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Engraving by William Hogarth showing paintings flying and tumbling through a street among rooftops and a weathervane.

The Battle of the Pictures

William Hogarth, 1745

Etching of a crowded rustic tavern interior with a seated violin player, drinking companions, a dog and a large hearth.

The Violin Player Seated in the Inn

Cornelis Dusart, 1685

Etching of a couple embracing in a rocky cave as a turbaned servant spills a bucket and another man looks on.

L'intrigue découverte

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85

Lithograph of a reclining man attended by grotesque mourners as an armored winged woman with spear and shield descends.

Repas de Corps. Epoque Mémorable de 1821

Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1821

Etching of an ornate cup base with cherubs, a griffin, a lion and a dog among scrollwork and bead garlands.

Base of an ornamental cup

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Painting of a large beech tree in a woodland clearing, with a mother and children resting at left and deer grazing at right.

A mother and children resting beneath a large beech tree, deer grazing beyond, possibly in Norbury Park, Surrey

the elder George Barret, 1776

Pen drawing of a coat of arms with Nature and Britannia figures, an infant on the shield, a lamb crest and a HELP banner.

Arms for the Foundling Hospital

William Hogarth, December 22, 1781

Circular etching of figures skating on a frozen lake with bare trees in the foreground and a town with windmills beyond.

Winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen body of water in a roundel composition; a church and trees in the f…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Circular etching of a stormy sea with sailing ships, rough waves, dark clouds, and figures on a shore at lower left.

Tempest in a roundel composition, at left waves toss a small ship occupied by seven figures, ships and dark clouds be…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Engraved architectural prints of the Chateau d'Anet courtyard interior and a frontal view of its gateway with arches and pila

Interior View of the Court Yard and Frontal View of the Defense Mechanism at Chateau d'Anet, from "Les plus excellent…

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Etching of two mules with panniers, plumes and tassels in the foreground, and a horseman driving more mules across a field.

Two mules bearing panniers and outfitted with blinders, plumes, and tassels; one mule in three-quarter view and behin…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of three pigs resting in the foreground beside a thatched pigsty, with grazing animals and trees under a cloudy sky.

Three pigs lying on their sides, a pigsty and trough beyond

Karel Dujardin, 1652

Hogarth's 1728 print of a stage performance of The Beggar's Opera with masked actors, musicians, and an audience in galleries

The Beggar's Opera

William Hogarth, 1728

Circular etching of Adam and Eve leaving Paradise, with a winged angel at right and a serpent in a tree above.

Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-19th century

Medal of Louis XIV

Gerard Edelinck, 17th-18th century

Medal

Gerard Edelinck, 17th-18th century

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental cartouche with a crowned shield flanked by two winged figures and shell scrolls.

Cartouche for Le Pont Neuf

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Circular woodcut of Judith holding a severed head before a tent, with a battle and walled city in the background.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of an elderly man praying at a table with his family beside a timber house, with a woman serving bread nearby.

Enoch and his family surrounding a meal table and holding their hands in a gesture of prayer; behind them is the open…

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1623

Engraving of a rider on a mule with men gathering coins beneath it, crowds around a stepped platform, Latin inscription below

Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding i…

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1592-1614

Engraving of Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes beside a maidservant, with a canopy bed and military tents behind.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Balthazar van den Bos

Engraved tomb monument with an oval portrait of a bearded man, laurel garlands, trumpets, and a Latin inscription.

The Tomb of Annibale Carracci

Karl Remshardt, 1690-1735

Etching of the Temple of Antoninus columns at right, with cattle, sheep, figures and Palatine ruins in the Campo Vaccino.

The columns of the Temple of Antoninus to right, a part of the Campo Vaccino in center and at left, along with variou…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Pen drawing of a seated woman looking up and a bearded man gesturing beside her among trees and clouds.

Seated woman and Bearded Man in a Landscape

Giuseppe Canale, 1740-1802

Engraving of Saint John preaching to a seated crowd under trees, arms raised toward a cloudy sky.

Predication de St. Jean

Etching of Mercury with a caduceus pointing at seated Aglauros as a standing woman gestures beside a pillar in a classical in

Mercury Turning Aglauros to Stone (Aglauros a Mercurio in lapidem transformatur), plate 20 from "The Metamorphoses of…

Antonio Tempesta, Published after 1606

Etching of Medea with a cauldron and branch above a reclining old man, with torches and smoke in the background.

Medea Restoring Aeson's Youth (Aesoni decerptio iuventam restituit Medea), plate 64 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"…

Antonio Tempesta, Published after 1606

Etching of a woman in flowing drapery adjusting her hair beside a dressing table with jewelry, her reflection in a mirror at

Woman at Her Toilet

Charles Reuben Ryley, March 1, 1780

Three Oriental Heads

Robert Blyth, March 5, 1780

Engraving of a dying soldier on a bed attended by a woman with a bowl, with armoured soldiers standing nearby in a vaulted ro

Soldier's Death, from "The Life and Death of a Soldier"

Robert Blyth, May 1, 1781

Sepia engraving of mourners and armored soldiers beside a grave with bones, skulls, and a shield on a post.

Soldier's Funeral from "The Life and Death of a Soldier"

Robert Blyth, May 1, 1781

Etching of armed banditti with spears and helmets gathering beneath a tree, with a rocky landscape behind them.

Banditti Going Out

Robert Blyth, November 9, 1780

Engraving of a bound captive led by armored guards with spears beside a tree and rocky landscape.

