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Etching of three windmills on a plain with horse-drawn carts, workers, and a distant village under a sunburst sky.

The Three Windmills (Les Trois Moulins) after a painting in the collection of the Duc de Praslin

Balthasar Anton Dunker, 1772

Etching of a rural road with travelers, carts, pack horses, grazing sheep and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Flanders Road (Route de Flandre) after a painting in the collection of the Duc de Praslin

Balthasar Anton Dunker, 1772

Etching of a roadside robbery with horsemen, a carriage, and a distant castle under a cloudy sky.

Robbery on a Road after a painting in the collection of the Duc de Choiseul

Louis Germain, 1771

Grey wash drawing of a rocky fountain design with classical figures, cupids, deer and cascading water.

Design for the Fontana di Venere e Adone, Reggia di Caserta, Naples

Fedele Fischetti, ca. 1780

Engraving of men struggling over a woman in a boat on a shore, with armored warriors, horsemen, ships and a temple.

The abduction of Helen; battle scene on a shore with two men pulling Helen into a boat at center and another man pull…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-27

Engraving of a shoreline battle with men dragging a woman toward a boat, classical temple and sailing ships behind.

The abduction of Helen; battle scene on a shore with two men pulling Helen into a boat at center and another man pull…

Marco Dente, ca 1520-27

Engraving of nude goddesses before a seated youth and cupid, with a chariot and winged figure in the clouds above.

Judgment of Paris

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-50

Etched interior of a colonnaded Roman-style hall with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and small figures on steps.

Plate 9: Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans (...), from "Part one of architecture and pers…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

Etching of an ancient altar with relief figures amid classical ruins, skulls, bones and overgrown foliage.

Plate 7: Ancient altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins (Ara antica sopra l…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

Etching of an imagined ancient Roman piazza with obelisks, columns, a domed temple, statues, and steps leading up to a palace

Plate 10: The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps [...] (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendev…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

Hand-colored print of a city square with a tall clock tower, arcaded palazzo, carriages, and people in period dress.

View of the Piazza dei Signori of Vicenza with horse-drawn carriages and figures walking in the square

Georg Balthasar Probst, ca. 1750-1801

Engraved elevation and plan of the Pons Fabricius bridge in Rome, with river view, capital detail, and stone block.

Plan and elevation of the Pons Fabricius (also known as the Quattro Capi Bridge), Rome, from "Le Antichità Romane"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1756

Triptych print of a woman in floral kimono holding a horned mask, with two men and pale flames in a night sky.

Chikanobu Foxfires

Toyohara Chikanobu

Engraved plate of hoisting ropes, iron hooks and pulleys for raising stone blocks, with workers building a circular tomb.

Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Ce…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1756

Etching of a crowded allegorical scene with a seated figure on a pedestal, kneeling figures, and inscribed brick wall.

Worship of the North (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Satirical etching of a crowded street with men, placards, a flag and a liquor store sign, drawn in fine line.

Enlistment of Sickles' Brigade, New York (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Pen drawing of four men in a rowboat on rippling water, one standing with a rifle, three seated at oars, a barrel in the ster

Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Pen-and-ink print of men unloading barrels and crates from a rowboat on a riverbank, one armed figure on watch, dense trees b

Smuggling of Medicines into the South (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Line drawing of cavalry riders galloping through a crowded military camp past a signboard and wooden barrels.

General Stuart's Raid to the White House (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Pen-and-ink etching of a crowded city street with men in top hats, a seated figure, and onlookers at windows and a balcony.

Free Negroes in the North (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Etching of a woman leaning on a trunk in a rocky cave room with a hanging lamp, table, and draped fabric.

Cave Life in Vicksburg during the Seige (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Etching of a bearded man writing at a table while a winged imp sits on the inkwell beside him.

Writing the Emancipation Proclamation (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraving of Judith and a servant carrying Holofernes's head on a platter, with his foreshortened body at right.

Judith giving the head of Holofernes on a platter, which is about to be covered with a cloth, to her servant, with th…

Enea Vico, 1546

Etching of a man leading a pack horse over a wooden bridge, with trees framing hills and a village in the distance.

Plate 4: Landscape with man leading a pack horse across a wooden bridge, three figures in right foreground, the silho…

Marco Ricci, 1723-30

Engraved view of the Poggio Imperiale villa facade with a curved statue-lined balustrade, strolling figures, and framing tree

The Royal Villa called il Poggio Imperiale (La Real Villa detta il Poggio Imperiale), view of the façade and balustra…

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1744

Engraving of four figures in period dress in two pairs, one man gesturing and one man running, with inscribed names above.

March and April (copy)

Engraving of a buffoon in a tub being teased by two women beside a window, with a jug and flowering vase.

Buffoon and Two Women

Sebald Beham, 1541

Etching of a sun chariot drawn by horses, with Atlas holding a globe, allegorical figures, and giants walking beside it.

Le Char du Soleil (The Chariot of Sun), from "Guerre de Beauté" (Guerra di Bellezza) (War of Beauty)

Jacques Callot, 1616

Etching of figures in procession on a rocky Mount Parnassus with a winged horse, laurel tree and Italian banner, by Jacques C

Le Char du Mont Parnasse (The Chariot of Mount Parnassus), from "Guerre de Beauté" (Guerra di Bellezza) (War of Beauty)

Jacques Callot, 1616

Lithograph of a turbaned rider on a prancing horse gesturing ahead, with mounted attendants, palm trees, and domed buildings

Mamluk on Horseback

Carle Vernet, first half 19th century