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Pale watercolor design drawing of an ornate Renaissance-style console table with a tall carved mirror above it.

Design for Console Table

Robert William Hume, 1850-1904

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style cheval glass mirror with scrolled frame and stand.

Design for Cheval Glass

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design drawing of a Louis XIV style pianoforte cabinet with carved scrollwork and pink fabric panels.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen and watercolor design drawing of an ornate François Premier style cabinet pianoforte with carved arches and scrolls.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, François Premier Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style square pianoforte with a side elevation.

Design for Square Pianoforte, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink and watercolor design drawing of an ornate arabesque cabinet pianoforte with glazed doors and carved scrollwork.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, Arabesque Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen and watercolor design of an ornate Louis Quinze style pianoforte cabinet with carved scrollwork and blue mirror panels.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, Louis Quinze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design of a small rococo-style piano with carved scrollwork, blue marbled panels, and cabriole legs on cream paper

Design for Piccolo Pianoforte, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate Grecian-style square pianoforte with an elevation view beside it.

Design for Square Pianoforte, Grecian Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Colored design drawing of an ornate serpentine library table with carved rococo scrollwork and a green top.

Design for Library Table

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen drawing of a sideboard front and side elevation with ornate column supports and carved moldings on pink paper.

Designs for Sideboard with Elliptic Plinth

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Colored design drawing of a Louis Quatorze style sideboard with carved scrollwork, a pale blue backboard and ornate panelled

Design for Sideboard, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Colored design drawing of an ornate carved armchair with pink striped upholstery and a scale bar below.

Design for Easy Chair, François Premier Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design drawing of a pink tufted Spanish chair with an ornate carved scrolling frame, with a scale bar below.

Design for Spanish Chair

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Colored design drawing of two Louis Quinze style drawing room chairs, one blue tufted and one pink striped, with a scale bar.

Design for Drawing Room Chairs, Louis Quinze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design drawing of a blue tufted armchair with carved scrolling frame and lion paw feet, labeled François Premier s

Design for Armchair, François Premier Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design of two Louis Quinze style chairs, one pink and tufted, one blue striped, with carved wooden frames.

Design for Chairs, Louis Quinze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen drawing of an octagon loo table elevation with ornate scrollwork pedestal, shell motif, and scale bar.

Design for Loo-Table

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen drawing of two loo table designs with fluted pedestals and decorative feet, labeled Loo Tables.

Designs for Loo-Tables

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink elevation drawing of a loo table with carved acanthus pillar and three scrolling claw feet, with a scale bar below.

Design for Loo-Table with PIllar and Claw Support

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink and wash drawing of two ornate flower stands, one square-topped with scrolled legs, one round-topped with splayed legs.

Two Designs for Flower Stands

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pencil drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style sidetable with carved cabriole legs and scrollwork, with a scale bar below.

Design for a Sidetable, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen and ink design drawing of a loo table in elevation with carved top, foliate pedestal and scrolled feet.

Design for Loo-Table, with plans of top and pedestal

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style fancy table with a serpentine top and scrolled tripod base.

Design for a Fancy Table, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate ottoman with carved scrollwork frame, blue upholstery and pink trim.

Design for Ottoman

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design of an ornate ottoman sofa with arabesque scrollwork backrest in blue and pink, with a scale bar below.

Design for Side Ottoman, Later Arabesque or Morisco Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pencil drawing of an ornamental cartouche with scrolling leaves around an empty oval panel, on tan paper with red grid lines.

Cartouche

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Pencil drawing of a horizontal ornamental panel with swirling acanthus scrolls and leaves within ruled borders.

Designs for borders and corners, acanthus

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Pen and ink design for a banknote with rococo scrollwork border, pink cartouche panels, and labeled blank areas for bank name

Design for Banknote or Certificate

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Ink and wash design for a banknote with scrollwork, a carved mask, and a cherub holding a large numeral 5 over the word FIVE.

Design for Banknote

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Pale blue watercolor design of swagged window drapery with tasseled valances and rosette tiebacks above a paned window.

Design for Window drapery

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Ink and wash drawing of two heraldic cornice designs in Florid Gothic style, each with a central shield and scrollwork.

Designs for Two Heraldic Cornices, Florid Gothic Style

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Watercolor design of an ornate gilt child's cot with red drapery, scrolling frame and crown finial, with a white pillow insid

Design for Fancy Child's Cot

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Pen drawing of an ornate rococo picture frame with scrolls and foliage around a blank central panel.

Design for Frame

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Title page with a green marbled rococo cartouche reading Designs for Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, framed by red corner o

Title Page Design: Designs for Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Ink and watercolor design for a book title panel with ornate lettering, a blank oval center, and a red border.

