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14,889 works

Pen drawing of figures dancing and drumming among palms and foliage, with a kneeling figure in the foreground.

"Free Negroes in Hayti" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of a woman kneeling by a trunk in a cave-like room with a table, hanging lamp, draped cloth and a crucifix.

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

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of two men on a wooded riverbank, one looking through a telescope beside tall trees and hanging vines.

Vicksburg Canal (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Chromolithograph trade card with a mustached man's portrait, a Baltimore American masthead, and a harbor scene with sailboats

Felix Agnus, Baltimore American, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with a portrait of John Arkins beside a rider on horseback herding cattle across grassland.

John Arkins, Denver Rocky Mountain News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card with a Falls of Minnehaha waterfall scene and a portrait of bearded Lewis Baker in a suit.

Lewis Baker, St. Paul Daily Globe, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of A.H. Belo beside a scene of a rider lassoing longhorn cattle at a Texas ranch at sunset.

A.H. Belo, The Galveston Daily News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

James Gordon Bennett, The New York Herald, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card of George Bleistein beside the Buffalo Courier masthead, with a tree-lined Delaware Avenue street scene

George Bleistein, Buffalo Courier, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Alden J. Blethen beside a painted view of riverside mills and rushing water.

Alden J. Blethen, The Minneapolis Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card with portrait of Samuel Bowles beside a village road scene with church steeple.

Samuel Bowles, Springfield Republican, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card portrait of J.M. Bundy in a suit, flanked by Broadway street scenes with carriages and pedestrians.

J.M. Bundy, New York Mail and Express, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of W.D. Bickham beside a scene of steamboats and factories on the Miami Canal, Dayton, Ohio.

W.D. Bickham, Dayton Daily Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of George W. Childs beside an illustration of the Public Ledger Building in Philadelphia with flags

George W. Childs, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Engraving of a battle with swordsmen and shields clashing with musketeers, a fortified town burning in the background.

Attaque des Forts Avancés de Bone (Attack of the Strong Advances of Bone), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis s…

Jacques Callot, 1614-20

Chromolithograph card with a bearded man's portrait beside the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common with a church spire.

W.W. Clapp, Boston Morning Journal, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Gi…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of A.S. Colyar beside a paddle steamer being warped along a river by workers.

A.S. Colyar, The Nashville Daily American, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of bearded Edwin Cowles beside a Euclid Avenue street scene with church spires and a horse rider.

Edwin Cowles, The Cleveland Leader, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card of Charles A. Dana beside a scene of the New York Post Office with carriages.

Charles A. Dana, The New York Sun, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with a Charleston harbor view and steamboats, beside a portrait of F. W. Dawson and a News and Courier masthead.

F. W. Dawson, The Charleston News and Courier, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of M.H. de Young beside a California vineyard scene with oxen and a farmhouse.

M.H. de Young, San Francisco Chronicle, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Allan Forman in pince-nez beside an illustration of the East River Bridge and street traffic.

Allan Forman, The New York Journalist, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

G.C. Goodwin, The Salt Lake City Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Henry W. Grady beside The Atlanta Constitution masthead and a courthouse with carriages.

Henry W. Grady, The Atlanta Constitution, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Engraved interior scene of a fashionable couple, a servant child, a dwarf figure and crowded wall paintings.

Taste in High Life

Samuel Phillips, May 1, 1798

Engraved print of a woman with pearls leaning on a table beside a silver urn and casket, dark background with a column.

Sigismonda (Sigismunda)

Benjamin Smith, June 4, 1795

Etching of two caricatured comic figures labeled Capitano Bonbardon and Capitano Grillo, with a crowd behind them.

Capitano Bonbardon and Capitano Grillo, plate 13 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Etching of two dancers, a woman with a tambourine and a man with a raised sword, in a street with small background figures.

Fracischina and Gian Farina, plate 17 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Engraving of the Pool of Bethesda: a robed figure gestures to sick people by an arcade while an angel hovers above.

The Pool of Bethesda (St. John, Chapter 5)

William Hogarth, February 24,1772

Engraving of the Pool of Bethesda: an angel above arches, a haloed figure among sick people with crutches, and trees framing

The Pool of Bethesda (St. John, Chapter 5)

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, ca. 1772