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Grey wash drawing of a man in uniform lifted to the clouds by a winged figure, with allegorical figures and a classical tomb

Apotheosis of George Washington

Etienne Pallière, ca. 1799

Pen drawing of a nude warrior pressing down on a sprawling second figure, on aged paper.

A Warrior Subduing Another (recto); Warrior Seen in Bust-Length with Fantastic Helmet (verso)

Maso Finiguerra, 1460-64

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a coat of arms, caryatids, garlands and a blank central panel.

Design for the Frame of a Funerary Plaque with the Coat of Arms of Roger II de Saint Lary, Duc de Bellegarde

Etienne Martellange, ca. 1619-30

Black and white woodcut of a leaping figure beside apples, a woman at a trough, cattle, a thatched hut, and a full moon.

The Cyder Feast

Edward Calvert, 1828

Engraved sheet with vertical floral borders and four circular ornamental medallions in framed panels.

Sheet of border segments: vertical floral ornament, horizontal frieze, four corners

Francesco Rosselli, 1490-1500

Engraved horizontal frieze with a central female bust, winged figures, anthemia and hanging garlands on a pale ground.

Fragment of a horizontal frieze with female bust in the center, garlands, anthemia, cut from a plate of border segments

Francesco Rosselli, 1490-1500

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a long dress leaning on a cabinet in a studio with a vase of flowers and framed pictures.

Young Woman Leaning against a Low Cabinet in Artist's Studio

William Douglas Almond, late 19th-early 20th century

Ink topographical map of central Manhattan showing street grid, hatched terrain shading, tree clusters and an orange-outlined

Topographical Map of the City and County of New-York and the Adjacent Country

David H. Burr, 1836-ca. 1858

Watercolor view of London from Greenwich with domed buildings, river ships, and onlookers with map boards in the foreground.

View of London from Greenwich

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1825

Grey lithograph of a woman with closed eyes and long flowing hair, head bowed in soft granular shading.

Eyes Closed

Odilon Redon, 1890

Etching of a moonlit mountain valley with a pale cliff, waterfalls, and a seated woman on rocks in the foreground.

Mondnacht, from Intermezzi, plate 4

Max Klinger, n.d.

Hand-colored lithograph of a forest ravine with a waterfall, tall trees, rock walls, and a seated man with a staff at lower l

A Memory of Caldera, from "Histoire des Iles Canaries"

Félix Achille Beaupoil Saint-Aulaire, 1830

Etching of night fireworks with a tall torch stand, marching soldiers with drums and flag, and a lit castle behind a gate.

Fireworks at Hemissem

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1650

Daumier lithograph of a seated bespectacled director at a table with two women in dark dresses beside him, with French captio

Pardon, monsieur le directeur..., from "Naïvetés"

Honoré Daumier, March 21, 1859

Front page of Le Bouffon, May 10 1868, with a large masthead, central caricature of a jester and columns of French text.

Le Bouffon - Le Salon de 1868

Edward Ancourt, May 10, 1868

Watercolor landscape of a double rainbow arching over a wooded riverbank with dense trees and distant pale hills.

The Rainbow

John Glover, 1794

Engraving of a crowd in top hats and bonnets on a night street under a gas lamp, faces showing worry and unease.

Sortant du Drame

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Etching of a bishop in a mitre presiding over a ceremony with kneeling figure, soldiers with halberds and clergy around an al

Coronation of Emperor Othon celebrated in San Ambrogio, Milan

Jacopo Cotta, ca. 1649

Lithograph bust portrait of a man with tousled hair and cravat, with inscription naming Le Baron de Humboldt, 1821.

Portrait of Le Baron de Humboldt

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1821

Lithograph bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed inscription naming Gay-Lussac below.

Portrait of Joseph-Louise Gay Lussac

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Pen and gray wash architectural section of an opera house with a rococo proscenium arch, columns, and arched niches.

Design for the Proscenium Arch of an Opera house and the Section Adjacent to the Stage

Philippe de La Guêpière, 18th century

Hand-colored engraving of snow-capped Rocky Mountains above a lake, with a tipi camp and horses in the foreground.

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

James Smillie, 1866

Engraved aerial plan of a Roman aviary with rectangular pools, colonnaded porticoes, a circular theatre and trees.

Ornithon Sive Aviarum, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Etching of two men resting under a large tree in a forest, with a wicker basket and walking staff beside them.

The Artist, Resting with his Guide

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1819

Lithograph portrait of a man above a cloud, with broken Egyptian statues, palms, a serpent and pyramids below.

Portrait of Giovanni Baptista Belzoni, half-length, an Egyptian landscape below with pyramids and temples and statues…

M. Fabroni, 1824

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre beside Pan, with a flying putto blowing a horn above, in a cross-shaped frame.

Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs fo…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraved religious allegory with crucified Christ on a grapevine cross, flanked by Lex Vetus and Lex Nova figures and biblica

Typus Utriusque S. Legis

Hieronymus Wierix, 1570-1619

Engraved allegorical monument with golden tree, dragon, classical figures, coins and coats of arms on rocky mountain.

Pompa Introitus...Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp

Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

Engraving of the Pietà with the dead Christ held by grieving Mary, two angels, and a large cross above.

Pietà with Angels in front of the Cross

Giulio Bonasone, 1546

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and skullcap, seated in an armchair with his hand on his ch

Portrait of Eleazor Swalmius

Jonas Suyderhoef, n.d.

