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Engraving of a crowded city street where men and boys torment animals, including a dog, rooster and cat, before onlookers.

The First Stage of Cruelty

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of men in period coats and tricorn hats gathered in an arched interior, with a seated figure at a keyboard and card

A Rake's Progress, Plate 2

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a chaotic city street under lightning, with a woman in white, a brawl, a rooftop ladder and a broken cage.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 4

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a crowded asylum ward with chained patients, a violinist, elegant visitors and a dog beside a railing.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 8

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak addressing seated officials on a raised platform in a columned hall with guards.

Paul Before Felix

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak addressing seated officials in a columned Roman hall, with a spearman and scribes.

Sullivan's Paul Before Felix

Dent, ca. 1800

Etching of a seated woman in a palace with attendants, a woman holding a small child and an older man at right, with a river

Moses Brought to Pharoah's Daughter

Dent, ca. 1800

Etching of a city street with an angry musician at a window above a crowd of street musicians and a drumming child.

The Enraged Musician

Dent, ca. 1800

Etching of a cluttered room with a seated man at a desk, two women by the fireplace, and a dog on the floor.

The Distressed Poet

Dent, ca. 1800

Etching of a stage-like city street with classical buildings, armed guards, turbaned figures and a crowd in the foreground.

Soliman, 3e Acte, from "Soliman"

Jacques Callot, 1620

The Bench

Dent, 1790-1810

Etched print of a crowded choir of wigged singers and boys reading sheet music, led by a conductor raising his arm.

A Chorus of Singers

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of an anthropomorphic bear holding a tankard beside a dog, with coins, books and a small print on a table.

The Bruiser

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of men seated at a table with an egg and plate, one standing behind, beneath a draped curtain and column.

Columbus Breaking the Egg

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a laughing theatre audience in wigs and bonnets, with a woman holding a basket leaning over the balcony rail.

The Laughing Audience

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraved oval portrait of Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in a ruff and armor within an ornate decorative frame.

Portrait de Cosme II, Grand Duc de Toscane (Portrait of Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany)

Jacques Callot, 1620-21

Engraving of a rowdy crowd with lanterns and sticks in a dim interior, a woman seated on the floor by a fireplace.

The Frolick (The Search Light)

William Hogarth, 1790-1810

Etched heraldic crest with a spiral cone, a CYPRUS cartouche, a VARIETY ribbon and scrolling foliage, titled Hogarth's Crest.

Hogarth's Crest

John Barlow, 1782-1800

Etching of travellers gathered outside a rustic inn beside a cart, with a horseback rider under a large tree on the right.

Roma travellers outside an inn; a scene of fortune-telling in the mid-ground [historically known as La Halte des Bohè…

Jacques Callot, 1621-22

Etching of a Roma camp with figures preparing a feast around a fire beneath large trees, by Jacques Callot.

A Roma camp [historically known as Le Halte des Bohémiens: Les Apprêts du Festin (The Gypsy Stopover: The Preparation…

Jacques Callot, 1621-22

Engraved design for an ornamental crest with a central heraldic shield, rococo scrollwork, two figures with staffs, and a gro

Design for an Ornamental Crest for Silver Plate

William Hogarth, early 18th century

Etching of a haloed bishop with crozier before a crowd, with a boy and tennis racket in the foreground and a town below a hil

Saint Mansuy, pièce appelée aussi Saint Mansuet ou La Raquette (Saint Mansuy, piece also called Saint Mansuet or The…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1616

Etching of a travelling procession of Roma men, women and children on horseback and on foot, with plumed hats and staffs.

Roma men, women, and children on horseback and on foot [historically known as Les Bohémiens en Marche, pièce aussi ap…

Jacques Callot, 1621-22

Engraved battle frieze with armored warriors on horseback, shields and spears, and fallen figures on the ground.

Combat Between Greeks and Trojans

Sebald Beham, 1518-30

Engraved frieze of centaurs with human riders in combat above a scrolling foliate ornament, with a monogram at top.

Frieze with Centaurs Fighting at Center with Human Riders

Sebald Beham, 1500-1550

Engraving of peasants brawling with raised swords, a woman in a headscarf reacting, and a fallen man on the ground beneath a

The Peasants' Brawl

Sebald Beham, 1531-50

Engraving of a winged putto draped over curling ribbon scrolls displaying alphabet letters, with ornamental border.

Genius Surrounded by a Banderole Showing the Alphabet

Sebald Beham, 1542

Engraving of an ornate covered goblet with fluted bowl, scrollwork, and an armored figure in an oval medallion.

