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16,069 works

Circular lathe-work banknote motif with repeated stars and a missing wedge, printed on cream paper with an embossed seal.

Banknote motifs: circular lobed lathe work design, its interior composed of repeated stars, missing a pie shaped wedg…

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Sepia engraved banknote design with a large ornamental number 1 over lathe-work medallion and rosette bands with scrolls and

Banknote motif: ornamental number 1 against a panel of lathe work elements, adjoining a band of mosaic style ornament…

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif of a scalloped medallion with fine guilloche lines and seven dark star shapes around a central rosett

Banknote motif: rounded ornamental lathe work design with a wavy edge

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Printed sheet of repeating diamond-shaped engraved cells, each holding a small numeral 2 within a fine star pattern.

Banknote motif: panel of lathe work ornament composed of tiny 2s each set in a diamond surrounded by a star

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with the numeral 500 in a dark panel surrounded by ornate scrolls and flowers, marked No. 13.

Banknote motif: number 500 in an ornamental frame

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved sheet of ten ornamental designs including a wreathed sword, scales, an anchor with chain, and vine borders.

Banknote motif: ten different ornamental lathe work elements including a disk embellished with berries and flowers, a…

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with the numeral 20 inside an oval of fine crosshatched lathe work, with TWENTY repeated along the to

Banknote motif: the number 20 against an ornamental lathe work oval resembling woven rope

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Banknote fragment with the number 100 inside an engraved oval of lathe work, framed by grain, flowers and berries.

Banknote motif: the number 100 against an ornamental lathe work oval resembling woven rope with a border of grain, fl…

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Green oval banknote motif with dense lathe work ornament, wavy scalloped border and a central rosette pattern.

Banknote motif: oval of lathe work ornament with a wavy edge

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Green lathe-work medallion with radiating looped lines and scalloped border printed on pale paper.

Banknote motif: small circular ornament containing floral lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Two bands of fine engraved lathe-work ornament, rosettes and hexagonal medallions, printed on a stained sheet of paper.

Banknote motif: two bands of ornamental lathe work resembling florets and hexagons

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with the word FIVE in ornate lettering over a background of wavy lathe-work lines.

Banknote motif: the word FIVE against a rectangle of ornamental lathe work resembling wavy woven bands

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with the word ONE in bold capitals over fine ornamental lathe work and a double border.

Banknote motif: the word ONE against a rectangle of ornamental basket-like lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with a large number 5 in a lathe-work circle, framed by swans and grapevines at top and fruit at bott

Banknote motif: the number 5 set against a scallop-edged circle of ornamental lathe work, within a rectangle with cut…

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved circular ornament with wavy edge and lathe-work florets around a central star, printed on cream paper.

Banknote motif: a small six lobed ornament with a rope border, the interior adorned with lathe work florets

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved sheet of five ornamental lathe work designs, one oval containing the word TEN in block letters.

Banknote motif: Five oval or circular ornamental lathe work designs, one containing the word ten

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with a circular guilloche rosette surrounded by scrolling leaves and flowers on cream paper.

Banknote motif: hexagonal ornament with rippled edges with a pointed star at its center and flowers and leaves below

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Green engraved oval lathe work rosette with scalloped edge on a pale sheet, a banknote security ornament.

Banknote motif: oval lathe work ornament resembling a lace ruff

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Red-ink print of an elongated oval lathe-work ornament with dense interlaced wavy lines on a cream background.

Banknote motif: lathe work ornament resembling a long flat woven basket

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Green printed sheet with a small eight-pointed star and a cluster of six-lobed lathe-work rosettes on pale paper.

Banknote motif: two six-lobed lathe work ornaments

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved sheet of six ornamental banknote designs with scrolling frames, corners, and grape motifs.

Banknote motifs: six small lathe work designs for corners, frames and numbers

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Rev. William Patton.

Rev. William Patton

Asher Brown Durand, before 1837

Grey-blue wash drawing of a man and woman in classical drapery embracing by columns under a moonlit sky.

Lais Taking Aristipp by Surprise

Heinrich Füger, ca. 1801

Engraving of Saint Bartholomew with a halo, holding a book, beside a stone pillar and foliage under a cloudy sky.

Saint Barthelemy

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of Saint Jude kneeling under a shaft of light from the clouds, with a book, cross and club beside him.

Saint Jude

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of Saint Simon kneeling in prayer in a rocky cave, with a saw on the ground and a landscape beyond.

Saint Simon

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of Saint Philippe kneeling in a landscape beside a fallen cross, with a halo, classical columns and clouds behind h

Saint Philippe

Michel Aubert, 1726

Engraving of Saint James the Greater with a halo, holding a staff and book, beside a tree and rocky shore.

Saint Jacques Le Majeur

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of a bearded man in robes seated under a tree, reading a book and holding a staff, in an arched frame.

Saint Jacques Le Mineur

Edmé Jeaurat, 1726

Engraving of Saint Andrew kneeling beside a large X-shaped cross in a rocky landscape, with a halo and French caption below.

Saint André

Louis Jacob, 1726