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14,776 works

Engraving of a theatre audience in an elegant room watching children perform on a stage, with portrait busts on the walls.

The Indian Emperor, or, The Conquest of Mexico, Act 4, scene 4

Robert Dodd, January 1, 1792

Engraved key showing numbered costumed performers and seated audience in an elegant interior, with printed names below.

Key with List of Performers to: The Indian Emperor, or, The Conquest of Mexico, Act 4, scene 4

William Hogarth, February 1, 1791

Pen drawing of a crowded fashionable interior with seated figures, framed paintings, an arched alcove, and toys on the floor.

Marriage A-la-Mode, plate IV (reverse copy)

William Hogarth, 18th-19th century

Engraved print of costumed guests at a masquerade in a candlelit room with drapery and a fireplace.

Royal Masquerade Somerset House

Thomas Cook, October 21, 1805

Etching of two comic dancers, a woman in feathered headdress and a man playing a lute, with townspeople and a building behind

Riciulina and Metzetin, plate 8 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Engraving of the Good Samaritan tending a wounded man beside a horse and dog in a rocky landscape.

The Good Samaritan (St. Luke, Ch. 10, ver. 30)

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, February 24,1772

Engraving of The Good Samaritan: a turbaned man bandages a wounded man beside a white horse and dog in a rocky landscape.

The Good Samaritan (St. Luke, Chap. 10, verse 30)

William Hogarth, February 24,1772

Engraved key showing numbered performers and audience in a theatre scene from The Beggar's Opera, with printed names below.

Key with List of Performers and Audience to: The Beggars Opera

William Hogarth, July 1, 1790

Trading card showing George Jones of The New York Times beside the Statue of Liberty at sunset, with a steamboat in the harbo

George R. Jones, The New York Times, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Albert R. Lamar, The Macon Telegraph, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card showing the Washington Monument in Richmond on the left and a portrait of Page McCarty with mustache on the right.

Page McCarty, The Richmond Daily Times, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card with portrait of J. B. McCullagh beside a view of a columned pavilion in Shaw's Garden, St. Louis.

J. B. McCullagh, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card with a portrait of John R. McLean beside a view of the Cincinnati Art School and Museum.

John R. McLean, The Cincinnati Enquirer, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card with portrait of Joseph Medill beside a view of the Tribune Building with carriages and a flag.

Joseph Medill, The Chicago Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with a domed State Capitol building in snow beside a portrait of bearded John C. New of The Indianapolis Journal.

John C. New, The Indianapolis Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card with portrait of William Penn Nixon beside a Chicago street scene with streetcar and church spire.

William Penn Nixon, The Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card of Crosby S. Noyes beside a view of the Capitol dome and West Front, Washington, D.C.

Crosby S. Noyes, The Washington Evening Star, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of Frank R. O'Neil beside a sunset view of the St. Louis bridge with steamboats on the river.

Frank R. O'Neil, The St. Louis Missouri Republican, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card with a portrait of Oswald Ottendorfer beside a New York street scene with carriages and buildings

Oswald Ottendorfer, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card portrait of Joseph Pulitzer with pince-nez, above a Central Park river scene at sunset.

Joseph Pulitzer, The New York World, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of bearded William Purcell beside a farm scene of a hay wagon, sheaves, and a village.

William Purcell, The Rochester Union and Advertiser, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigare…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with a portrait of Whitelaw Reid beside a view of the red-brick Tribune Building with its clock tower and fountain

Whitelaw Reid, New York Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Richard H. Silvester beside a Capitol East Front view with crowds, Washington, D.C.

Richard H. Silvester, The Washington Post, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card with a portrait of William M. Singerly beside a view of the decorated Record Building in Philadel

William M. Singerly, The Philadelphia Record, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of a mustached man in glasses beside a painted view of Albany's river and sailboats.

John A. Sleicher, Albany Evening Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of Charles Emory Smith beside an illustration of Philadelphia's New City Hall tower.

Charles Emory Smith, The Philadelphia Press, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithographed card: portrait of Melville E. Stone beside a Chicago harbor scene with sailing ships and a steamboat.

Melville E. Stone, The Chicago Daily News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card showing Bunker Hill Monument in Boston beside a portrait of Charles H. Taylor in front of a Boston Daily Globe pag

Charles H. Taylor, The Boston Daily Globe, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Henry Watterson, The Louisville Courier Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card of an albatross on a rocky shore beside red flowers and a pink cigarette advertisement banner.

Albatross, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888