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Engraved ceiling design with garlands, putti and a central medallion showing a classical scene with figures.

Project for a ceiling. With alternative suggestions

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a light headwrap and ornate belt with a cameo, against a dark hatched background.

Raccolta di teste

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Etched portrait of a bearded man with a small vignette of two children embracing below, with printed caption.

Portrait of Sir Herbert von Herkomer

Sir Herbert von Herkomer, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair and mustache in a lace collar, with a coat of arms below.

Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin

Robert Nanteuil, 1650

Engraved page with an empty oval cartouche framed by nude figure, horned satyr, lion and scrollwork ornament.

Page Two from "Premier Livre De Differents morceaux A l'Usage de tous ceux qui s'appliquent aux beuax Arts Inventé Pa…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of a forest path lined with tall trees and wooden fences, with light filtering through the canopy.

Woods With Fenced in Areas

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraved title page with Rococo ornamental frame, female figures, drafting tools and books, announcing Oppenord's fourth book

Title Page from "Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans où Pilastres Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Red-ink engraving of a basket of tulips, poppies and lilies arranged within a ruled border.

Basket of Flowers, Plate

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Etched landscape of a hilltop castle above timber houses, trees, a distant town and mountains under clouds.

Print - Hanns Lautensack, 1550

Hanns Lautensack, 1550

Engraved portrait of a seated man with curly hair and white cravat, arched frame, script name Campbell below.

Portrait of Thomas Campbell

Oliver Pelton, 1820

Aged paper with handwritten ink inscriptions in cursive, including the name Robert Balmanno and the year 1820.

The Proposal

Albrecht Dürer, 1400

Hand-colored oval portrait print of a man in a red cap and ruff holding a crossbow, captioned Guillaume Tell.

Portrait of Wilhelm Tell

Pierre-Michel Alix, 1800

Engraving of a bearded figure like Atlas holding up a celestial globe with zodiac signs and Roman numeral clock markings.

Design For a Clock, pl. XX from "Recueil d'Ouvrages Curieux de Mathematique et de Mecanique, ou Description du Cabinet"

Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, 1710

Etching of a Gothic skyscraper above construction cranes, scaffolding and workers on Vesey Street, with smoke filling the sky

Caissons on Vesey Street

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Hand-coloured print of the goddess Flora floating over a landscape, dropping garlands of flowers toward a pedestal monument b

Flora Dispensing Her Favours on the Earth

Thomas Woolnooth Sr, 1800

Engraved trophy design with winged figures, laurel wreath, shields, banners, and a battle scene in the landscape below.

Trophy

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved view of the Tuileries Palace with soldiers on parade, a carriage, and crowds in the foreground, 1800.

View of the Tuilleries Palace, Paris

John Pye the younger, 1800

Etched architectural design of a French alcove with columns, draped curtain, sculpted female figures and pastoral wall panels

Design for a French Alcove, from "Alcoves à le Francoise"

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Etching of Windsor Castle towers rising above trees along a river, with rowing boats on the water and figures on the bank.

Windsor from Eton

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a wooded path lined with gnarled trees, with grassy sandy ground in the foreground.

The Three Sisters

Francis Seymour Haden, 1860

Engraved print of a mounted cavalry captain in armor and plumed hat, sword raised, with fallen weapons and a battle scene bel

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Captain of Cavalry

Georg Philip Rugendas, 1720

Sepia print of a girl on a stone bench with a toddler and a small dog beside her, with a barrel and foliage behind.

Du Cabinet de Madame d'Azaincourt

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770

Engraving of a ragged kneeling man before robed figures under a tree, with a town and mountains in the background.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraved ornamental page with rococo panels showing scrollwork, cherubs, urns, garlands, and masks.

Page Five from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Engraving of two couples in 16th-century dress walking on grass, one man raising his hand, with inscribed names above.

March and April

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of a Gothic stone gateway with a pointed arch, carved heads, and two pedestrians walking through toward a street.

Saint John's Gate, Clerkenwell

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Charcoal sketch of warships in a harbor under a sunburst breaking through clouds, with a small tugboat in the foreground.

Return of the Fleet

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of Christ seated by a well speaking with a woman, with ruins and a small crowd in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of soldiers attacking mothers and infants with daggers, with nude men standing in the foreground at right.

Massacre of the Innocents

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of St. Jerome writing at a table in a study, with a sleeping lion and dog on the floor and a skull on the sill.

St. Jerome in his Study

Albrecht Dürer, 1510