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Engraved Harper's Weekly page of a couple reading a letter, surrounded by cupids and figures from many cultures.

St. Valentine's Day - The Old Story in All Lands

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of an apple bee: people peeling apples in a room with a fireplace, garlands, and a dancing woman.

Fall Games - The Apple-Bee

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a crowned mask, curling serpent forms, scrolls, and tassels, numbered 37.

Plate 37, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo sanctuary lamp with candle arms and suspended oil lamps on chains.

Sanctuary Lamp, from "Dis

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Engraved plate of a fringe-making loom in a workshop, with workers at the frame and a labeled technical diagram below.

Passementerie, Mètier à Franges

J.R. Lucotte, 1760

Engraving of St. Gregory's Mass: kneeling clergy before Christ of Sorrows at an altar, with an angel holding Passion instrume

The Mass of St. Gregory

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Monochrome illustration of a snake raising its head above grass toward a frightened rabbit in the foreground.

"Mammy, Mammy!" He Screamed in Mortal Terror

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Engraved Harper's Weekly cover showing two women kneeling in a pew with vignettes of an ox, a mansion, and a sweeping maid.

Tenth Commandment

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of two oval ornamental cartouches with figures, scrollwork and fruit garlands, one with blank central panels.

Plate 13, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

René Boyvin, 1570

Etched vertical ornament with a crucified Christ flanked by two mourning figures in a niche, surrounded by dense scrollwork.

Ornament with the Man of Sorrows, Mary and John

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Engraved plate with five ornate rococo wall bracket designs and a central candle sconce with scrolling foliage.

Design for Wall Brackets, Plate 42 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs

Thomas Johnson, 1750

The Little Executioner, illustration to John Evelyn, "Sculptura"

Bohemian Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1660

Etching of a standing woman in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe with a tasseled sash, in a garden setting.

Sultane Reine (The Queen Sultana), plate 29 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Woodblock print of a bay framed by pine trees, travelers on a hillside path, small boats on blue water under a pale sky.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched standing figure of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a curved sabre, on a tiled floor.

Chef des Indiens (Indian Chief), plate 8 from the series Caravanne du Sultan a la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going t…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Engraving of a Thanksgiving dinner in a formal dining room with seated guests, a standing servant, and a laden table.

Thanksgiving Day - The Dinner

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodcut coat of arms with a wild man leading hounds, a horn-blowing crest, grapevines, and the motto Soli Deo Gloria.

The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Woodcut of Christ kneeling before an angel with a chalice while sleeping disciples lie nearby and soldiers approach.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a chaotic household where a couple fights amid overturned furniture, dogs and startled children.

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1580

Harper's Weekly page with six engraved scenes of Union army life before Yorktown, Virginia, including sharpshooters and a ste

Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and slashed fur-trimmed coat, holding a sword, against a hatched sky.

Portrait of Conrad von der Rosen

Daniel Hopfer, 1500

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a curved wooden bridge beside thatched houses, a willow tree and hills under a pale sky

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of Christ bound to a column, scourged by two tormentors with whips in an arched stone setting.

The Flagellation of Christ, from series The Passion of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns before a seated judge washing his hands, with soldiers and dogs around.

Christ Before Pilate, from series The Passion of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Two vertical ornamental panels with urns, winged griffins, acanthus scrolls and garlanded pedestals, engraved in fine hatched

Two ornamental panels

Agostino Mitelli, 1650

Woodblock print of travelers resting by a willow and stone wall on the Tokaido road, with a horse approaching at right.

Fujikawa, Approach of a Nobleman, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved study interior with a scholar using compasses, a hanging galleon, a globe, instruments, and a sea view through an ar

Lapis Polaris Magnes (Invention of the Compass), plate 2 of the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved plate of an ornate lidded vase with lion-head handles and a reclining lion relief, with a Latin caption below.

Vase (Plate 1 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse leading a pack of running dogs down a hillside, with a second rider behind.

Tannery, with His Dogs, Came Galloping Up the Cañon

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse at a teahouse beside a bridge, with thatched houses and a blue sea behind.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etching of a striped cat crouched near an archway while a small mouse watches from the left edge.

The Large Cat

Netherlandish Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraved portrait of Saint Dominic with halo, crucifix, lily and rosary, surrounded by oval scenes from his life.

Saint Dominic

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1630

Boys raiding a sand-swallow colony on a grassy sand cliff, with birds flying around and eggs scattered on the slope.

Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?"

