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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 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 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

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

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

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

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 the Flight into Egypt: Virgin and Child with a donkey and a bearded man in a wooded landscape with a river and t

Flight into Egypt (Fuga deiparae in Aegyptum), from "The Large Landscapes"

Johannes van Doetecum I, ca. 1555-56

Engraved landscape of a mountain valley with a river, a town with a church, and a bird-catcher with a dog in the foreground.

The Crafty Bird-Catcher (Insidiosus auceps), from "The Large Landscapes"

Johannes van Doetecum I, ca. 1555-56

Engraved landscape of a forest road with carts, cattle, travelers, a pond with ducks, and a distant town with a church tower.

View of the Surroundings of Bruges (Vue des environs de Bruges)

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas

Engraving of a tree-lined road with a carriage, horseman and wagon, leading to a village with a church spire under cloudy ski

View near Bruges (Vue Prés [sic] de Bruges)

Martin de Monchy

Etching of cats performing a concert with trombone, violin and sheet music on a music stand, in an interior setting.

Concert of Cats, after the painting in the collection of the Duc de Choiseul

Balthasar Anton Dunker, before 1771

Engraved print of a riverside port with moored boats, figures on the bank, horses, trees, and gabled houses beyond the water.

Sea Port (Port de Mer) after the painting in the collection of Madame la Comtesse de Verrue

Pierre-François Beaumont

Engraving of a fish sale on a beach with fishermen, a crowd, carriages and sailing ships on the sea.

Selling Fish at Scheveningen (Vente de Poisson a Schevelinghe [sic]) after the painting in the collection of the Comt…

Pierre Quentin Chedel

Etching of a hilly landscape with a horse-drawn cart, travelers, a parasol-carrying woman, and a distant village.

Landscape with Cart after the painting in the cabinet of Mr. Poullain

J. F. Borgnet, 1780

Chromolithograph of a chestnut horse with a red-wheeled carriage and an attendant in a top hat, advertising Brewster & Co. 18

Brewster & Co. Annual Exhibition of Carriages

Herman Stahmer, 1886

Etching of a village road with cottages, a horse-drawn cart, travelers, trees, chickens and geese under a cloudy sky.

Path Through a Village

Aegidius Sadeler

Engraving of a landscape with a rocky cave, tents, travelers with horses and a donkey, and a mountain in the distance.

Landscape with Gypsy Camp

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Engraved landscape with a large oak, a horseman, a wounded man on the ground, and a distant town by the sea.

The Good Samaritan Finds the Man

Jan Brueghel the Elder, n.d.

Engraved landscape with large trees, a winged angel and young man on a path, and a walled town on a hill beneath mountains.

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel and Gypsies

Aegidius Sadeler

Etching of a riverside town with timber houses, a church spire, and a boat carrying travelers and horses.

First View of the Environs of Antwerp (Premiere Vue des Environs d'Anvers)

Maria Fr. Ozanne

Etching of three windmills on a plain with horse-drawn carts, workers, and a distant village under a sunburst sky.

The Three Windmills (Les Trois Moulins) after a painting in the collection of the Duc de Praslin

Balthasar Anton Dunker, 1772

Etching of a rural road with travelers, carts, pack horses, grazing sheep and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Flanders Road (Route de Flandre) after a painting in the collection of the Duc de Praslin

Balthasar Anton Dunker, 1772

Etching of a roadside robbery with horsemen, a carriage, and a distant castle under a cloudy sky.

Robbery on a Road after a painting in the collection of the Duc de Choiseul

Louis Germain, 1771

Engraving of men struggling over a woman in a boat on a shore, with armored warriors, horsemen, ships and a temple.

The abduction of Helen; battle scene on a shore with two men pulling Helen into a boat at center and another man pull…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-27

Engraving of a shoreline battle with men dragging a woman toward a boat, classical temple and sailing ships behind.

The abduction of Helen; battle scene on a shore with two men pulling Helen into a boat at center and another man pull…

Marco Dente, ca 1520-27

Engraving of nude goddesses before a seated youth and cupid, with a chariot and winged figure in the clouds above.

Judgment of Paris

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-50

Etching of an imagined ancient Roman piazza with obelisks, columns, a domed temple, statues, and steps leading up to a palace

Plate 10: The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps [...] (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendev…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

Hand-colored print of a city square with a tall clock tower, arcaded palazzo, carriages, and people in period dress.

View of the Piazza dei Signori of Vicenza with horse-drawn carriages and figures walking in the square

Georg Balthasar Probst, ca. 1750-1801