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Etching of a village scene with a farrier shoeing a horse, a rider on the road, and ruined stone walls among trees.

Landscape with Farrier, View of Terrebasse, France

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1808

Etching of an old stone city gate by a river, with seated and standing men in the foreground and a small boat at left.

The Old Gate of Vaise, Lyon

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Etching of peasants resting beneath trees, a woman eating from a bowl, with a river and fishermen in the distance.

Peasants Resting

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Etched landscape with a waterfall, castle ruins on cliffs, a river with rapids, a large tree and grazing cattle.

Birch Tree Uprooted by a Storm

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1809

Engraved print of a banquet with feasting figures, a lute player, burning buildings in panels, and a rainbow with celestial f

Mankind Awaiting the Last Judgement

Jan Sadeler, 1568-1600

Etching of a standing woman in a period hat and a child seated among tall reeds beneath tree branches.

Orphan

James Tissot, ca. 1879

Etching of a woman driving a horse-drawn chariot in a hippodrome, with other charioteers and crowded spectator galleries behi

The Ladies of the Chariots at the Hippodrome (Ces dames des chars à l'Hippodrome)

James Tissot, 1885

Engraved battle scene with horsemen, tents, and fallen horses in a valley beneath mountains.

The Battle at Oroi-jalatu

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1770

Engraving of a large tented encampment with flags, crowds, and horsemen on a plain before mountains and cliffs.

The Surrender of the Khan of Badakhsan

Pierre Philippe Choffard, 1772

Engraving of cavalry charging through a tented camp in a rocky mountain valley, with soldiers wielding swords and lances.

Storming the Camp at Mount Gadan

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1769

Engraved print of a ceremonial banquet with tents, a pavilion, rows of robed officials, and a stone bridge in a park.

The Victory Banquet

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1770

Engraved view of a palace courtyard with rows of robed officials, soldiers, horses and spectators on a raised terrace.

Prisoners Presented to the Emperor

Louis-Joseph Masquelier, 1767-74

Etching of a watermill with a wooden waterwheel, a bridge over rushing water, a thatched cottage and trees.

The Watermill, after a painting by Ruisdaël

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1782

Etching of a public scrivener at a wooden street stall with customers, a seated woman, a child and dogs in a stone-walled str

The Public Scrivener

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Etching of a village entrance with a stone archway, tiled-roof houses, workers on a roof, and a large tree on the left.

Entrance to the Village of Lentilly

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1804

Etching of St. Jerome, a bearded old man writing with a quill on a rock beside a lion, a hut and a tree.

St. Jerome

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1797

Engraving of Charmian and a turbaned man holding her hand, with a helmeted soldier and a veiled woman in a classical interior

Antony and Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 2: Charmian-"Good Sir, give me good fortune"

John Hall, January 1, 1817

Sepia print of a dying man in classical dress supported by a woman, with an attendant holding a cup, within a circular frame.

The Death of Mark Anthony - Le Mort de Marc Antoine (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 15)

Jean-Marie Delattre, January 15, 1805

Hand-colored print of Rosalind, Oliver and Celia in a forest, a man offering a white handkerchief to two figures.

Rosalind, Oliver and Celia (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 6)

Peltro William Tomkins, 1791

Plate I, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Printed plate of numbered line drawings showing caricature noses and facial profiles arranged in three rows.

Plate II, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Plate III, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Plate IV, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Mezzotint of three hooded witches lying in bed with fingers to their lips, a moth-like figure at left, after Fuseli's Macbeth

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

John Raphael Smith, March 10, 1785

Printed sheet of playing cards with crowned and armored figures, heart suit symbols, rows of pips, and small bird motifs.

Sheet of Playing Cards

Georg Schachomair, 16th century

Etching of a round temple beside a waterfall, with figures on rocks, trees at right and a walled hillside behind.

View of the Temple of the Tiburtine Sibyl

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1809

Etching of a standing hooded monk with folded arms beside a seated older monk near a jar, under gnarled trees and a cave.