Design for a trade publication titled: "Historical Copies Chronographically Arranged", by R. W. Hume; J. W. Schermerh…

Robert William Hume, second half 19th century

Pencil design with decorative lettering reading Hereby and the love of God, a central cross, flowers and an altar with chalic

Design for Religious Motto

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Atabalipa, Roi du Pérou

Jerôme David, ca. 1634-37

Engraving of Delilah in a lace-trimmed gown cutting the hair of the sleeping Samson, with a Latin inscription below.

Delilah Cutting Samson's Hair

Etching of three caricatured figures eating from a bowl labeled John Bull's Blood at a feast, under a stone archway.

Monstrous Craws at a New Coalition Feast

James Gillray, May 29, 1787

Hand-colored caricature of Alecto and a train of figures, with a recruiting sergeant drumming and enlisting John Bull, by Jam

Alecto and Her Train, at the Gate of Pandaemonium:-or-The Recruiting Sarjeant Enlisting John Bull, Into the Revolutio…

James Gillray, July 4, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of a thin man beside a huge round woman balanced on a wheeled wooden plane, 1792.

A Sphere, Projecting Against a Plane

James Gillray, January 3, 1792

Etching of a sleeping herdsman by a tree with a cow, a goose and a seated child in a shaded wooded landscape.

The Sleeping Herdsman

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1644

Dark night etching of a man holding a lantern beside a woman cradling a sleeping child, in a shadowed landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece (reverse copy)

Francesco Novelli, late 18th-mid-19th century

Etching of a thatched cottage by a canal with a distant church spire, a sailboat, and a tree on the right.

Cottage Beside a Canal with a View of Ouderkerk (counterproof)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1641

Etching of a bearded old man in a turban gesturing to a boy carrying wood, with a pot and trees beside them.

Abraham and Isaac (reverse copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Old Man in Meditation, Leaning on a Book

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Etching of a nude man seated on the ground, leg extended, leaning against a shadowed wall, signed Rembrandt 1646.

Study from the Nude: Man Seated on Ground, with One Leg Extended

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1646

Etched oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in fur-trimmed robe and ruff, resting a hand on a book, against draped curtain

Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher (reverse copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etching of a seated nude man and a standing figure in an interior, with a woman and baby faintly visible by a hearth.

Nude Man Seated and Another Standing, with a Woman and a Baby Lightly Etched in Background

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1646

Etching of a bearded man in a broad-brimmed hat and dark cloak, leaning on a carved balustrade against a shadowed arch.

Ephraim Bonus, Jewish Physician

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etched portrait of a seated man in a tall hat and cloak beside a table with papers, in front of a large canvas.

Jan Asselijn, Painter (Krabbetje)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1647

Etched portrait of a seated man in a tall hat and dark cloak, resting his hand on a book.

Jan Asselijn, Painter (Krabbetje)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1646

Hand-colored print of a figure seen from behind in a red coat, powdered wig and buckled shoes on a stone pedestal.

From Sir William Hamilton's Collection

James Gillray, May 8, 1801

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray, 1802, showing a seated ruler, a corpulent figure in yellow, and bowing courtiers.

Introduction of Citizen Volpone & His Suite, at Paris.-Vide, The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters

James Gillray, November 15, 1802

Etching of a timber house on posts beside a stone building, with boats and figures at the water's edge.

A House in Smyrna

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1839

Hand-colored caricature of a mounted officer leading chained, ragged volunteers, with some riding a donkey and a cart.

French Volunteers Marching to the Conquest of Great Britain

James Gillray, October 25, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a plumed figure baking gilded kings in a brick oven, with crowns and coins scattered on the floor.

Tiddy-Doll, the Great French-Gingerbread-Baker; Drawing Out a New Batch of Kings, His Man Hopping Talley, Mixing Up t…

James Gillray, January 23, 1806

Etching of a harlequin figure whirling sparks on stage as astonished spectators react, with a Pic Nic Theatre playbill nearby

Blowing-up the Pic-Nic's;-or-Harlequin Quixote Attacking the Puppets, vide Tottenham Street Pantomime

James Gillray, April 2, 1802

Hand-coloured caricature of a wigged man in lilac coat leaning over a chest of money, with a speech bubble above him.

The Bottomless-Pitt

James Gillray, March 16, 1792

Hand-colored 1802 caricature of an older woman in a gilded carriage holding flowers, with a verse below.

A Bouquet of the Last Century

James Gillray, February 1, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a stout singing woman in a feathered headdress and white gown, arm outstretched, mouth open.

A Bravura Air. Mandane

James Gillray, December 22, 1801

Hand-coloured satirical print of a rowing boat pursued by a whale with caricatured faces, ships and burning towns behind.

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little…

James Gillray, October 1, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a seated man in a blue coat listening to a singing woman with a feathered hat holding sheet music.

The Bulstrode Siren

James Gillray, April 14, 1803