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33,763 works

Wood engraving of a shell bursting in rebel trenches, with wounded men on the ground and a uniformed officer standing at left

A Shell in Rebel Trenches (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII)

Winslow Homer, January 17, 1863

Engraving of crowds of bathers in dark clothing swimming in surf near a beach bathhouse, with sailboats in the distance.

The Bathe at Newport (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, September 4, 1858

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with Santa Claus filling stockings by a sleeping family, and a snowy Christmas street scene bel

Santa Claus and His Presents (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Wood engraving page from Harper's Weekly showing a snowy Christmas street scene at night with figures and a gas lamp.

Christmas Out of Doors (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Wood engraving of people gathering evergreens in a forest and a family dancing around a Christmas tree in a parlor.

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Engraved page: children dance around a decorated Christmas tree in a parlor; above, people gather evergreens in a forest.

The Christmas Tree (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Sepia drawing of a family in classical dress walking a path with children and a dog, with a seated reader in a vignette above

"The Return"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Engraving of armored warriors and horses gathered before a canopy, with figures in helmets and draped cloaks.

Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons

Master FG, mid-16th century

Engraving of women spinning and weaving at looms in a classical colonnaded hall, with a standing woman at center.

Penelope standing in the centre by a large weaving table amongst her women spinning and weaving

Master FG, ca. 1540-50

Grey wash drawing of a curly-haired putto head tilted upward with pursed lips, on cream paper.

Head of a Putto

Christoph Joseph Werner, 1690

Engraving of Jupiter above reclining nude figures and clouds, with a helmeted figure and archer at right.

Jupiter and Callisto

Master FG, 1540-56

Engraving of winged putti resting with a lion beneath a tree, with a distant village in the landscape.

Putti and Lions

Master FG, 1537

Engraving of an enthroned ruler, a woman with a sieve, and an armored soldier before classical architecture.

Rome emperor on a throne, vestal virgin Tuccia holding a sieve approaching from the left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-1576

Engraving of a helmeted reclining man and a draped seated woman leaning over him atop a billowing cloud.

Two Gods on a Cloud

Master FG, mid-16th century

Engraving of armored men at a table, one holding his hand over a flaming brazier beneath a raised sword and draped curtains.

Mucius Scaevola

Master FG, 1537

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with mustache and ruff collar, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription.

Charles de Bouques

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a white ruff collar, with a lettered cartouche below.

Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio

Claude Mellan, 1633

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded friar in a hooded robe, resting his hands on an open book.

Portrait of Le Père Yves

Claude Mellan, 1677

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired man with a mustache in a fur collar, with a coat of arms below.

René de Longueil, marquis de Maisons

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair, white collar and brooch, with a fleur-de-lis coat of arms below.

Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti

Etching of bearded Noah at the ark door with goats, sheep, dog, roosters and rabbits gathering below him.

Noah letting the animals into the ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1630

Etching of the Virgin and Child with angels at left, God the Father in clouds at upper right, and a ruined stone architecture

The Virgin and Child, God the father upper right, angels at left

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-50

Etching of the Virgin and Child with God the Father above in light, and angels to the right among stone and foliage.

God the Father observing the Virgin and Child, angels to the right

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey with Joseph, sheep and shepherds beside a palm tree with angels above.

The Holy Family on their flight into Egypt

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647

Etching of a bacchanal scene with a reclining man, goat, kneeling woman with mirror, and statue on an altar among trees.

Bacchanal before an altar to the gods

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645

Etching of a satyr seated by a fountain with a Priapus statue, while a shepherd leads goats and sheep on the right.

A satyr reclining at the foot of a staute of Priapus, goats at the right

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-48

Etching of a reclining draped body with a kneeling man and bearded onlookers beside it, set against dense crosshatched shadow

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul (fragment)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-51

Etching of a bearded man with a lantern walking past animals and a nude figure beside a tree, with inscription below.

Diogenes searching for a honest man

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Etching of a seated woman in a feathered headdress among ruins, with goats, sheep, a deer and a peacock around her.

Circe changing the companions of Ulysses into beasts

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650-51

Etching of a Gothic-style Hôtel Sens with turrets and a pointed archway, figures under the gate, cobbled street.

Hôtel Sens

Auguste-Victor Deroy, 1882

Etching of a narrow old Paris-style street with a gabled tower, shop fronts, and two figures walking on the road.

Passages des Vieilles Boucheries

Auguste-Victor Deroy, ca. 1880

Engraving of Boston Common with families strolling under trees, children playing with hoops and toys, and women holding paras

The Boston Common (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, May 22, 1858

Lithograph of a man asleep on a sofa with a giant pear floating above him, beside a framed picture on the wall.

Le Cauchemar (The Nightmare), published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, February 23, 1832

Lithograph of a seated woman surrounded by grotesque caricature figures, with a La Caricature newspaper on the floor.

