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Etching of a ruined street with horse-drawn carts, rubble and small figures in front of damaged buildings.

Lille: Ruine

Ernst Oppler, 1916

Night etching of a narrow street with old houses, a glowing lamp, and shadowy figures near a doorway.

Lille: Liebesgässchen

Ernst Oppler, 1916

Etching of a man in a top hat and a woman in a flared cape and hat, both in motion across a pale ground.

Demaskiert (Unmasks)

Ernst Oppler, 1921

Engraving of Mary Magdalene reading a book and holding a skull in a rocky landscape, with a cross on a distant hill.

Saint Mary Magdalen Penitent

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Etching of two musicians performing at a piano and cello in a dim room, with a standing listener and a framed picture behind

Cello Sonata

Ernst Oppler, n.d.

Etching of Russian ballet dancers in flowing costumes performing on a dim stage with dark drapery overhead.

Russian Ballet

Ernst Oppler, late 19th-early 20th century

Etching of a narrow cobbled street with tall townhouses, balconies, and a small group of pedestrians walking.

A Street in Dieppe

Ernst Oppler, late 19th-early 20th century

Engraving of the infant Christ on a fountain with allegorical figures pouring water, framed by scripture text and small relig

The Infant Christ, from "Allegorical Scenes on the Life of Christ, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius

Engraving of an armored figure reclining among clouds and fire, framed by small biblical scenes and Latin inscriptions.

Punitio Malorum, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius, n.d.

Engraving of allegorical figures Charitas, Fides and Justitia with Christ feeding a crowd, framed by scripture borders.

Cura Dei Pro Suis, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius

Engraving of crucified Christ with Justitia and Fides, a horned Satan beside them, framed by Latin scripture inscriptions.

Satisfactio Christi, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius

Engraving of Christ among a crowd of burdened figures in a landscape, framed by ornamental borders with Latin text.

Levamen Onostrorum, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1604

Engraving of a violent scene in a church interior with armed men attacking figures, framed by biblical text and emblem border

Dissidium In Ecclesia, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1575-1617

Hand-colored caricature of a wedding night with richly dressed figures, a bag of money, and a framed painting in a room.

The Wedding Night

Isaac Cruikshank, May 20, 1797

Hand-coloured caricature of a man holding a severed head in a vault with candle bearers and coffins, by Cruikshank.

A Sepulchral Enquiry into English History

George Cruikshank, June 1, 1813

Hand-colored caricature of a shop with padded belly pieces hanging by month, a gentleman fitting a lady, and onlookers.

Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop

Isaac Cruikshank, April 16, 1793

Hand-colored satirical print of an officer refusing to dine with a woman in a feathered hat and a man in a green hussar unifo

"Grace was in all her Steps. Heaven in her eyes, In all her actions dignity"

Theodore Lane, June 21, 1821

Hand-colored print of visitors in period dress admiring mounted knights and suits of armour in a long armoury hall.

The Horse Armoury in the Tower

Thomas Rowlandson, January 1, 1800

Caricature of a man in a tricorn hat and striped breeches, hands on hips, with a Proverbs verse below, 1790.

A Choice Spirit

George Murgatroyd Woodward, December 1, 1790

Engraved full-length figure of a dandy in a top hat and fitted coat, titled A Buck, with handwritten Proverbs quotations belo

A Buck

George Murgatroyd Woodward, December 1, 1790

Caricature print of a standing man in tricorn hat, dark coat and gaiters, hands behind back, with handwritten Proverbs verses

A Blood

George Murgatroyd Woodward, December 1, 1790

Caricature print of a young man in a wide hat and patterned breeches walking with a stick and knapsack.

A Greenhorn

George Murgatroyd Woodward, December 1, 1790

Etched caricature of an eighteenth-century orchestra of men playing violin, cello, harp and horns, with dogs and scattered sh

Concerto Coalitionale

James Sayers, June 17, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a crowd of figures, conjurors and a harlequin around a table, with a green whale above them.

