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33,907 works

Baseball card of White, third baseman for Detroit, in white uniform and cap crouched beside the base against a landscape.

White, 3rd Base, Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraving of a naval battle with ornate ships, muscular warriors with shields, and sea creatures in choppy waves.

Plate 7: a battle taking place between men in boats

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Williamson, a second baseman in a blue Chicago uniform holding a ball at his chest.

Williamson, 2nd Base, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraving of soldiers fighting on a ship while nude men climb its side, with a river god reclining at right.

Plate 8: battle between soldiers on a boat and naked men trying to climb in, a river god at right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of armored men and robed figures unloading baskets and goods from an ornate boat onto a shore.

Plate 5: figures unloading goods from a boat at the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of muscular men poling ornate decorated boats through choppy water, with mythological figures and masks on the hull

Plate 6: figures in boats decorated with mythological subjects using poles to propel them

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-60

Engraving of a dissection scene in a domed hall, with an observing crowd, skeletons, a dog, and a cauldron of bones.

The Reward of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a dead woman on a street at night, surrounded by arguing men, a lantern, and a crescent moon above.

Cruelty in Perfection (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a city street where a boy torments a cat as crowds watch, with dogs, a rooster and a church steeple nearby.

The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a street scene with a whipped horse, a carriage, and a man beating a sheep as a flock watches.

The Second Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of soldiers and sailors feasting at a tavern with a Duke of Cumberland sign, a Frenchman at a window, and marching

The Invasion, Plate 2: England

William Hogarth, March 8, 1756

Pencil drawing of a dragonfly seen from above with four spread wings and a long slender abdomen on cream paper.

A Dragonfly

Nicolaas Struyk, early 18th-mid 18th century

Engraving of Achilles dragging Hector's body by a chariot before a walled city, with a winged Victory figure above.

Achilles dragging the body of Hector around the walls of Troy

Pietro Testa, 1648-50

Engraved allegory with reclining figures, cherubs, a griffin on a cloud, and a text panel beneath a carved stone arch.

An allegory in honor of the arrival of Cardinal Franciotti as Bishop of Lucca

Pietro Testa, 1680-1700

Etching of Dido on a pyre in a columned hall, surrounded by mourning women, with Cupid and figures in clouds above.

The suicide of Dido who reclines on a pyre in centre, surrounded by many figures

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Etching of Iphigenia's sacrifice at an altar, with Artemis appearing in clouds above a hind and armored onlookers.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Arnold van Westerhout, 1650-1700

Etching of men carrying a limp figure down temple steps past columns, with a chariot and crowd in the foreground.

Sinorix being carried from the temple after being poisioned

Arnold van Westerhout, 1650-1700

Etching of a reclining woman surrounded by crowding figures, with an oval portrait medallion in the lower left.

The Suicide of Dido

Pietro Testa, 1650-1700

Etching of Saint Peter with keys among grieving Apostles, while Christ ascends in clouds above a tomb.

Saint Peter standing in the centre surrounded by Apostles distraught at the death of Christ who is shown ascending fr…

François Collignon, 1650-1700

Etching of an allegory of painting: putti, a winged figure and many seated men drawing around a central easel in a wooded lan

An allegory of painting, who as an child in the centre left draws on a tablet, surrounded by figures, many of whom ar…

Pietro Testa, 1650-1700

Engraving of an emperor and soldiers, a prophet at an altar, and a reclining nude with angels and putti in a landscape.

The Prophecy of Basilides

Giovanni Cesare Testa, ca. 1650

Engraving of figures in classical dress carrying barrels and baskets in a procession moving right, with trees behind.

Plate 3: various figures transporting materials, walking to the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of horses, mules and oxen carrying barrels and baskets, led by figures walking right through trees.

Plate 4: animals transporting goods being led by figures going to the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraved procession of classical figures carrying jars, baskets and a trumpet across a wooded background.

Plate 1: A Procession

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of nude men tying a sack and loading a horse beside a brick wall and trees.

Plate 2: various figures carrying out tasks that include tying a sack and loading a horse

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Etching of a kneeling bearded figure writing on a tiled floor, with robed onlookers, columns, and a woman before soldiers at

Christ kneels and writes on the pavement at center and a woman taken in adultery by three soldiers at right

Luca Giordano, 1653

Etched title page with an ornate urn, reclining figures and ruins, and the lettered title Vedute di Roma by Piranesi.

Title page for "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760-78

Etching of tall ruined brick arches of Nero's aqueduct in Rome with small figures and a donkey on a road.

View of Nero's aqueduct, Rome

Luigi Rossini, 1823

Etching of a bacchanalian procession with a wine vat cart, putti, grape baskets, and revelers blowing horns.

The Arrival of the Wine Vat

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca.1755

Etching of ruined Corinthian temple columns above a road with travelers, goats, and a donkey, with a relief arch at right.

View of the so-called Temple of Concord with the Temple of Saturn, on the right the Arch of Septimius Severus

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760-78

Etching of an overgrown Roman grotto with arches, a fountain, small figures, and a temple on the hill above.

View of the fountainhead and the Grotto of Egiria outside the Porta Capena, from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760-78

Engraving of muscular smiths hammering at an anvil beside a flaming furnace, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Vulcan's Forge

Master IQV, ca. 1542

Etching of Jupiter on a cloud with Juno, a white cow at left, and putti holding an eagle at lower right.

Io at the left as a cow, Jupiter on a cloud in the centre and Juno at the right with putti holding an eagle captive i…

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1650-90

Engraving of a plumed man gesturing over Roman antiquities, statues and a distant city, by Francesco Villamena, 1623.

