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Etching of a man drinking from a cup on horseback beside an inn doorway, with a woman, dog and cottage nearby.

Porte d'Auberge

Charles Émile Jacque, 1840

Black-and-white illustration of a man in fur clothing holding a dog harness beside three sled dogs, with a second man in a ca

"I Go For Pull Out Now, Boy," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 195)

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Engraved plate of three grotesque ornaments: a female herm, a winged figure on scrollwork, and a bell with tools.

Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Hand-colored paper doll costume with blue skirt, military jacket, red trim and tambourine, on a cut paper stand.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Marie from the opera "Die Tochter des Regiments" (The Daughter of the Regiment)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Hand-coloured paper doll in a blue gown with gold scrollwork, yellow trim and a layered skirt, on a pale base.

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

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Etching of a seated man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe beside a garden wall and tree, on a tiled floor.

Prestre de la Loy (The Priest of the Law), plate 9 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (Caravan of a Sult…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with thatched houses, travelers, and women near a storefront, with blue sea beyo

Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of elephants helping a fallen companion out of a pit among palm trees, with Latin text below.

Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of Union cavalry and artillery galloping in pursuit along a turnpike past rows of military tents.

The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of many men sleeping on a floor in a station house while an officer stands in a bright doorway.

Station-House Lodgers

Winslow Homer, 1870

Woodcut of Christ seated at table with two disciples, haloed by radiating light in an arched niche, by Dürer.

Christ at Emmaus, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Woodblock print of a long arched bridge over blue river, with scaffolded pagoda roofs in foreground and distant mountain.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved title page with a domed pavilion, columns, grotesque figures and German inscription in a central cartouche.

Title page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodcut of the risen Christ with a halo, holding a banner above a tomb while guards sleep around him.

The Resurrection, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a hare and a lion made of curling ornamental leaf scrollwork, running across a hatched landscape.

Lion and Hare Composed of Ornamental Leaf-Work, from Neue-ersonnene Gold-Schmieds Grillen (New Designs for Ornaments…

Wolfgang Hieronimus von Bömmel, 1690

Engraving of soldiers and horsemen netting a giant serpent among rocks, with trumpeters and spearmen in the background.

Trapping the serpent

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1600

Monochrome lithograph of workers at the base of a blast furnace, with smoke and tall furnaces in the background.

The Base of the Blast Furnace

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Etching of a limp figure hanging from a rescue rope above churning sea waves and rocks.

Saved

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraving of women and a girl feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms on shelves in a timber-beamed workroom.

Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of a seated woman in a shawl beside an empty woven cradle against rocky cliffs, with a stick leaning nearby.

The Empty Cradle

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a uniformed soldier in a shako saluting, holding a saber, with a handwritten dedication below.

The Military Salute

Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq, 1870

Engraving of an explorer with a cross banner beside a nude woman in a hammock, ships at sea, and jungle animals.

The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of sheep grazing on a hillside with a dog standing watch on the ridge under a hatched, overcast sky.

Le Guet du Chien

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Etching of a man standing and a woman seated in a dark drawing room beside a fireplace, c. 1900.

A Couple in a Drawing Room

William Henry Hyde, 1900

Etching of a crowded tavern back room with men seated by a fireplace, posters and framed prints on the walls.

McSorley's Back Room

John Sloan, 1910

Engraved illustration of an ornate ewer with serpent handle, ram head and skull decoration on a footed base.

Vase (Plate 10 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraving of spectators on a rooftop watching smoke rise over Boston harbor during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraving of boats attacking a sea monster in a harbour while crowds watch from the shore and a lighthouse stands nearby.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1590

Engraving of a 19th-century picnic in the woods with families, children climbing trees, and food laid out on the grass.

Picnicking in the Woods

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodblock print of travelers in straw raincoats battling heavy rain on a steep hillside path above village rooftops.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etching of a rooster crowing on a hay pile, with hens foraging below under a hatched sky and a fence line in the distance.

Le Chant du Coq

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Engraving of workers spreading leaves on feeding trays in a workshop, with an orchard scene at left.

Spreading the leaves on the feeding trays

Flemish Philip Galle, 1590

Engraving of a family Christmas celebration, with children dancing around a decorated tree while adults watch in a festive pa

The Christmas-Tree

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of oxen pulling a corn-laden cart past a barn, with farmers and women walking along a dirt road.