Hocus Pocus-or Conjurors Raising the Wind

Charles Williams, October 1, 1814

Etching of grotesque hunchbacked figures framing a banner with the title Varie Figure Gobbi by Jacques Callot.

Frontispiece, from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques" (Various H…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a hunchbacked man with a large nose playing a grill-like frame as a violin with a stick.

L'Homme Raclant un Gril en Guise de Violon (Man Scraping a Grill in the Guise of a Violin), from "Varie Figure Gobbi,…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

La Jouer de Cornemuse (The Bagpipe Player), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Le…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a hunchbacked man in a wide hat and long cloak, standing and holding an instrument at his waist.

Le Jouer de Vielle (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, L…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a grotesque hunchbacked man in a wide hat playing a small flageolet while walking.

Le Joueur de Flageolet (The Flageolet Player), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées,…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Le Joeuer de Luth (The Lute Player), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of two dancing figures, one playing a tambourine and one playing a flute, both in feathered hats and loose costume.

Les Danseurs a la Flute et au Tambourin (Two Dancers Playing the Flute and the Tambourine), from "Les Caprices" Serie…

Jacques Callot, 1617-20

Etching of two caricatured figures facing each other, one playing a long-necked lute, with a bundled figure at left.

Les Danseurs au Luth (The Dancers with a Lute), from "Les Caprices" Series B, The Nancy Set

Jacques Callot, 1617-20

Etching of a small grotesque man in a tall feathered hat, holding a sword and cane, by Jacques Callot.

L'Homme au Ventre Tombant et au Chapeau Très Élevé (The Man with a Drooping Belly and a Very Tall Hat), from "Varie F…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a grotesque short man with a plumed hat, huge belly with button row, and a sword at his side.

L'Homme au Gros Ventre Orné d'une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Belly Decorated with a Row of Buttons), from "V…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a hunchbacked man in a feathered hat and loose cloak, leaning on a long cane as he walks.

Le Bossu a La Canne (The Hunchback with a Cane), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmée…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a hunched, crippled man with a crutch and wooden leg, wearing a hooded cloak and glancing sideways.

L'Estropié a la Béquille et a La Jambe de Bois (The Cripple with a Crutch and a Wooden Leg), from "Varie Figure Gobbi…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a bandy-legged man in a plumed hat playing a guitar with an exaggerated, open-mouthed expression.

Le Bancal Jouant de La Guitar (The Bandy-Legged Man Playing the Guitar), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée auss…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a hunchbacked figure seen from behind, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, cloak and boots, with a rolled bundle.

Le Buveur Vu de Dos (The Drinker Seen from Behind), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pyg…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a grotesque masked figure with crooked legs holding a sword, from Jacques Callot's hunchback series.

L'Homme Masqué aux Jambes Torses (The Masked Man with Crooked Legs), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Le…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a stout man seen from behind, with a plumed hat, a row of back buttons, a sword, and one outstretched arm.

L'Homme au Gros Dos Orné d'Une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Back Ornamented with a Row of Buttons), from "Vari…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a hunchbacked man in a feathered hat grasping a long sword, grimacing, standing on a ground line.

L'Homme S'Apprêtant a Tirer son Sabre (Man Preparing to Draw his Sword), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée auss…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Le Duelliste a L'Épée et au Poignard (The Duelist with a Sword and Daggar), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée a…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a grotesque hunchbacked duelist in striped costume lunging with two curved sabres.

The Duelliste aux Deux Sabres (The Duelist with Two Sabres), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a small grotesque dwarf in a wide hat and cloak playing a violin, by Jacques Callot.

Le Joueur de Violon (The Violin Player), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les N…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a masked comedian in a bird-beaked mask playing a guitar while striding forward in a buttoned costume.

Le Comédien Masqué Jouant de la Guitare (The Masked Comedian Playing the Guitar), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite app…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

L'Estropié au Capuchon (The Beggar Wearing a Hood), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pyg…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a stout hunchbacked man in a feathered cap raising a cup and holding a jug, by Jacques Callot.

Le Beveur vu de Face (The Drinker Viewed from the Front), from "Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, L…

Jacques Callot, 1616-22

Etching of a wheat field with a country house and trees on the horizon, and a seated figure with a dog in the lower left.

