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Engraving of a mounted knight with a pistol facing a crowd of musicians, a fiddler, and a chained bear beneath a tree.

The Adventure of the Bear and the Fiddle (Plate 3: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a mounted knight, a squire, and a man climbing a wall to hang a fiddle, with onlookers and verse captions below.

Hudibras Triumphant (Plate 4: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Etching of a woman with a raised sword among armed men outside buildings, with a fallen man at her feet and a bridge at left.

Hudibras Vanquish'd and Protected by Trulla (Plate 5: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a man in wooden stocks in a yard, watched by a crowd including a woman in a black cloak.

Hudibras in Tribulation (Plate 6: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a noisy street procession with riders, a crowd, a brick house and a tavern balcony, with verse below.

Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington (Plate 7: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraved scene of two men at a table with astrological charts, a skeleton, hanging creatures and a cat, with verse captions b

Hudibras Beats Sidrophel and His Man Wacum (Plate 8: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a devilish figure with a sword over a seated bearded man, a woman in a doorway, and a cloaked figure in an inter

Hudibras Catechized (Plate 9: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of men seated at a table in a room with hanging hats, with verse text below, by William Hogarth.

The Committee (Plate 10: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraved street scene of a crowd burning effigies at Temple Bar, with onlookers on a balcony and verse printed below.

Burning the Rumps at Temple Bar (Plate 11: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a knight consulting a lawyer in a book-lined office, with clerks writing and dogs on the floor.

Hudibras and the Lawyer (Plate 12: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraved title page with putti, ornate frame and Italian lettering for a book of miracles from the Florence Annunziata, 1619.

Frontispiece, from Scelta d'Alcuni Miracoli e Grazie della Santissima Nunziata di Firenze (Selection of Some Miracles…

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraving of an ornate cross-shaped pendant with two flying cherubs, two seated nude men, and decorative motifs.

Cross-shaped Pendant and Four Other Motifs

Giovanni Battista Costantini, 1622

Engraved ornament with a central lozenge cartouche, cattails on triangular motifs, swags above, and swans in a riverscape bel

Lozenge-shaped Pendant and Two Triangular Motifs in a Riverscape

Giovanni Battista Costantini, 1622

Engraving of two nude male figures holding ornamental scrollwork motifs beside a large octagonal decorative panel.

Octagonal Case and Two Other Motifs Held by Ignudi

Giovanni Battista Costantini, 1622

Engraved ornamental print with central oval cartouche, grotesque masks, putti, tasseled side panels, and sea monsters below.

Oval Pendant or Case and Two Bezel Designs

Giovanni Battista Costantini, 1622

Engraved ornament sheet with a central lozenge pendant of scrollwork, two griffins below and two hanging trapezoid motifs abo

Lozenge-shaped Pendant and Two Trapezoid Motifs

Giovanni Battista Costantini, 1622

Engraved title page with two putti framing an oval laurel wreath, above it military trophies, a lion and helmet, in dense orn

Title page of "Divers Trophées" (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1651

Engraved plate of a classical helmet with a lion crest, flanked by ornate shields and winged figures, with a Latin inscriptio

Plate from "Divers Trophées" (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1651

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman gazing up at a vision of the Virgin, infant Christ, and angels with a banner.

The Vision of Joan of Arc

Eduard von Steinle, ca. 1870-86

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ being nailed to a cross by figures with hammers, with a crowd and city behind.

Christ Nailed on the Cross

Paul Decker the Younger, early 18th century

Oval etched landscape on blue paper with three small figures by a stream, trees, hills and clouds.

Landscape with Three Figures

Felix Meyer, 1677

Engraving of figures working in a printmaking studio with a copper plate, a printing press, and prints hanging on a line.

The Printmaking Workshop

Pellegrino dal Colle, 1750-1800

Oval drawing of a seated nude woman by a tree with a leering satyr peeking from foliage, a dog at her feet, and a distant lan

Diana and a Leering Satyr in a Forest

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, ca. 1600

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a nude woman, raising a staff with a billowing cloak behind.

The Centaur Nessus Abducting Deianira

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1763-1809

Pencil sketch of men and women seated on a hill talking, with pine trees, horses and distant mountains behind them.

Men and Women Enjoying a View

Martinus Rørbye, 1823-48

Engraving of the Holy Family with two angels, a young boy with a lamb, and swagged drapery above.

Holy Family with Two Angels

Jacques Callot, ca. 1614

Engraving of two women bathing a bearded man in a wooden tub beside a window, dated 1541.

Buffoon and the Two Bathing Women

Sebald Beham, 1541

Engraving of the Virgin's deathbed in a room with mourners, a bishop with candle, a fireplace, and a cat.

The Death of the Virgin

Philips Galle, 1574

Engraved village festival with brawling peasants, a church tower, thatched houses, stalls and a windmill on a distant hill.

The Kermis of Saint George

Johannes van Doetecum I, ca. 1559; printed 1601

Engraving of peasants fighting over a card game in a village lane, with a wooden staff, scattered cards and a barrel.

Peasants Fighting over a Game of Cards

Lucas Vorsterman