Monks in the Desert

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1797

Pen and brown wash drawing of Castel Sant'Angelo and a stone bridge over the Tiber with boats below.

Ponte and Castell Saint'Angelo

Stefano Della Bella, 1633-64

Watercolor design of an ornate theater curtain with red drapery, green damask, gold tassels, and a procession frieze.

Design for a Theater Curtain

Aimé Chenavard, 1818-38

Chalk drawing of a French dragoon in plumed helmet and blue coat, lunging forward with a sabre on tan paper.

A French Dragoon, Study for "The Revolt of Cairo"

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1809

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a kneeling man, sacrificial animals and onlookers beneath a palm tree.

The Return of Joseph

John Michael Rysbrack, 1720-70

Hand-colored stage design of an Egyptian-style temple with columns and lion figures inside a rocky cave with hanging vines.

Design for the Opera: The Magic Flute, Act I, Scene I

Karl Friedrich Thiele, 1847-49

Etching of a seated man and a woman pointing at him, with several dogs and study heads of dogs around them.

Studies of Dwarfs and Dogs

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1753

Brown ink drawing of a tall tree beside a lake, with fishermen, two seated children, and distant buildings and hills.

Pastoral Scene

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1626-80

Grey wash drawing of a winged putto riding a lion-like sea creature with a second head, highlighted in white on blue paper.

A Winged Putto Riding a Sea Horse and a Lion (recto); The Three Graces (verso)

Denys Calvaert, 1574

Etching of a busy Chelsea street with a fish shop under an awning, pedestrians on the pavement, and shopfronts above.

The Fish Shop, Busy Chelsea (Fish Shop, Chelsea)

James McNeill Whistler, 1886-87

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned woman holding a sword beside a severed head, after Ubaldo Gandolfi.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a long vaulted hall with arched niches, urns on pedestals, and several hanging candelabra receding in

Vaulted Hall with Candelabra

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1675-1743

Etched procession of riders and camels with trumpeters approaching a distant city, with a dedicatory cartouche at left.

Entry of the Polish Ambassador into Rome

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Pen and wash drawing of a river waterfall between rocky banks and trees, with a ruined tower on a distant hill.

Corra Linn, the Falls of the Clyde

Joseph Farington, 1788

Red and black chalk drawing on blue paper of a classical funeral procession with a draped body, soldiers on horseback, and ar

Study for the Funeral of Pallas

Antoine Coypel, ca. 1716-17

Etched frontispiece with a nude youth holding a title sheet and a reclining child playing a flute, both wearing laurel wreath

Third Frontispiece

James Tissot, 1876

Etching of a lake in a wooded park with tall trees and small strolling figures under a pale sky.

La lac du Bois de Boulogne

Félix Bracquemond, around 1858

Etching of two long-legged wading birds by a stone wall and pillar, with hatched lines for feathers and sky.

Les Cigognes

Félix Bracquemond, 1870s

Etching of a magpie with spread wings perched on a globe, with French verses around it, titled Margot la Critique.

Margot la Critique

Félix Bracquemond, 1854

Brown wash drawing of nude nymphs bathing around a seated Diana in a forest, with a man watching from the trees.

Diana and Actaeon

Joseph Bergler the younger, late 18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of cattle and shepherds wading through water below a hilltop town and steep rocky mountains.

Cattle and Shepherds in a Southern Mountainous Landscape

Karel Dujardin, mid-17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of cavalry in battle, with rearing horses, raised swords, and fallen soldiers under a hazy sky.

A Battle Scene

Ferdinand Kobell, 1783

Grey wash drawing of a classical sacrificial scene with a priest at an altar and mourners supporting a fallen woman.

An Antique Sacrificial Scene (recto); Sketch of a Group of People (verso)

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 1779 (?)

Pencil drawing of two wayfarers on a rocky path beside a ruin overgrown with ivy, with trees and hills in the background.