View of Ranby's House

William Hogarth, May 1, 1781

Engraving of a night cellar with a fireplace, a woman holding a lantern, and men gambling and sleeping among overturned furni

The Idle 'Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken into a Night Cellar with his Accomplice: Industry and Idleness, pl…

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraved crowd scene with a gallows, soldiers with pikes, spectators on stands and street hawkers in the foreground.

The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn (Industry and Idleness, plate 11)

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of apprentices gambling on a tomb in a churchyard as a man with a cane looms over them, skulls and bones nearby.

The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Churchyard: Industry and Idleness, plate 3

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraved street scene of musicians and drummers in a wedding procession beside a shop doorway with onlookers and a dog.

The Industrious 'Prentice Out of his Time and Married to his Master's Daughter: Industry and Idleness, plate 6

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a rowing boat on choppy water with an apprentice, a woman in a cloak, and a man at the oars; ships behind.

The Idle 'Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea: Industry and Idleness, plate 5

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a sailor and a woman startled in a cluttered garret bedroom beside a fireplace and bed.

The Idle 'Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute: Industry and Idleness, plate 7

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraved scene of a crowded civic banquet in a hall, with feasting diners at a long table and a robed official at right.

The Industrious 'Prentice Grown Rich and Sheriff of London: Industry and Idleness, plate 8

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a church interior with an apprentice and young woman sharing a hymnal in a pew, organ and congregation behind.

The Industrious 'Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian: IIndustry and Idleness, plate 2

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a church interior with an apprentice and young woman singing from a hymnal in a pew, an organ and congregation b

The Industrious 'Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian: Industry and Idleness, plate 2

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a master and apprentice at a desk beside a workshop of spinners, with a cat and dog in the foreground.

The Industrious 'Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master: Industry and Idleness, plate 4

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of crowns, a mace, sceptre, mitre and books piled beneath a sunburst, with printed text panels below.

Crowns, Mitres, Maces, etc.

William Hogarth, 1755

Etching of seated men in ruffed collars at a table, one balancing an egg, with a standing figure and column behind them.

Columbus Breaking the Egg

William Hogarth, December 1, 1753

Engraving of two apprentices at looms in a workshop, one idle beside a dog, with a well-dressed man and a book at right.

The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms: Industry and Idleness, plate 1

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraved courtroom scene of a seated alderman before accused apprentices, with a clerk writing and a crowd behind a railing.

The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, the Idle One Brought Before Him & Impeached by his Accomplice: Industry…

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraved still life of piled arms, trumpets, shields and flags on a plinth, with a subscription receipt printed below.

A Stand of Arms, Musical Instruments, etc.

William Hogarth, March 1749-50

Engraving of eight fish in symmetrical rows around a central fish, titled Pisces, One of the Signs in the Zodiac.

Pisces: Hogarth's Quadrille Fish

William Hogarth, ca. 1730

Lithograph of a young woman in a corset and chemise beside a hanging petticoat, a hatbox in hand, in a cluttered room.

Rien n'est si joli que la fable, si triste que la vérité!, plate 30 from the suite Les Lorettes, published in "Le Cha…

Paul Gavarni, October 21, 1842

Two circular etched compositions with framed vignettes of elephants, lions, monkeys, birds and hunters in landscapes.

Designs for Plates Taken from Oudry's Illustrations to La Fontaine's Fables

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, after 1755

Engraving of a reclining piper under a large oak beside a standing shepherd gesturing toward grazing cattle and sheep.

Mercury and Battus, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Book II

Robert Willemsz de Baudous, after 1590

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

L'intrigue découverte

Hand-colored caricature of three figures, a stout British officer, a woman with a child, and a French officer, gesturing at o

Recontre d'Anglais a Paris; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 23

Le Jeune Adrien Pierre Godefroy, ca. 1815

Hand-colored 1815 print of three stylized fashionable figures in London-style dress, including a man in a top hat between two

L'Amour et les Graces Arrivant de Londres; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 24

Le Jeune Adrien Pierre Godefroy, 1815

Lithograph of a hunched man with a lantern gathering pamphlets beside a tombstone at night, with a basket on his back.

