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Hand-colored Gillray caricature of a farming couple showing off their daughter at a piano before seated neighbors in a parlor

Farmer Giles and His Wife Showing Off Their Daughter Betty to Their Neighbours on her Return from School

James Gillray, January 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a man applying metal rods to the face of a grimacing seated man, with brandy and a dog nearby.

Metallic Tractors

James Gillray, 1802

Satirical etching of a reclining man and seated woman on a sofa with two dogs, plus a small inset scene labeled After.

Out of Fits, or the Recovery to the Satisfaction of All Parties

George Townley Stubbs, May 5, 1786

Hand-colored caricature of exaggerated dandies on horseback galloping along a dusty track, dated 1819.

Dandies in Rotten Row

William Heath, January 21, 1819

Wood engraving of a sleigh overturning in snow, passengers tumbling out as horses gallop past a village street.

The Sleighing Season - The Upset (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IV)

Winslow Homer, January 14, 1860

Engraving of city people in top hats and long skirts snowballing on a snowy street under a shop awning, with a gas lamp.

A Snow Slide in the City (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IV)

Winslow Homer, January 14, 1860

Wood engraving of Union cavalry and artillery galloping past tents along a road, with telegraph poles and hatched sky.

The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike (from "Harper's Weekly," V…

Winslow Homer, May 17, 1862

Engraved scene of soldiers charging forward across a field, a mounted officer raising a sword, smoke and trees behind.

Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VI)

Winslow Homer, May 17, 1862

Wood engraving of a horse-drawn sleigh carrying fashionably dressed men and women through a snowy winter landscape.

Christmas Belles (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIII)

Winslow Homer, January 2, 1869

Engraving of a child on a tricycle passing Father Time and a skeleton with a wheelbarrow labeled 1868 under a night city sky.

The New Year - 1869 - Drawn by Winslow Homer (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIII)

Winslow Homer, January 9, 1869

Wood engraving of riders, horses and visitors among boulders on a cloud-covered mountain summit.

The Summit of Mount Washington (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIII)

Winslow Homer, July 10, 1869

Engraved scene of well-dressed women and men strolling a seaside promenade with a small dog, bathing houses in the distance.

False Alarm, Surely! (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIII)

Winslow Homer, July 17, 1869

Engraving of three children resting under trees with a dog, a farmhouse, laundry on a line, and a woman in the yard.

The Nooning (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, August 16, 1873

Engraved print of a picnic outing with a horse carriage, women in long dresses with baskets, a seated man, and a dog on grass

The Picnic Excursion (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. I)

Winslow Homer, August 14, 1869

Wood engraving of a crowded parlor donation party with a minister, guests carrying pumpkins and barrels, and a leaping dog.

Our Minister's Donation Party (from "Harper's Bazar," Vol. I)

Winslow Homer, December 19, 1868

Wood engraving of turkeys surrounding a farm wagon in a snowy yard, with boys and a man handling the birds beside a haystack.

Thanksgiving Day - Ways and Means (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, November 27, 1858

Harper's Weekly engraving: turkeys and produce by a haystack above, family arriving at a snowy doorway below, 1858.

Thanksgiving Day - Arrival At the Old Home (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, November 27, 1858

Engraving of fashionable spectators under an awning cheering as racehorses gallop across a field at Saratoga, 1865.

Our Watering Places - Horse Racing at Saratoga (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IX)

Winslow Homer, 1865

Engraved Harper's Weekly page: oxen hauling corn past a barn, and couples dancing in a crowded room after a husking.

Driving Home the Corn and Dance after the Husking (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, November 13, 1858

Wood engraving of horseback riders and children on a shaded country road, titled May-Day in the Country, April 1859.

May-Day in the Country (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. III)

Winslow Homer, April 30, 1859

Etching of men in wigs and tricorn hats gathered around a tavern table where a game is played, dated 1763.

Playing Tric Trac

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1763

Hand-colored print of a stout man in a red coat driving a gray horse and carriage with passengers, pedestrians nearby.

La Promenade en Bokei; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 26

Le Jeune Adrien Pierre Godefroy, 1816

Engraving of Diana in a moonlit chariot drawn by white horses, with putti and a reclining figure below.

Diana in Her Chariot (La Lune sur son char)

Claude Mellan, 1633

Engraving of a crowded kitchen with men feasting around a laden table, a nursing woman, hanging meats and a dog.

The Fat Kitchen

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563

Red-toned engraving of a woman in a long gown beside a child with a parasol, with a cat at her feet and a garden behind.

Woman Playing with a Cat

François Boucher, 19th century

Sepia engraving of a woman with two children beside a wooden instrument and a rooster, within a floral border.

A Woman and Children Playing with a Chinese Gong

François Boucher, 19th century

Hand-colored print of a crowd gazing at caricature prints in a shop window labeled P. Roberts, Holborn.

Caricature Shop of Piercy Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn

Piercy Roberts, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of figures in a windstorm on a road, with a rider on a red horse and a flying hat.

A Hail Storm

Henry William Bunbury, 1800-20

Hand-colored caricature of a black horse with a man's face in a white wig, saddled, with a satirical sale caption below.

To Be Sold With All His Engagements-The Famous Race Horse Woolsack

William Heath, June 29, 1829

Hand-colored caricature of officials feasting on gold coins at a table, with a treasury chest and petitioners at a window.

Substitutes for Bread;-or-Right Honorables, Saving the Loaves, & Dividing the Fishes

James Gillray, December 24, 1795