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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 Grier 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

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

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

Engraving of hunters capturing crocodiles by a river, with a wild boar used as bait and Latin verses below.

Crocodile hunt

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Woodcut of mourners lowering Christ's nude body, with a crown of thorns and tools on the ground.

The Lamentation, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of soldiers in a trench as a shell explodes above sandbag earthworks, with an officer standing at left.

A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of two faceted conical polyhedral forms with pointed tips, one on a block and one on a wooden stand, with a scale b

Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Woodcut of three bishops in mitres standing in an arched interior beside a column, one holding an open book.

Bishops Nicholas, Ulric, Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved title page with two armored warriors framing a medallion showing a triumphal arch, weapons, and a motto scroll below

Trophee médallique et impérial (Medal and Imperial Trophy)

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraving of soldiers relaxing in a crowded winter camp hut around a bright fireplace, with gear hanging from beams.

Winter-Quarters in Camp - The Inside of a Hut

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns carrying the cross, flanked by soldiers and a kneeling woman holding a cloth.

Christ Carrying the Cross (Road to Calvary), from series The Passion of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraving of a man and woman seated on a canopied bed, with a candlestick, sword and slippers in the room.

A Couple Seated on a Bed

Israhel van Meckenem

Black and white print of Hercules fighting twin warriors beneath bare trees, with a distant town and fallen armor in the fore

Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a man in a costume covered with shoemaking tools, holding a blade, standing on a terrace beside trees.

Habit de Cordonnier [The Shoemaker]

Nicolas de Larmessin II, 1690

Engraving of Christ breaking through Hell's gate, with figures in the foreground and demons in the upper right.

Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell)

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of an elephant wrestling a coiled snake under a tree, with a second elephant and hunters in a hilly landscape behin

Fight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Hand-colored paper doll costume of a headless woman in a white gown and long blue cloak with a gold crescent.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Norma from the opera "Norma"

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraving of figures gathering evergreen branches in a snowy winter forest, one man raising an axe beside a loaded sled.

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of factory workers with lunch pails walking toward a large factory building at bell-time.

New England Factory Life - "Bell-Time"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved courtroom scene of seated jurors listening to a standing lawyer reading from a paper, with a judge at the left.

Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New City Hall, New York

Winslow Homer, 1860

Hand-colored paper doll in a brown hooded cloak with blue sash, holding a staff and rosary, on a pale base.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Alice from the opera "Robert der Teufel"

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraved proof of a standing woman in a black dress beside a small side table with a white flower, dark background.

Proof: Lady in Black

Henry Wolf, 1910

Woodblock print of a village with thatched houses, women working at ropes, a traveler, a large tree and blue mountains.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved plate with two symmetrical grotesque ornament designs of scrolls, feathers and tassels by Christoph Jamnitzer.

Plate 55 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of the entombment of Christ, with mourners around a stone tomb beneath tree trunks.

The Entombment, from The Passion

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Engraving of a large horse seen from behind, with an armored rider above and a classical column at left.

The Great Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with a cloth shop, a palanquin, porters, and travelers beneath pine trees.

Narumi, A Place Famous for Its Cloth, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of a picnic outing with a horse-drawn wagon, women in period dresses, a seated man, and a dog on grass.

The Picnic Excursion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of sailors and women on a ship deck, one man looking through a telescope toward a distant ship at sea.

The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of emigrant families arriving at Constitution Wharf in Boston, with trunks, a crowd, and ships in the harbor behind

Emigrant Arrival at Constitution Wharf, Boston

Charles F. Damoreau, 1850

Japanese woodblock print of white-sailed boats on rough sea beside a stone seawall and pine-covered buildings at dusk.

Kuwana, Mouth of the Kiso River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Black-and-white illustration of two men in fur hats and winter clothing walking through deep snow past evergreen trees.

"Cat, Answered François; "Dat's Mister Lynk,'" Illustration for Mooswa & Other of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 190…

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

The Rhinoceros

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Black and white print of a beheading scene with a kneeling figure, executioner, severed head on a platter, and onlookers befo

Beheading of John the Baptist

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of a man playing a lute beside a seated woman holding a scroll, with a dog in the foreground and arched interior.

The Lute Player and the Singer (2nd state)

Israhel van Meckenem, 1500

Etching of an executioner with a raised sword beside a headless body in a dungeon, with chains on the wall and onlookers behi

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of nude children playing in a wooden bath tub, with a seated woman in a turban and Gothic architecture behind.

The Children's Bath

Israhel van Meckenem, 1500

Engraving of fowlers using tethered decoy birds and a cage to catch flocks in an open landscape with figures and trees.

Fowling

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of two women with walking sticks beside a rocky gorge, a tall waterfall on the right, small hikers below.

Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraving of a seated Venetian woman in a wide hat and ruff, with a small dog, mirror and vessel beside her.

Plate 12, Femina Veneta (Venetian Woman), Diversarum Nationum Ornatus Cum Suis Iconibus

Alessandro Fabri, 1590

Engraved calligraphy sheet with a flourished alphabet, decorative letter border and signature David Roelands at lower right.

Alphabet (Incunabulum page ?)

David Roelands, 1610

Etching of a rider on a horse before a ruined arched building, with a child leading the horse and a dog in the foreground.

The Good Samaritan

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Pen drawing of a man in a suit embracing a woman in a striped period dress, with handwritten dedication below.

You Don't Like My Love Stories, Dear, so I Shall Not Write Any More

Howard Chandler Christy, 1900

Ballou's Pictorial newspaper page with harbor masthead and engraving of a crowded Boston street corner with pedestrians and a

Corner of Winter, Washington and Summer Streets, Boston

Charles F. Damoreau, 1850