Driving Home the Corn

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of the Holy Trinity: God the Father holds Christ's body, a dove above, angels and cherubs around.

The Holy Trinity

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved plate of an ornamental vase with serpent handles and a ram's head garland, numbered VIII.

Vase (Plate 8 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraved scene of children in hats picking berries on a hillside, with a sailing ship on the sea behind them.

Gathering Berries

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraved plate with eight designs of Chinese-style teapots, ewers, cups, a sauceboat and a footed bowl.

Designs for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils

Sir William Chambers, 1750

Engraving of a kneeling man before a white horse, hunting dogs, a stag among trees, and a castle on a rocky hill.

St. Eustace

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved sheet with two vertical grotesque ornament panels showing a nude woman, cherubs, sphinx, garlands and scrolling foli

Grotesque Ornament

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, 1500

Engraving of a bearded man with a bow beside a turbaned woman holding an infant, on a sparse landscape ground.

The Turkish Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of mounted hunters with spears and dogs chasing wild bulls across a landscape with trees and a castle.

Buffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Woodblock print of a harbor town at dawn with sailboats, lantern-lit shops, travelers on a road, and pine trees.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a bay with white-sailed boats, pine-lined shore, and layered mountains under a pale sky.

Ejiri, View Over Mio-no-Matsu-bara, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of surgeons treating wounded soldiers beneath an oak tree, with battle smoke in the distance.

The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved title page Nova Reperta showing a printing press, globe, compass rose, still and allegorical figures.

Title page of “Nova Reperta”

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of turkeys in a snowy farmyard with men, a loaded cart, a hay stack and a dog, Thanksgiving scene.

Thanksgiving Day - Ways and Means

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of men at night placing glowing lanterns in a garden to attract moths, with a dog and beehives in view.

Catching Night Moths, plate 25 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a bearded face at center, scrolling foliage, birds and insects, numbered 53.

Plate 53, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of a crowned woman carrying a platter with a severed head, beside a seated banquet scene in a beamed room.

Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodblock print of boats on a blue bay beside a row of thatched houses and travelers on a road under a sunset sky.

Hilltop View, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kanagawa, Dai-no-kei Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a thatched teahouse with patrons seated outside, bare trees, a hill, and a traveler on a road.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etched grotesque ornament plate with a horned hybrid figure on a shell form beside a symmetrical scrolling cartouche.

Plate 30, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of couples dancing in a crowded room with a fiddler, fireplace, and hanging corn after a husking.

The Dance after the Husking

Winslow Homer, 1850

Etching of a seated figure reading beside a lion on a path, with trees on the left and a tower and buildings on a hill.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of the Virgin seated on a crescent moon nursing the infant Christ, surrounded by radiating lines and stars.

Virgin on the Crescent (Title Page of the Life of the Virgin)

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of crowded bathers splashing in waves at Newport beach, with bathhouses on shore and sailboats on the horizon.

The Bathe at Newport

Winslow Homer, 1850

Wood engraving of a couple by the moonlit sea above a meadow scene with reclining figures, a girl, and ducks.

Flirting on the Sea-Shore and on the Meadow

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved plate of three ornate rococo torchère stands in the Chinese taste, with scrolled bases and carved details.

Three Designs for Torcheres in the Chinese Taste (Plate 13 of "One Hundred and Fifty New Designs")

Thomas Johnson, 1750

Engraving of women in a fashionable interior by a canopied bed, with a servant bearing a tray and a small dog among them.

Le Retour du Baptesme (Return from the Baptism), Plate IV, from Le Mariage à la Ville (Marriage in the City)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Woodblock print of an inn interior with women in blue kimono, a bathing man on a veranda, and a palm tree.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of two rings covered in geometric polyhedra mounted on wooden stands, drawn in precise hatched perspective.

Two Rings, plate I. i. in Perspectiva. Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Botanical illustration of a Crinum lily with a green stem and white spidery flowers, with a faint plant sketch below.

Crinum taitens

Engraved scene of couples dancing at a Parisian ball at the Mabille, with men in top hats and women in bustled gowns before a

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Mabille, Paris

Winslow Homer, 1860