Banditti Returning

Robert Blyth, November 9, 1780

Engraving of fishermen hauling a net of fish from water, with a woman holding a basket beneath a tree.

Fishermen

Robert Blyth, November 9, 1780

Engraving of a crowded Gothic vaulted hall with merchant stalls, gallery balconies, chandeliers and heraldic shields on the w

Interior View of Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle during the Annual Fair

Aegidius Sadeler, 1607

Horse Dressed Up for a Tournament or Ceremonial Entry

Baccio del Bianco, ca. 1620-56

Etched interior view of a funeral catafalque in a church choir, with a central coat of arms, arches, and small figures on the

The tomb of Ferdinand II at center in the background within the choir of the church, three arches in center foregroun…

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a child carrying a dog over his shoulder, with another dog running beside him and a woman and children near a towe

Child carrying a dog over his shoulder, walking towards the right, another dog running alongside to right, a woman wi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660-64

Etching of a turbaned rider on a prancing horse, with an elephant and figures in a distant landscape.

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, in the background a pyramid at left, many figures and an elephant, from "Fi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Etching of a Polish horseman in a plumed hat and fur cloak on a prancing horse, with grooms and horses around him.

Polish horseman facing right, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horseback" (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hong…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Polish horseman in profile facing right, a tower and other figures on horses in background, a circular composition, f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Polish hussar in profile facing right with wings attached to his back, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horse…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Engraving of a seated bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe playing a bow instrument on a jawbone, with a castle and bridge behin

The Rich Man Playing Violin on a Jaw Bone

Johann Theodor de Bry

Etching of two children playing with a goat under a tree, with a satyr and woman watching in the background.

Two children playing with a goat in center, turned towards the right, a child satyr sitting atop the goat, the other…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1655-60

Etching of an ornate marble vase with classical figures in a Roman garden, a young draughtsman sketching it in the foreground

The Medici vase, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of the Roman countryside" (Six grandes vues, dont quatr…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a standing sailor talking to a seated turbaned man, with sailors in a rowboat and a tower in the background.

Standing sailor in center talking to a seated Levantine man to left, seen in profile, other sailors with a boat to le…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1658-63

Etching of two sailors in the foreground with workers repairing a ship on scaffolding in the background.

A Black sailor standing to left, in profile to the right, a White sailor seated in center with legs outstretched, a s…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1658-63

Engraving of two draped allegorical women in a circle, one pointing upward beside a column, with scales and a rainbow.

Fortitude and Justice

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Etching of a seated nude man with a spear, perched on a large fish under a cloudy sky.

Zweite Zukunft from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

Max Klinger, 1898

Etching of a nude man hugging his knees on a rocky slope, with cliffs, trees and distant snowy mountains behind him.

Adam from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

Max Klinger, 1898

Circular etching of a female satyr nursing a child beside a satyr child with a garland, set among dense leafy foliage.

A female satyr breastfeeding an child to the right, turned towards the left, a satyr child on the ground to the left,…

Stefano Della Bella, 1639

Etching in a circle: a peasant woman on horseback leads a herd of cows, sheep, goats and dogs across a landscape.

A peasant woman seated on a horse to left, facing right, surrounded by a herd of cows, goats, sheep, and dogs, from "…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching in a circle of satyrs and a faun watching children dance beside a leafy wooded landscape.

Two satyrs and a faun seated to right watching two child satyrs and another satyr with an child on his shoulders danc…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Circular etching of cows in a river landscape with two women at left, trees and hills behind.

Two cows in center, followed by two peasant women and other cows in the river to left, from "Six Animal Subjects" (Si…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a woman carrying a child across a river beside cows, with a second woman at right and mountains behind, in a circu

A woman carrying a child in center, seen from behind, another woman to right, facing left, following a group of cows…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a cow drinking at a fountain beside a standing shepherd woman, with a large tree and distant building.

A cow in center drinking from a fountain adorned with the Medici coat of arms at left, accompanied by a shepherd stan…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching in a circle of a shepherd with a staff herding cattle and goats downhill, with a mountain in the distance.

A shepherd at right, facing left, driving a group of animals downhill, from "Six Animal Subjects" (Six Sujets d'Animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Pen and green wash drawing of a geometric lattice with quatrefoil medallions inside a green border.

Layout for a Garden with Flower-shaped Floral Beds

Jörg Rurfinger, 17th century

Etching of two horsemen in cloaks riding on a hill as wind bends trees in a forest, in a circular frame.

Plate 3: a gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, the wind blowing, from "Roman landscapes and rui…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Circular etching of shepherds with cattle and sheep beside a ruined monument, a Corinthian capital and distant ruins.

Plate 4: a Corinthian capital on the ground, a monument with figures in low relief, various animals and two shepherds…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of cattle by a stream with ruined stone walls, a grassy hill, and a rider in a circular landscape.

Plate 13: ruins of an ancient temple in the background, a herd of cows in the foreground, from "Roman landscapes and…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a grazing horse, a mare nursing a foal, and a seated figure beside a pyramid and ruins in a circular frame.

Plate 11: the pyramid of Caius Cestius, a horse grazing, a foal suckling a mare, a seated shepherd and another standi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Circular etching of horses and cattle among ruined Roman arches, with figures and a distant skyline under a hatched sky.

Plate 12: a shepherd sleeping on the ground, the Baths of Diocletian in the background, from "Roman landscapes and ru…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48