Engraving of a fortune teller reading coffee grounds for women seated at a garden table under trees, with a dog and servant.

The Fortune Teller on Casting the Coffee Grounds, from an Original Design at Vaux-hall Gardens

Francis Hayman, 1748-60

Engraving of three soldiers in plumed hats playing cards beside a drum under a tree, with Latin verse below.

Soldiers Playing Cards, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a columned neoclassical building with two floor plans below showing a circular central hall.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook II [Folio P or "Blue Book"]

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1825-92

Engraving of peasants drinking from a jug and cup while another man sleeps sprawled on the ground at right.

Peasants Drinking, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Engraving of a seated herdsman under a tree with goats grazing beside him and a clay jug in the foreground.

Pastoral with goat herd and goats, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Etching of a seated traveler with a basket and walking staff, a dog beside him, with the sea and sky behind.

Traveler with Dog, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Engraving of Cupid above a flaming urn, with a horse-drawn chariot and procession of figures in a hilly landscape.

The Triumph of Love, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Francesco Rosselli, 1480-1500

Colored woodcut of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and mourners, with a walled town on a hill behind.

The Bearing of the Cross, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Engraving of dancing putti under a tree, with putti in branches and a torch-bearing goddess on clouds above.

Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpine

Francesco Rosaspina, 1805-12

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre and laurel branch among nine draped Muses in a wooded landscape.

Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus

Raphael Morghen, 1784

Black and white panoramic print of New York harbor with steamboats, sailing ships, rowboats and a city skyline.

Panoramic View of New York Taken from the North River

Robert Havell Jr., 1840

Engraved print of a mounted man in a cloak leading a cheering crowd past brick buildings, with an American flag and a dog in

Triumph of Patriotism- Washington Entering New York, 25 November 1783

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1858

Etching of two men in a rustic interior, one smoking a pipe and the other holding a cup beside a table with a bowl.

The Smoker and the Drinker

Adriaen van Ostade, 1682 (?)

Etching of an elderly man in a tall feathered hat and cloak, arms folded, grimacing toward one side.

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Hand-colored print of the Novelty Iron Works waterfront in New York, with factory buildings, smokestacks, a barge, and worker

Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E.R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co., Iron Founders, Steam Engine and General Ma…

John Penniman, 1842-55

Engraving of Diogenes seated nude beside his barrel, reading a book, with a geometry diagram and a bird nearby.

Diogenes seated with his barrel behind him, and reading a book while holding a stick that rests on a geometry book to…

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1526-27

Engraved funeral catafalque in St. Peter's Basilica with tall candelabra, eagles, skeletons and a papal tiara.

Catafalco Eretto Nella Basilica Vaticana ...per Alessandro VIII

Alessandro Specchi, 1691

Grey wash drawing of two crowned kings in a Gothic hall, one kneeling before the other as mitred bishops look on.

Louis III et Carloman donnent aux eveques du Royaume l'assurance de leur Fidelite en 882

Nicolas Lejeune, ca. 1791

Engraving of a street with a blacksmith and craftsmen making stirrups while riders and horses pass by.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Stirrups, plate 9

Jan Collaert I, ca. 1600

Lithograph of two boys' heads and shoulders, the left with curly hair and a sailor collar, the right with bangs and lace coll

Portrait of the Rabe Children: Hermann, age 14 and Edmond, age 7 (recto); Proof before corrections of small faults in…

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1822

Three-panel pen drawing: a painter at an easel slowly turns into a frog among reeds and lily pads.

Echo of the Concours Galland (Echo du Concours Galland)

O. Deleiderrier, 19th century

Broadside with 48 numbered comic scenes of the student Borrascas, with Spanish verses under each panel, 1859.

Broadside with 48 scenes of the life of Borrascas the student

Juan Llorens, 1859

Printed broadside of 48 numbered scenes with captions telling the story of Urganda the Unknowable, featuring knights, demons

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating the story of Urganda the Unknowable

Juan Llorens, 1866

Grey wash drawing of jagged rock cliffs rising under a pale cloudy sky, with a vertical fold line down the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Printed broadside with 48 woodcut scenes and Spanish captions telling the story of Don Juan de Serrallonga.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating the tale of Don Juan de Serrallonga

Gray wash drawing of a cave opening with jagged rocks lit by pale blue light, with faint grid lines across the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Pencil drawing of jagged rocky cliffs on a stage set design, with irregular cut-out openings and faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical rock cave arch with overhanging leaves and stone steps, cut out at the centre.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Printed broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes illustrating Christian doctrine, including the Ten Commandments and the sev

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating Christian doctrine

Juan Llorens, 1860

Pencil design drawing of a carved mantelpiece with acanthus-leaf consoles and a central rosette, on tan paper.

Design for a Mantelpiece

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1900

Pencil landscape drawing of rocky cliffs, palm trees and a waterfall above a pool, with mountains in the distance.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris (recto); Design for a doorway (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Printed broadside of 48 numbered scenes showing a Barcelona carnival turning into a funeral procession, with masked figures,

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the carnival in Barcelona

José Noguera, 1862

Printed broadside with 48 numbered black-and-white scenes of a shoemaker's apprentice, with Spanish captions beneath each.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the antics of the shoemaker's apprentice

José Noguera, 1861

Watercolor design of a pink stage curtain with a gold urn emblem in a laurel wreath and a banded green and yellow valance.

Design for a Stage Curtain

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90