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Engraved plate with two fur-clad figures, a reindeer, and medallion portraits on a pedestal inscribed LAPONIA.

Laponia (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, pl. 312)

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Engraving of a seated couple in an ornate room, with a horned satyr figure beside them and a tea service on a table.

Lafontaine Tales, Amsterdam

Joseph de Longueil, 1763

Etching of five standing figures in fur-trimmed robes and tall hats across a hilly landscape, labeled e to i.

Five Standing Muscovites (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Circular etching of Adam and Eve leaving Paradise, with a winged angel at right and a serpent in a tree above.

Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-19th century

Etching of a woman leading a camel past a covered wagon and domed building in a flat landscape, with scale bars below.

Two Dromedaries (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, p…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

A sheep lying with its legs folded underneath its body next to a wooden fence, the sheep in profile view

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1655

Medal of Louis XIV

Gerard Edelinck, 17th-18th century

Medal

Gerard Edelinck, 17th-18th century

Etching of Saint Mark with a winged lion, an angel, and putti among clouds, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Saint Mark

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1761-65

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat writing with a quill at a desk beside an organ and books.

Thomas Morell, S.T.P.- S.S.A.

the elder James Basire, February 1762

Etching of a religious ceremony with a priest holding a candle, an infant on a draped table, and a woman and onlookers beside

The Circumcision

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1764

Engraving of an allegorical woman in drapery holding a book among cacti, agave and large plants, titled La Botanique.

La Botanique, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a seated woman reading a book while a small child holds a torch, labeled DOCTRINE, with a curtain and inkwell.

Doctrine, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Benoît-Louis Prévost, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a winged figure holding a wreath around a bull, with a crowned woman on a pedestal and cattle in the background.

Avril, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Jean François Rousseau, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a winged child holding a goat medallion beside a bare tree, a donkey and children, labeled Decembre.

Decembre, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Joseph de Longueil, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of allegorical Africa with elephant headdress, lion, crocodile and serpents, labeled L'Afrique.

L'Afrique, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a seated feathered woman allegorising America with a bow, a dog, putti and a palm tree, titled L'Amerique.

L'Amerique, from "Almanach iconologique"

Nicolas de Launay, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a woman in a turban holding incense and a branch beside a camel and palm tree, labeled L'Asie.

L'Asie, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, ca. 1765-81

Etching of a satyr on stage pulling back a curtain and pointing at an audience, with jesters at lower left.

Satyr standing on a stage and pointing downward toward an audience, two jesters gesticulate at lower left

Pierre Hutin, 1755

Engraving of two men presenting a grey horse to a crowd of seated and standing onlookers in a stone-walled room, with a dog.

Standing men presenting a horse before a group of seated men

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, ca. 1725-83

Engraved fireplace design with sphinxes, a cupid on draped canopy, urn and garlands, title banner below.

Design for a Fireplace Surmounted by Sphynxes and Cupid, title page from "Nouveaux dessins de cheminées à l'italienne"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Engraved print of a classical altar with columns, winged putti, and a central panel showing the Resurrection of Christ.

Altar with the Resurrection of Christ, plate 2 from "Nouveaux dessins d'autels à la romaine"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Etching of a satyr drinking from a vase held up by putti, with draped curtains, vines and a seated figure at left.

Design for a Panel with a Satyr Drinking from a Vase held up by a Putti, from "Feuillages et autres ornements"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Etched frieze design with central medallion, nude figures, putti, a sea creature, and scrolling foliage, with a French inscri

Two Designs for Friezes with Medallions, from "Frises, feuillages ou tritons marins antiques et modernes"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Two Designs for Friezes, of which one has a Round Portrait Medaillon, from "Frises, feuillages ou tritons marins anti…

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Etched decorative frieze with Neptune and Amphitrite in a sea chariot above and tritons and mermaids among waves below.

Two Designs for Frieze Decorations with Sea Creatures, of which one features Neptune and Amphitrite, from "Frises, fe…

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Etched ornamental print with two friezes of acanthus scrolls, fruit garlands, sea figures and a classical bust in a medallion

Two Designs for Friezes with Acanthus Scrolls, from "Frises, Feuillages ou Tritons Marins à la romaine"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Engraved architectural frieze with a sea chariot procession above, and dolphins, scrolls and a reclining river god below.

Two decorated Frieze Designs for Cornices, from "Frise pour les architraves, corniches et autres ornaments d'architec…

Jean Le Pautre, before 1666

Etching of two ornamental panels with putti, acanthus scrolls, grapevines, satyr figures and a candelabra.

Two Designs for Panels with Candelabra Decorations, from "Montants d'ornement"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1640-82

Engraving of a formal Italianate garden with a large central fountain, terraces, and putti holding a title cartouche above.

View of a Garden with a Water Basin and Large Fountain, title page from "Grottes et fontaines de jardins à l'italienne"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a man playing a pipe near three seated figures under a tree, with a tent beside them.

Le Joueur de Chalumeau

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1770

Etching of a reclining sheep and a standing sheep with raised head in a grassy field, with birds in the sky.

Two sheep, one shown frontally in a reclining position with its legs folded underneath the body, to the right a stand…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1655

Etching of a partially shorn sheep lying in grass, with flies hovering around its head, by Karel Dujardin, 1655.