Chimera of the imagination, from "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, February 7, 1833

Lithograph grid of fifteen exaggerated caricature heads in three rows, labeled with names, titled Masques de 1831.

Masks of 1831, published in La Caricature

Honoré Daumier, March 8, 1832

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar, flanked by two putti, a funerary urn, and draped cloth with a coat

Jean Habert de Montmor

Claude Mellan, 1640

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur collar and cap, with a coat of arms below the oval frame.

Matthieu Molé

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed garment, with a coat of arms below in a decorative frame.

François-Théodore de Nesmond

Claude Mellan, ca. 1661

Engraving of a seated young boy in ornate robes surrounded by kneeling and standing men in dark gowns, with coats of arms.

Frontispiece: Les Ordonnances royaux

Claude Mellan, ca. 1644

Ink drawing of a uniformed soldier in a shako and cape with a handwritten French letter below, dated 1880.

Letter to Samuel P. Avery with a drawing of a military figure

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1880

Hand-colored print of a fashionable four-in-hand coach with top-hatted man, feathered woman, and four chestnut horses in a pa

Coaching - Four in Hand - A Swell Turn-out

Currier & Ives, 1876

Etching of a bearded man in a fur cap, head bowed to the right, rendered in fine hatched lines.

A bearded man wearing a cap looking down to the right, from "Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1648-50

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and goatee, wearing a ruff collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Raffaello Menicucci

Engraved oval portrait of Henri II de Montmorency with curled hair, lace collar, armor and an order cross.

Henri II de Montmorency

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald man with a beard in a scrolled frame, inscribed Ludovicus Dorleans, 1622.

Portrait of Louis d'Orléans

Claude Mellan, 1622

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair and mustache in a white collar, inside an octagonal frame with inscription.

Portrait of Michel de Marolles

Claude Mellan, 1648

Engraving of a bearded man in a hat and cloak leaning against a tree in a forest, with a coat of arms beside him.

James Howell Standing in a Forest

Claude Mellan, 1641

Engraving of a man in a cloak and hat leaning on a tree in a forest, with a Latin inscription below.

James Howel Standing in a Forest

Claude Mellan, 1641

Engraving of the moon in its first quarter phase, with craters rendered in fine hatched lines on a dark background.

The Moon in its First Quarter

Claude Mellan, 1635

Engraving of two horned satyrs beside a tree and globe, with grapevines and a child gathering grapes in the foreground.

Satyrs

Claude Mellan, before 1645

Engraving of a winged angel and a kneeling helmeted soldier inscribing stone tablets before a mountain with falling flames.

An Angel and a Soldier Inscribe Stone Slabs

Engraving of the moon in its first quarter phase, with craters rendered in fine hatched lines on a dark background.

The Moon in its First Quarter

Claude Mellan, 1635

Engraving of two horned satyrs beside a tree and globe, with grapevines and a child gathering grapes in the foreground.

Satyrs

Claude Mellan, before 1645

Engraving of a winged angel and a kneeling helmeted soldier inscribing stone tablets before a mountain with falling flames.

An Angel and a Soldier Inscribe Stone Slabs

Engraved tail-piece with a woman's head crowned by fruit and foliage, flanked by scrolls and two dolphins tied with a ribbon.

Tail-piece: Woman's Head (Cul-de-lampe: Buste de femme)

Engraving of a nude female figure holding a torch while standing on a pedestal, with clouds in the background.

Feminine Figure

Engraving of Minerva in a helmet teaching a young boy in a fleur-de-lis robe beside an inscribed plinth and olive tree.

Minerva Instructs the Dauphin

Claude Mellan, 1640

Caricature of a large-headed man alone in a theatre auditorium watching costumed actors on stage.

'Les Bulos Graves', Victor Hugo at his play 'Les Burgraves', from 'La Caricature'

Jean Pierre Moynet, April 2, 1843

Harlé Père, published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, June 5, 1833

Caricature lithograph of Victor Hugo with a large bald head, folded arms, standing on a stack of books.

Victor Hugo

Honoré Daumier, July 20, 1849

Hand-colored satirical lithograph of caricatured figures racing along a path past trees, a donkey, and a dog.

Grand Course au Clocher Académique, No. 5

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1844

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a helmeted military man standing on a map, with a robed Liberty figure and a domed capitol behind him.

Bismarck and Liberty

Thomas Nast, ca. 1885

Hand-colored satirical print of caricatured academicians scrambling around a red armchair marked 40 in an ornate chamber.

Grand Course-au-Clocher Académique, Planche 1: Perruques Académiques

Auguste Desperret, 1844

Hand-colored satirical lithograph of caricatured writers racing toward the Académie française, with ghostly figures and capti

Grand Course au Clocher Académique, Pl. 2

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1844