Portrait of Ioannes Altus (Johann Alten), of the Swiss Guard, standing by the Quirinal and pointing out the antiquiti…

Francesco Villamena, 1623

Etching of the Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, with gondolas, arcaded buildings and figures on the quay.

Plate 9: The bridge and market of the Rialto, Venice, from "Views of Venice" (Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis V…

Michele Marieschi, 1741

Sepia etching of Saint Angelo's martyrdom, a figure stabbed at left, an angel above, and a crowd of onlookers below.

The martyrdom of Saint Angelo who in the upper left is being stabbed watched by horrified onlookers, from the 'Cabine…

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1729-64

Etching of soldiers hammering nails into a barrel beside horsemen, with a crumbling stone wall at left and a cloudy sky.

The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, showng being nailed into a tub by the Carthaginians

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1661-62

Engraving of the Holy Family resting on the flight into Egypt, with an angel and two putti above, in a hilly landscape.

The rest on the flight into Egypt (from A Collection of Etchings and Engravings in Imitation of Drawings from Various…

Andrea Scacciati, ca. 1750-60

Engraving of the Holy Family resting in a boat with angels and cherubs above, beside a river and wooded mountain landscape.

The rest on the Flight into Egypt

Andrea Scacciati, 1740-71

Etching of the Virgin and Child on clouds above a kneeling bishop and plague victims, with angels and a signed date of 1691.

Three Lucchese saints Sts Nicholas Tolentino, Nicholas of Bari interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

Johann Michael Feichtmayr the Elder, 1691

Etching of a crowd beneath a man bound to a cross on a hillside, with soldiers and mourners and a rocky cliff behind.

The crucifixion of Polycrates the tyrant after his capture by the Persians

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1662

Etching of robed classical figures gathered around a bearded orator, with a kneeling mother, a child, and a reclining man in

Classical scene of figures gathered around an orator at right (possibly related to healing the lame)

Matthias Oesterreich, 1752

Etching of an angel leading Saint Peter up stairs past sleeping guards in a prison, with a barred window and arched opening.

Saint Peter being released from prison by the angel

Girolamo Pedrignani, 1650-70

Etching of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with archers and onlookers in the background and a dedicatory inscription below.

Saint Sebastian being tied to a tree

Girolamo Pedrignani, 1625-50

Etching of a grand ceremonial altar topped by a crown, with angel statues, kneeling crowds and a procession on the left.

The altar of the holy sacrament; at left, the sacrament beneath a canopy, carried in procession and followed by the L…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of a frieze with a mermaid on a dolphin, bearded sea gods, cherubs and sea creatures in parallel hatching.

Plate 4: marine gods and other cavorting figures

Giulio Carpioni, ca. 1640-70

Etching of marine gods, a trident-bearing figure, sea monsters and cavorting putti in a horizontal frieze.

Plate 6: marine gods and other cavorting figures

Giulio Carpioni, ca. 1640-70

Etching of an ancient Roman aqueduct with arched vaults, water fountains spilling into basins, and figures on a cobbled stree

View of the ancient aquaduct and fountains situated near the Chiavica del Bufalo in Rome, from "Le Antichita di Roma"

Luigi Rossini, 1822

Engraved view of Rome from the Quirinal Hill with a fountain, marble horse tamer statues, an obelisk, and pedestrians in a pi

View of the Quirinal Hill in Rome with the fountain of the horse tamers at left, from "Le Antichita di Roma"

Luigi Rossini, 1822

Engraving of a laughing fool in a bell-tipped cap holding a small crowned doll-like figure, with Dutch verse below.

Laughing Fool

Werner van den Valckert, ca. 1612

Four grey ink-and-wash studies of a nude woman in varied poses, one arm raised, a cloth draped over one leg.

Four Studies after Giambologna's "Venus Leaving the Bath"

Hans Bock the Younger, ca. 1590

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester, seated in robes with a chain of office, 1743.

The Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Benjamin Hoadly, Lord Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Most Noble Order of…

Bernard Baron, 1743

Hogarth satirical etching of armed men storming a tavern by the coast, with a monk, ships and a banner reading Vengence.

The Invasion, Plate 1: France

William Hogarth, March 8, 1756

Bardolph, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, May 20, 1775

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding coins, titled Shylock, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare.

Shylock, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Duke of York, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Engraving of Florizel and Perdita from The Winter's Tale in a rustic room with flowers, a table, and two seated older men.

Florizel and Perdita in 'The Winter's Tale,' from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 4

Lumb Stocks, January 1867

Engraving of Elizabethan-style figures dining and conversing in a paneled room with a large leaded window and fireplace.

Falstaff and His Friends, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 84

William Greatbach, May 1868

Oval etching of the Virgin Mary beside the infant Christ on straw, with angels and putti in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Angels

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Christ Child before a pedestal, a kneeling crowned king, attendants, a horse

The Adoration of the Magi (copy in reverse)

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of two draped women embracing beside a stone pillar, a bearded man behind them, with a distant landscape and clouds.

The Visitation

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Virgin rising with arms outstretched, haloed, supported by cherubs and angels above a stone ledge with flowers

The Assumption of the Virgin

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Virgin with the infant Christ and young John the Baptist, with a landscape view and curtain behind.

The Virgin and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist

Carlo Maratti, 1647

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving kneeling Magi beneath a column, with a star above and a camel in the backgro

The Adoration of the Magi

Carlo Maratti, 17th century