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Woodblock print of New Year street performers with drummers, kimono-clad women and a man in a patterned robe near pine branch

New Years in Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai, 1840

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap seated in a carved armchair beside an arched window.

Jan Lutma, Goldsmith

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with vignettes of nurses, women sewing soldiers' shirts, and a wounded soldier in bed.

Our Women and the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etched title plate with grotesque ornamental border, winged figures and Dutch text in a central cartouche.

Title plate, from Grottesco in diversche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1570

Engraving of guests toasting around a table at left and a church congregation at right, framed by angels and holly.

Seeing the Old Year Out

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved rococo cartouche design with two horses, scrolling foliage, fleur-de-lis and fruit on a pale page.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking War

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Title page with a hand-colored wreath of flowers and leaves framing French handwritten text, numbered No. 1.

Title page, plate 1, in Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, No.1

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved rococo ornament with scrolls, a seated plumed figure, birds and flowers, by Antoine Aveline, 1730.

Ornament Design with Birds and a Figure

Antoine Aveline, 1730

Engraving of Saint Francis and Saint Clara adoring the infant Jesus in a manger, with rays of light and a Latin inscription b

Saint Francis and Saint Clara Adoring the Infant Jesus

Flemish Pieter de Jode the Younger, 1650

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

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Engraving of Clelia on a rearing horse crossing a river, with women and soldiers, trees and billowing drapery.

Clelia Crossing the Tiber

Giulio Bonasone, 1550

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central chariot scene, tritons, birds, armor and dense scrollwork.

Plate 23, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Etched vertical ornament panel with a stag head, boar head, crossed arrows and oak branches by Stefano della Bella.

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved plate showing two ornate pendant jewelry designs with armillary spheres, sphinxes, and pear-shaped drops.

Two Pendant Designs

Flemish Hans Collaert the Elder, 1580

Engraving of a woman pouring water in an oval frame, with four putti and a shell motif, labeled Temperantia.

Temperance, plate 7 of "VII Virtutim...Imagines"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Six teardrop-shaped ornamental designs with scrollwork and flowers in blue wash, arranged in two rows on a pale sheet.

Six Designs for Components of a Columbine Cup, from the series Allerley Gebuntznierte Fisirungen

Bernhard Zan, 1580

Engraved ornament design of a winged sphinx with garlands and rococo scrollwork, with grape clusters, on a bound page.

Sphynx Ornament Design

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Etching of Saturn, an elderly bearded nude seated on clouds, holding a scythe, by Girolamo Scarselli.

Saturn

Girolamo Scarselli, 1670

Engraved bust portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and dark cap, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Titian

Agostino Carracci, 1580

Engraved ornamental plate with a central female figure with spear inside an arch, surrounded by scrolling grotesque decoratio

Plate 25, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling beside a sleeping lion, holding a crucifix, with a skull at his feet.

Saint Jerome

Agostino Carracci, 1600

Engraving of a wooden velvet loom with a weaver seated at the treadles, numbered parts and hanging weights.

Le Métier à faire le Velours (The Velvet Loom)

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1700

Engraved circular rococo cartouche with scrollwork, an urn with a mask, a column, feathery branches and a distant fountain.

Ornament, Cartouche

Matthias Lock, 1750

Engraving of Flora offering a flower wreath to a reclining Cupid beside a flower-filled urn in a wooded landscape.

Flore et l'Amour

François Boucher, 1740

Etching of a woman with an upswept hairstyle holding an infant against her shoulder, with sparse room lines behind them.

Gardner (Cassatt) Held by His Mother

Mary Cassatt, 1880

Engraved design for a garden fireworks display with a tiered tower, statues, and a palace facade framed by trees.

Projet d'un feu d'Artifice dans un Jardin (Design for Fireworks in a Garden), plate 114, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle M…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved elevation of a rococo wrought iron choir entrance gate with scrollwork, rings, and lettered labels.

Porte d'Entrée de Choeur

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo cartouches and wall consoles with scrolled ornament, some holding urns and a teapot.

Desseins de Cartouches, et de Consoles

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design for a porcelain writing set, elevation and plan views with scrollwork and shell ornament.

Ecritoire de Porcelaine [Design for a Porcelain Writing Set, Elevation, 2nd plate], pl. 45 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo three-arm candelabrum with scrolled base, above a small cartouche with two cherubs.

Candelabrum with Three Arms, plate 76, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Etching of two horned goats in grass, one standing with its back turned and one lying down facing the viewer.

Two Goats

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1630