Wayfarers Near a Ruin in a Hilly Landscape

Victor Paul Mohn, 1863 (?)

Mezzotint portrait of a man with curled wig and fur-trimmed collar, labelled Joh. Baptista Piazzetta Pictor.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Johann Gottfried Haid, 18th century

Portrait of an Artist Sketching a Portrait Miniature

Franz Jakob Josef Ignatz von Predl, 1799

Grey wash drawing of a house with a small doorway beside rocks, trees and a cliff on a hillside.

A House on a Hillside in a Southern Landscape

Adam Pynacker, mid-17th century

Watercolor of a wooden bridge with a standing man, thatched cottages, a windmill and hills under a blue sky.

Landscape with a Bridge Near Mosbjerg

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Pen and brown ink drawing of two draped seated women, Nemesis and Themis, one holding a staff, by Abildgaard.

Nemesis and Themis

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of two kneeling nude men, one reaching toward the other, with faint pencil background details.

Two Nude Men Playing with Dice

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated figure in a headwrap feeding papers into a fire, with smoke rising behind.

An Old Woman Burning Papers

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Sepia ink and wash drawing of two studies of a crouching male nude hiding among bushes.

Two Studies of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Hiding in a Bush

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a lake with a sailboat, walking figures on the shore, a manor on a hill, and trees.

View of Naesse castle with Lake Furesø from the West

Erik Pauelsen, ca. 1780-84

Pen drawing of Damocles raising his arm beneath a suspended sword while King Dionysius watches in a draped hall.

The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1805

Watercolor of a young couple on a path under a ruined stone arch, with green trees and a sunlit ruin beyond.

A Young Couple Viewing Ruins near Bingen

Christian Georg Schütz the Younger, 1801

Grey wash drawing of two riders with spear and bow, a winged horse, a lion and a hound on the ground.

Man's Fortitude

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th-early 19th century

Red chalk and brown wash sketch of a winged angel flying upward, holding a lily, with billowing drapery.

An Angel holding a Lily

Cosmas Damian Asam, early 18th century

Architectural drawing with elevations, sections and floor plan of a church, in ink and wash, with handwritten inscriptions.

Design for the Parish Church of Merkershausen

Balthasar Neumann, 1738

Watercolor of a sleeping woman in blue drapery reclining in a shadowy landscape beside a golden vessel and a tree.

Psyche Asleep in a Landscape

Karl Agricola, 1837

Etching of lapwings flying over a marsh with teal ducks swimming in the water, framed by leafy branches and reeds.

Vanneaux et Sarcelles

Félix Bracquemond, 1862

Etching of a seated woman in a long dress and a bearded man leaning on a pedestal in an ivy-covered garden.

La Broderie à l'aiguille

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1855 (?)

Etching of a shaded forest path lined with dense bushes and tall tree trunks, with light opening into a clearing.

Rue des Bruyères, à Sèvres

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Daumier lithograph of two seated card players at a table, one in classical robes, with a standing man speaking from the doorw

Je viens prévenir le roi Agamemnon qu'on va commencer le 4e acte..., from Croquis Dramatiques, published in Le Chariv…

Honoré Daumier, November 27, 1856

Engraving of three people playing cards at a table in a rustic room with a fireplace and leaded window.

The Interrupted Game (Le Jeu intérrompu)

Jean Heudelot, 1730-68

Etching of a smiling older peasant man in a knit cap, leaning on a chair and holding a pipe beside a table.

Peasant with a Pipe

Adriaen van Ostade, 1640-80

Engraving of the allegorical figure Dialectica seated with a bird on her head and a snake on her arm, beside a philosopher in

Dialectica, from "Seven Liberal Arts"

Jan Sadeler, 16th century

Engraving of a fearful seated woman beside a tree with a hare, hedgehog and owl, with a farmhouse in the distance.

Timiditas from Four Vices

Raphaël Sadeler, 1560-1628

Etching of an elderly woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and headscarf, seated in a chair, looking left.

