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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Black and white engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a timber stable, with the Virgin and Child, three kings and a star.

Adoration of the Magi

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of the Descent from the Cross: a man on a ladder lowers Christ's body while mourners stand nearby.

The Descent from the Cross (The Deposition), from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved print of an ornate two-handled vase with garland festoons, rope handles, and a domed lid on a pedestal.

Vase (Plate 2 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520