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Watercolor of a villa garden seen through an arch, with statues, a fountain, ivy walls, and figures in the foreground.

Villa Farnese

Giovanni Volpato, ca. 1780

Woodcut of a bearded pilgrim with a staff and shield in a rocky landscape, with a walled city and bridge behind him.

Gerson as a Pilgrim, frontispiece to Gersonis Opera, 1489

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a heraldic coat of arms with a wild man blowing hunting horns, a second wild man leading dogs, and grapevines.

Coat of Arms of Johann Tscherte

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Sepia lithograph of a wagon train and mounted officers moving along a wooded road, with resting soldiers in the foreground.

The Army of the Potomac

John B. Bachelder, 1863

Woodcut of four winged angels with swords striking a crowd below, with trumpeting angels and a throne in the clouds above.

The Four Avenging Angels, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of figures on a wheel of fortune within a decorative border, with German verse above and below.

Von Ungluckes Fal, title page chapter 37 from "Sebastian Brandt, Das Narrenschrift"

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Black and white print of a heraldic coat of arms with three crowned lions' heads, a crowned lion on the helmet, and ornate sc

Coat of arms with Three Lions' Heads

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of a laurel-crowned allegorical woman leading two ornately harnessed horses, labeled Providentia and Moderatio.

The Great Triumphal Car third sheet

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of two horses in ornate harness led by two women holding laurel wreaths, with a winged figure above.

The Great Triumphal Car, eight sheet

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of two women embracing before an arched doorway, with a castle and mountains in the background and a small dog belo

The Visitation, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, early 16th century

Engraved battle scene of soldiers and smoke near a walled fort with ships on the water, titled Fort Constitution.

Attack on Fort Constitution, October 7, 1777

Johann Martin Will, ca. 1777

Engraved battle scene with smoke, cavalry charges, a cannon, officers in the foreground and a marching column near a bare tre

Battle of Saratoga, September 19, 1777

Johann Martin Will, ca. 1777

Hand-colored print of a family in a wagon driven by a galloping horse, with Catherine Market behind them.

Mose, Lize & Little Mose Going to California

Henry R. Robinson, ca. 1849

Engraving of men gambling with cards and coins at a tavern table, with a dog in the foreground and a man smoking a pipe.

Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded

John Keyse Sherwin, April 10, 1787

Woodcut of the Four Horsemen riding over fallen figures, with an angel in the clouds above and a skeletal rider in front.

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1511

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey into a city while a crowd waves palm fronds beneath a palm tree.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraved sheet of nine comic vignettes showing animals, townsfolk, a library and a sickroom, with captions below each scene.

Lock on the Understanding, Heavy Wet, etc.

David Claypoole Johnston, 1832

Political cartoon of a caricatured man riding two horses labeled PEACE and WAR, with satirical speech bubbles, 1864.

Little Mac, in His Great Two Horse Act, in the Presendential Canvass of 1864

Justin H. Howard, 1864

Engraving of nude women bathing at a grotto waterfall, a hunter at upper right, stag and hounds in the distant woods.

Diana Surprised by Actaeon

Aegidius Sadeler, 1586-1629

Engraving of women in period dress signing a pledge at a tea table in an interior, with a child and dog nearby.

A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Philip Dawe, March 25, 1775

Lithograph caricature of political figures playing bagatelle on a table labeled The Union Board, with cats and rats on the fl

A Little Game of Bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little Mac the Gunboat General

John L. Magee, 1864

Woodcut of Saint Jerome in a study removing a thorn from a lion's paw, with open books and an arched window behind him.

Saint Jerome exctracting a Thorn from the Lion's Foot (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Hand-colored caricature of men riding rocking horses labeled with political causes, including Sub-Treasury and Abolition.

All on Hobbies, Gee Up, Gee Ho!

Edward Williams Clay, 1838

Engraved rococo garden scene with a strolling couple, a fountain, a seated reader, children, and cherubs on ornate scrollwork

Post Meridies, from the Hours of the Day

Jean Mondon le fils, 1736-45

Pen drawing of an ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a nude man wrestling a lion, and winged figures.

Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Man (Hercules?) fighting a Lion

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of three ornamental vessels: a lion-masked ewer, a double-spouted urn, and a lidded lion-masked pot

Three Ornamental Vessel Designs

Giacomo Rossi, 17th century

Side-view watercolor drawing of a black and green horse-drawn carriage with green spoked wheels and a brass lantern.

Four Wheel Dog Cart Phaeton/Game Wagon (unnumbered)

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Daumier lithograph of a horse entering a doorway as a man in a checked robe and nightcap looks on, with city rooftops beyond.

Plaisanterie que se permettent maintenant les chevaux, dans le quatier des Champs-Élysées, No. 523 from series Actual…

Honoré Daumier, March 22, 1858

Hand-colored print of a skeleton pouring wine for an old man beside a young woman on a sofa, with a soldier at the window.

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13)

Thomas Rowlandson, August 1, 1814

Engraving of a chaotic battle with war elephants, armored cavalry, archers in towers, and fallen soldiers in the foreground.

The Battle Between Scipio and Hannibal at Zama

Cornelis Cort, 1550-78