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Engraved decorative panel with putti on a cloud, a central tree with garlands, an urn of flowers, and standing figures.

Title Page and Decorative Panel Design

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraved plate of ornamental friezes and overdoor designs with garlands, cartouches, birds, and labeled hunting, fishing, and

Designs for Paneling, Friezes, and Overdoors

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Black and white plate of neoclassical ornamental friezes and panels with scrolls, a griffin, garlands and trophies.

Friezes, Panels and Ornam

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Etching of the Gothic Guildhall facade with a tall central spire, arched windows, and small pedestrians in the street below.

The Guildhall

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of a harbor with boats on a sandy beach, a hillside town with a tower, and sailboats on calm water.

Le Port de San Remo

Adolphe Appian, 1870

Mezzotint portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, with a cloak and wooded landscape behind him.

Portrait of Sir John Percival Bart of Burton in the County Cork of Ireland

John Smith, 1700

Engraving of a weir on the River Wye with fishermen holding long poles, a rocky cliff on the left and wooded hills behind.

A View of the River Wye, near Bakewell, Derbyshire

Robert Sayer, 1770

Etching of the Woolworth Building's tall Gothic tower above a busy city street with carriages and pedestrians.

The Woolworth Building

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Engraving of a woman with a sword beside a fallen armored man, with an ornate fountain and Cupid in the background.

Pyramus and Thisbe

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Etched portrait of an older bearded man in a dark coat, signed Alexandre Cabanel, holding a slender object.

Portrait of Alexander Cabanel

Benjamin-Louis-Auguste Damman, 1880

Hand-colored print of a seated woman dipping an infant upside down into dark water in a rocky cave, after Daumier.

La Bapteme d'Achille, plate 22 from the Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Engraved plate of clock gears, dial faces and a large Roman-numeral clock with a fish-shaped support, titled Horology: Dial W

Horology: Dial Work, from pl. XXXIII from "A Cyclopaedia of Horology - Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers"

Abraham Rees, 1810

Engraving of a couple on a tricycle and other cyclists on a riverside road, with a steamboat on the river.

Wheeling on Riverside Drive

Thure de Thulstrup, 1880

Etching of a rocky gorge with a fisherman by a pool and a multi-arched stone bridge in the distance.

Pont de Hauteville

Adolphe Appian, 1870

Engraving of two couples in 16th-century dress on grass, one man holding a sword beside a woman, with labels above.

May and June

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of a jester gesturing beside a seated woman under a tree, with a pond and an ornate scrolled border.

Le Bouffon

Gabriel Huquier, 1720

Engraved design for an arched overdoor with putti, a central mask, a reclining classical woman, and a foliage-framed roundel.

Design for Overdoor and Frame, from "Recherche de Plusieurs Beaux Morceaux"

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a shell with sea nymphs, a bearded Triton with trident, and cherubs in clouds above.

Venus, Triton, and Sea Nymphs

Pieter Soutman, 1640

Etching of a standing robed man with a cloth, a helmeted soldier seated in a boat, and an urn on a stone ledge.

Standing Magus, Seated Soldier, and a Man, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etched ornamental design with an oval scene of figures at a well above an arch flanked by putti and garlands.

Fan leaves, Tenth and eleventh plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens,…

Alexis Loir, 1740

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor and lace collar, with drapery, helmet and sword below.

Portrait of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey

Jacob Houbraken, 1740

Etched portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair and a dark cloak, hand resting on his chest, crosshatched background.

Portrait of Hans Makart

William Unger, 1880

Engraving of a seated veiled woman beside an ornate pulpit with a preacher and listeners, framed by a curtain and columns.

Design for Pulpit

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Engraved rococo fireplace design with arched niche, ornate cartouche, pilasters, and floor plan details below.

Plate 1, Decoration de Cheminée pour un grand Apartement

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Etching of a woman in a cloak standing among laden donkeys and mules, with a hillside village and mountains behind.

Les Anes du Midi

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1870

Mezzotint of arranged armor, helmet, pike, rifle and flag on a ledge, with a distant battle scene and dedicatory inscription.

Dedication Page of a Suite of Cavalry Officers

Georg Philip Rugendas, 1720

Etching of soldiers and robed figures around an altar with a skull and bone, beside a rocky outcrop with an inscription.

Soldiers, Magus, and Other Figures Observing a Skull and a Tibia on an Altar, plate 7 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of St. Jerome kneeling in a rocky landscape beside a resting lion, with cliffs, pines and a chapel.

St. Jerome in Penitence

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved title page with winged putti, fruit garlands, a coat of arms, and the title La Sacra Genesi figurata.

"La Sacra Genesi figurata

Francesco Villamena, 1620

Engraved elevation of rococo paneling with a central fireplace, oval painting and figural scenes in scrolled cartouches.

Panelling of the Assembly Room in Palais Bourbon

Jacques Gabriel, 1710