Double Goblet with Oval Medallions

Sebald Beham, 1530

Engraved design of an ornate covered goblet with round medallions of nude figures and decorative foliate ornament.

Goblet with Round Medallions

Sebald Beham, 1530

Engraved horizontal panel with armor at center flanked by two winged putti among scrolling foliage, dated 1544.

Horizontal Panel with Armor at Center, Flanked by Two Genii

Sebald Beham, 1544

Etching of two dancers with flying cloths and swords, labelled Bello Sguardo and Couiello, with a crowd and town in the backg

Bello Sguardo and Couiello, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Etching of a crowded city street with soldiers attacking fleeing figures before classical palaces and an obelisk.

Plate 2, from "Le Massacre des Innocents" (The Massacre of the Innocents)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-25

Pencil drawing of figures in an arched Italian city setting, with a woman gesturing near a basin and a child and dog in front

Scene in an Italian City with Figures Near a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of mourners gathered around a draped body in an arched composition, with a skull at the right edge.

A Burial Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of an artist pointing at a wall while a crowd of men, women, and children watches in an arched composition.

An Artist Drawing on Wall of a Church Watched by a Crowd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a robed speaker raising his arm before cloaked men, with a large female figure behind a fountain.

Speaker Addressing Male Figures Gathered at Night Around a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a bearded man on horseback with a monkey behind him, passing a crowd in a medieval town.

A Man and a Monkey Riding on Horseback

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash sketch of a baby in a bonnet with a rooster and dog, centered on an album page.

A Baby in 16th century Dress with a Rooster and a Dog

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of two children kneeling by a bed with a pale sheet in a dim room, one looking up.

A Deathbed Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated shepherd with a winged cupid behind him and a ram beside him.

Cupid and a Shepherd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated Venus with a winged Cupid leaning against her shoulder, with clouds behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of four musical putti in a lunette frame, playing lute, violin and harp, one standing at centre.

Four Musical Putti

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch of a group of naked children in loose scribbled background lines, on a sketchbook page.

A Group of Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil study on a sketchbook page: a large circle with flowing curved and horizontal lines crossing its interior.

Circular Diagram

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Sketches of Figures

Lord Leighton Frederic, 1840-60

Graphite sketchbook page with three studies of young children in varied poses, including a reaching child and a seated child.

Three Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch of three seated children on a sketchbook page, one wearing a round cap, with a handwritten Bruxelles note.

A Group of Seated Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of the Pentecost: Mary and the apostles look up at the Holy Spirit dove and rays of light, with angels above.

The Pentecost

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Engraving of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles below a descending dove, rays of light and angels in clouds.

The Pentecost

Giovanni Battista Mazza, 1574

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure leaning forward with outstretched arm, with two small standing figures to the right.

Male Figure Study

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of the Pentecost: Mary and the apostles gathered in a room beneath a radiant dove and clouds, with flames above the

The Pentecost

Claes Janszoon Visscher II

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of two seated children, one lifting a large jar and one holding out a bowl.

Two Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of a kneeling saint being stoned by a crowd before a walled city, with two divine figures in clouds above.

The Martyrdom of St Stephen

Cornelis Cort, 1576

Pencil sketch of a man with round spectacles and curly hair, head resting on a cushion, on a sketchbook page.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1850

Preliminary Studies for Portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and frock coat seated on a balloon-back chair, legs crossed, on a sketchbook page.

Man Seated on a Chair

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a geometric chair-like form on an otherwise blank sketchbook page.

Geometrical Figure

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Engraving of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen rider, armored horsemen, and heavenly light breaking through clouds above.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Cornelis Cort, 1576

Engraving of the Trinity in clouds with a dove, angels, and saints with books gazing upward above a landscape.

The Adoration of the Trinity

Cornelis Cort, 1566

Engraving of enthroned Christ among saints, angels and the Holy Spirit dove, with Church Fathers debating a eucharistic monst

The Dispute of the Church Fathers over the Holy Sacrament

Cornelis Cort, 1575

Etching of merchants at a table showing prints to customers, with a soldier and two children at right, by Jacques Callot.

Frontispiece, from "Varie Figure" (Various Figures)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1620

Engraving of a kneeling man in a forest with a horse, a stag, and a distant village under a cloudy sky.

St. Eustace in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Etching of a masked captain with feathered hat and sword beside a stooped hooded figure, with a town street behind.

Copy of Capitano Spessa Monti and Bagattino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622

Etching of two commedia dell'arte figures, Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, facing each other with swords and feathered hats.

Copy of Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622