Partially shorn sheep lying in the grass with insects hovering around its head

Karel Dujardin, 1655

Etching of a standing mature sheep looking left, with a lamb resting on grass and a distant tower in the landscape.

A mature sheep in three-quarters view standing and looking left, beside it a lamb lies on the grass

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1655

Etching of two goats in foreground beside a stone tower, village buildings and trees under a hatched sky.

Landscape with two horned goats in shadow at left foreground, village buildings beyond, from "The Small Landscapes"

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a townscape with a smoking chimney, a square tower, a wall and pine trees under a cloudy sky.

Townscape with wall and foliage in shadow in right foreground, buildings with smoking chimney and square tower beyond…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a landscape framed by two large trees, with a rocky cliff, a river, and goats in the foreground right.

Landscape flanked by trees in the left and right foreground, silhouettes of two goats, a river with cliffs beyond, fr…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a hilly landscape with two figures and a horse-drawn cart beside a wooden building corner at right.

Landscape with corner of building and awning at far right, two figures and a horse-drawn cart are positioned with bac…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a seated man with staff and dog beside a pack horse, viewed from behind, with distant riders in a landscape.

Pack-horse, seated man with staff in right hand, and dog, all viewed from the rear, from "The Small Landscapes"

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Study of heads in profile view, a woman with headcloth and bearded man whose heads overlap above, two facing profiles…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Bearded man shown in half-length with bundle slung over right shoulderblade, flanked by a woman shown in half-length…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of an adult sheep standing over a kneeling lamb nursing, with another lamb resting on grass at left.

Sheep with Lamb Nursing

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Plate from "The Set of Sheep"

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Etching of two sheep resting in a landscape with trees and distant hills, sky left mostly blank.

Sheep, from a set of 16 plates

Marcus de Bye, 1664

Etching of a shaggy bear resting by a stream with rocks, a bent tree and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Plate from "The Set of The Bears"

Marcus de Bye, ca. 1664

Etching of a cow's head by a stone wall and fountain, with a tree, distant hills and an inscribed title on the wall.

Title page for "Diverses vaches et boeufs"

Etching of a thin cow with curved horns grazing among rocks, with a flat landscape, windmill and clouds behind it.

Cow, after Paulus Potter

Man in top hat with umbrella peering at corsets in a shop window, hand-colored lithograph by Honoré Daumier.

C'est Unique! J'ai Pris Quatre Tailles..., from Émotions Parisiennes, published in Le Charivari, February 7, 1840

Honoré Daumier, February 7, 1840

Etching of a kneeling woman before a stone pedestal with a lion mask, with a bearded magician and onlookers beside her.

Woman kneeling in front of Magicians and other Figures, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a shepherd bending over a ram beside two robed magicians, a tall tree, and a flock of sheep in a landscape.

A Shepherd with two Magicians, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a seated woman holding a child, a turbaned man, a cow, and an owl on a branch beneath a tree.

The Family of the oriental Peasant, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a horned satyr and a bacchant embracing beside a staff, with a draped tent and landscape behind them.

Bacchant, Satyr, and Fauness, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a bearded philosopher in a turban reading a book beside a lamp, with smoke rising from rocks behind him.

The Philosopher, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of two bearded magicians and a child around a skull, with a dog and fire at right.

Two Magicians and a Child, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of three men beside a horse, with a bird perched on a raised bare branch in a sketchy landscape.

Three Men standing beside a Horse, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a seated mother and two children with a donkey, sheep, a dog, and clay jars in a rural landscape.

A Mother with two Children, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a young shepherdess beside an ox, with a monkey and an old man, a bird on a bare tree at left.

Young Shepherdess and old man with a Monkey, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Hand-colored caricature of a grinning horned devil holding a sleeping child in a striped blanket, with flames below.

The Devil's Darling

Thomas Rowlandson, March 12, 1814

Printed broadside titled The Devil's Darling with verse in which the Devil addresses his child, published by R. Ackermann.

The Devil's Darling: Text

London Rudolph Ackermann, March 12, 1814

Pencil sketch of a Gothic cottage elevation with gabled roofs and pointed windows, above a labeled floor plan with dimensions

Design for Small Gothic Cottage, Design IV from The Architecture of Country Houses

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1850

Oval engraved portrait of a young man with curly hair, embroidered doublet and sword hilt, with a verse below.

Charles of Gonzague and of Cleves, Duke of Nevers and of Retellois, Governor of Champagne and Brie at age eighteen

Thomas de Leu, 16th-17th century

Pencil architectural sketch of a wood farmhouse with two floor plans, an elevation showing chimneys and dormers, and notes.

Design for Bracketed American Farm House, Design XVII from The Architecture of Country Houses

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1850

Etching of a ruined classical arch with two standing figures on rocks, crumbling ruins and trees on the right, and small figu

Le Pan de Muraille

Henri Mauperché, 17th century

Engraving of a veiled, robed woman beside a plinth holding a palm branch, with a harp resting against the base.

Robed woman standing next to a plinth, her right hand bears a palm branch, a harp rests against the plinth

Claude Mellan, ca. 1620-88