Masked Man using a Lantern to Collect Discarded Pamphlets by a Tombstone, from "Le Charivari"

Bénard, ca. 1830

Hand-colored print of two performers in exaggerated period costume, a teal dress and a pink bodice with purple skirt, January

Potier et Brunet, Dans le duo des Anglaises pour Rire, from "Théâtre des Variétés"

Gautier, January 1815

Etching of a seated woman reading beside a standing man with a wicker basket, with foliage behind them.

Sheet of Sketches, from "Livre d’étude d’après les desseins originaux de Blomart"

François Boucher, 1735

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man greeting a gaunt man holding a fish, with a pierrot figure and street crowd behind.

Hé c'est l'ami Carême!, Musée Grotesque No. 53

Aaron Martinet, early 19th century

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man taking a dance lesson beside a small dog while a violinist plays.

Lord-tolan prenant sa leçon de dance, La Passions, No. 7

Basset, 19th century

Hand-colored print of a rider on a chestnut horse beside a cane-carrying man, with a seated crowd under trees.

Le Boulevard de Gand à Paris

Georges-Jacques Gatine, 19th century

Engraved print of a nude youth flying past a tree trunk with billowing drapery, with a river and mountains behind.

Zephyr

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1864

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, two putti and a standing nude figure framing the lettering.

Title Page, from "Livre d’étude d’après les desseins originaux de Blomart"

François Boucher, 1735

Split-face caricature print with curly dark hair on one side and a powdered wig on the other, labeled 'The Mask'.

The Mask

James Sayers, May 21, 1783

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

Colored print of a church interior with a domed ceiling, columns, rows of seated worshippers, and an altarpiece.

St. Stephen's Walbrook, plate 90 from "Microcosm of London"

Thomas Rowlandson, November 1, 1809

Hand-colored print of a domed lecture hall with a crowd of spectators watching a lecturer at a demonstration table.

Surrey Institution, plate 81 from "Microcosm of London"

Thomas Rowlandson, September 1, 1809

Engraving of the south east facade of St Paul's Cathedral, London, with a large dome, towers, and figures in the street.

The South East Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, from "Overton's Prospects"

Benjamin Cole, 1720-30

Etching of a woodland path with a herdsman, cattle, and a dog beneath trees, with a bright sunburst through the leaves.

The Herdsman's Cottage, or Sunset

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Etching of revelers in a woodland with a radiant Bacchus figure, above a vignette of children harvesting grapes by a ladder.

The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Print of a leaning tree with pale trunks and sprawling branches beside a winding dirt lane, shrubs in foreground.

Tree Trunks and Lane

John Crome, 1811-13

Engraved elevation and floor plan of a domed classical garden temple with columns and statues, titled Temple for a Flower Gar

Temple for a Flower Garden

John Soane, 1778

Oval etched portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and dark coat, with cross-hatched shading.

Portrait of Bacon Morritt

William Doughty, 1772

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a printed sheet, against a shaded background.

Portrait of Robert Graves, Printseller

Robert Graves, 1827

Etched self-portrait of Wenceslaus Hollar holding a small panel of a woman, with a city skyline and drawing tools beside him.

Self-Portrait, from "Image de divers hommes: The true effigies of the most eminent Painters"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Engraved portrait of Reverend John Diodati in black cap and white collar, hands resting on an open book, 1643.

Portrait of John Diodati, from "Pious Annotations upon the Holy Bible"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Etching of three nude putti pouring water from an urn beside reeds, with fish and seashells on a rocky shore.

Water, from "Four Elements"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etched river landscape with trees, a sailboat, a hilltop castle labeled Hernenstein, and a distant town labeled Coblentz.

Coblentz and Harmenstein [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1664

Etched view of the Rhine with a sailboat, distant castle-topped hills, and walkers on a road near a wall at Bonn.

The Rhine near Bonn [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1644

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, labeled as Pietro Aretino, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Pietro Aretino

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640