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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a shell-topped niche holding an armored nude figure, flanked by scrollwork, garlands a

Plate 22, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved rococo title page with a cartouche, winged trumpeter, crowned eagle shield, lion, and obelisk in a landscape.

Design for Cartouche

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved page of rococo ornamental borders with a crowned cartouche bearing fleur-de-lis and scrolling frame sections.

Development de bordures du Portrait du Roy, Cartouche aux armes du roi..., 4th plate, pl. 38 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurel…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etched portrait of an elderly man in a skullcap and dark robe holding a quill pen and paper before a drape.

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing-Master (The "Large Coppenol")

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Hand-colored engraved monogram letter made of flower garlands and ribbons, topped by a crown of pearls and flowers.

Decorative Monogram Design

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Hand-coloured chinoiserie garden plate with pavilions, arched bridges, parasols, hanging bells and birds among flowering shru

Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres, no.2

Anne Allen, 1790

Etching of three women's heads in caps, one asleep with closed eyes at lower center, by Rembrandt.

Three Heads of Women, One Asleep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved ornamental plate with satyrs and winged figures framing a draped cloth above a blank central panel.

Plate, from Emblemata nobilitati et vulgo scitu digna (Emblems worth knowing noble and common men)

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590

Black and white illustration of a man playing violin beside a fireplace and punch bowl, with seated onlookers in a room.

Fiddler at a Punch Party

Benjamin West Clinedinst, 1890

Woodcut of Christ in Limbo with nude figures, a fleeing demon, a banner-bearing Christ, and an old man in the foreground.

Christ in Limbo (Harrowing of Hell), from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of a woman in a headwrap leaning over an open book, absorbed in reading, with fine crosshatched lines.

Woman Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved ornamental design with an arch, grotesque masks, garlands, seated figure, lions and figural panels below.

Design for Grotesque Ornament

the elder Jean Berain, 1690

Wood engraving of a night street scene with top-hatted men and women in crinoline gathered around a telescope at a shop.

Boston Evening Street Scene, at the Corner of Court and Brattle Streets

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etching of a seated woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe reclining on cushions beside a draped curtain.

Sultane Noire (The Black Sultana), plate 28 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Cut-out paper doll in a dark lace-trimmed cloak over a pale blue gown, with hands clasped at the waist.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Donna Anna from the opera "Don Juan"

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with long grey hair, white collar and dark coat, hand resting at his waist.

Oliver Cromwell

Thomas Johnson, 1900

Head of a Young Woman

George Charles Aid, 1910

Etching of an ornate fountain with a foliage-wrapped column and leaping animals in a colonnaded courtyard.

Fountain

Wendel Dietterlinn the Elder, 1500

Engraved magazine cover of a man and woman in a rowboat among cattails, with verse printed below.

All in the Gay and Golden Weather

Winslow Homer, 1860

Hand-coloured paper doll costume in red with white lace sleeves, gold sash and green ribbon, hands clasped at chest.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Valentine from the opera "Die Hugenotten" (The Huguenots)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraved plate of an ornate Roman-style vase with a coiled serpent, a shell-holding figure, and scrollwork decoration.

Vase (Plate 5 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a young woman with curled hair, a plumed dark hat, and a lace-trimmed dark dress.

Melle Noblet

Henri Grévedon, 1820

Hand-colored paper doll in a cream skirt with red trim, yellow bodice and blue sleeves, holding a bouquet of flowers.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Amine from the opera "Die Nachtwandlerin" (The Somnanbule)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

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

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 an angel appearing in light above shepherds, sheep and cattle in a dark wooded landscape.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

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

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