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Left: Three Quarter Length

Rembrandt van Rijn, after 1631

Etched portrait of an elderly woman in a cloth headdress with head bowed and eyes lowered, inscribed Rembrandt 1633.

Rembrandt's Mother in a Cloth Headress, Looking Down

Dominique Vivant Denon, 17th century

Grey lithograph of a group of figures in traditional dress gathered around a standing woman in a light lace-trimmed gown.

The Andalusian dance (El Vito)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1824-1825

Etching of a man in a plumed hat and a woman in a bonnet, with the man holding a quill over paper.

Rembrandt and his Wife (copy)

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1786-1844

Etching of a kneeling man embraced by an older cloaked figure at a doorway, with onlookers and a distant landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with cypress and pine trees, a stone arch, two figures, and a distant town.

View in Rome near the Colosseum

Michiel van Overbeek, mid-17th-early 18th century

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed cruciform capitol with columns, a rotunda, House and Senate chambers, and a

First Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio at Columbus by Walter of Cincinnati

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed, colonnaded capitol building with colored legislative chambers, drawn in in

The Second Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio, Columbus

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Watercolor architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan with a central rotunda.

Plan by T. Cole, Esq. for the Capitol of Ohio

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan, with a scale bar and caption for Ohio.

For the Capitol of Ohio, by A.J.D. arch

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Lithograph cover of sheet music showing two cadets shaking hands in an oval frame with a river landscape and ornate border.

United States Military Academy: Song of the Graduates (sheet music cover)

James McNeill Whistler, 1852

Engraved U.S. Coast Survey chart of Smith's Island with soundings and compass rose, above a cliff view of Anacapa Island.

U.S. Coast Survey...Reconnaissance of Smith's or Blunt's Island, Washington / U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anacapa I…

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-57

Etching of a woman and a man walking with a child between them, a dog nearby, and a rocky hillside village behind.

Christ Between His Parents Returning from the Temple

Dominique Vivant Denon, n.d.

Woodcut of a woman with a hammer and tent peg above a sleeping man, under large trees beside a walled town.

Jael and Sisera

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520-25

Engraved print of a mythological scene with a woman and children in a columned interior, framed by ornate grotesque decoratio

Medea Kills Her Two Children by Jason (Pour qui d'Absyrte a le sang repandu, fait que du sien le tort lui soit rendu...)

René Boyvin, 1563

Engraving of a Bacchic revel with dancing satyrs and figures around a Priapus statue hung with grape garlands, with Italian v

The sacrifice to Priapus who is in the form of a statue in the centre, Bacchus and a satyr at the left

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a seated nude woman from behind examining her foot beside a tree, with a hilltop town in the distance.

Venus removing a thorn from her foot

Master of the Die, 1532

Engraving of Christ handing keys to a kneeling Peter as apostles watch, with sheep and a hilltop town behind.

The Delivery of the Keys to Peter

Master of the Die

Engraving of Juno and Venus in chariots drawn by peacocks and doves, with a cupid above and birds in a landscape below.

Allegory of Marriage and Love; Juno in a chariot drawn by peacocks at left, Venus in a chariot drawn by three doves a…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot beside Venus in her beast-drawn chariot, with flying Cupid and swan above.

Apollo in his horse-drawn chariot at the left, above him above Jupiter hurls a thunderbolt, Venus at right in her cha…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a reclining river god embracing a young woman, with three nude nymphs carrying jars near rocks and trees.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from the 'Story of Apollo and…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Satirical engraving of robed figures, a donkey, and a skeletal figure processing before a tavern with onlookers.

The Mystery of Masonry Brought to Light by the Gormagons

William Hogarth, [first published December 1724] later reissue

Satirical engraving of crowned figures on a platform with a telescope and attendants, set within a circular frame with clouds

Some of the Principal Inhabitants of the Moon, as They Were Perfectly Discovered by a Telescope...

Samuel Ireland, May 1, 1788