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of a bird hunt with two hunters, a woman on horseback, a large tree, and flying birds before a distant castle.

Bird Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Scotin I, 1730

Hand-coloured print of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum, framed paintings on walls, and figures in peri

Christie's Auction Room

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1800

Etching of a crowded Fifth Avenue at noon with pedestrians, carriages and an omnibus beside tall buildings and a stone column

Fifth Avenue, Noon

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraving of a warrior raising his arm as hooded witches appear in clouds above him, with a plumed companion nearby.

The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth

John Trotter, 1790

Etched portrait of a bearded old man in a plumed cap and fur-collared cloak, with a small face sketched below.

Raccolta di teste

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1780

Engraved architectural plate of an ornate double cupboard door with rococo scrollwork and a scale bar below.

Plate 3, "Decoration d'une Porte double à placards..."

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Engraving of a heavenly council with enthroned figures, cherubs and clouds, with falling figures below a beam of light.

The Council in Heaven; Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost" (After Hogarth)

Jane Ireland, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair and a fur-trimmed coat, labeled Marat, on a pale sheet.

Portrait of Jean Paul Marat

Jean Paul Marat, 1800

Engraved ornamental fan design with a standing female figure, seated figures, potted trees, cherubs on dolphins, and scrollwo

Fan leaves, Eighth and ninth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, in…

Alexis Loir, 1670

Anne, Princess of Orange

John Faber the younger, 1730

Etching of a standing youth, a seated bearded magus with a monkey, a horned bull, and a stone sarcophagus under a tree.

Standing Youth and Seated Magus with Monkey on Leash, plate 18 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Pencil-like sketch of a harbor town with rooftops, a tall tower, and masts reflected in still water.

Inner Harbor

Childe Hassam, 1910

Woodblock print of a woman with a lit taper and a man crouching over a box on a red tray, with a warrior inset.

Catching a mouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Engraved portrait of Henri of Lorraine in a dark doublet and white lace ruff, from Guizot's History of France.

Portrait of Henri, Duke of Lorraine

William Wellstood, 1840

Portrait of Honoré Daumier

Auguste Boulard the younger, 1880

Etched sheet of sketches with a central bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, surrounded by faces, trees and a small boat.

La planche de Tzigane

Félicien Rops, 1880

Hand-colored etching of a curly-haired woman in a blue dress seated at a table beside a potted flowering plant.

Virginia Modeling

Jerome Myers, 1910

Engraved elevation of a rococo bedroom wall with fireplace, mirror, ornate panels and doors with painted scenes.

Decoration of the Bedroom Fireplace Wall at Hotel Roquelaure

Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, 1710

Engraving of the Battle of Culloden showing mounted officers, clashing infantry, gunsmoke, bare trees and distant mountains.

The Battles of Culloden, Scotland

Carington Bowles, 1750

Etching of a city skyline with a Gothic tower above rooftops, with steamships and smoking factories on a harbor below.

The West Street Building from the Singer Building

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and white ruff collar, labeled Lord Paisly, against a stippled backgrou

Portrait of Claude Hamilton, Earl of Paisley

Edward Harding, 1800

Engraving of Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist on a platter from an executioner beside a studded door.

Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist

Francesco Rainaldi, 1790

Engraved design for an ornate tabernacle with angels, cherubs, garlands and a central religious image, inscribed in a cartouc

Design for Tabernacle, from "Tabernacles"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Hand-colored view of Notre Dame cathedral from a Paris quay, with laundry hanging on a white building and washerwomen at the

Notre Dame, Paris from the Quai Saint Bernard

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

Etching of a brick courtyard with tall old buildings, chimneys, a large tree, and pedestrians in period dress.

Old Court, Lincoln's Inn

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved print of an ornate urn and spouting basin in a formal garden, framed by scrolling acanthus and figures.

An Urn and Bowl in Eschutcheon, from "Fontaines, Cuvettes et Cartouches"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650