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Etching of a castle on a hill, a village, and a foreground with a seated herder, a piper, and resting cattle under a cloudy s

Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Etching of a formal garden parterre with scrolled flowerbeds, a palace facade, and crowds of strolling figures.

Le Parterre de Nancy ou Jardin de Nancy (The Flower Bed of Nancy or the Garden of Nancy)

Jacques Callot, 1625

Engraving of the Holy Family at a candlelit table, figures with radiant halos, inside an ornate oval frame with Latin text be

Reverse Copy of Le Benedicite, estampe appelée aussi La Sainte Famille a Table et St. Joseph Faisant Boire L'Enfant J…

Pieter Nolpe, 17th century

Etching of card players at a candlelit table with coins, a harp, and figures in feathered hats, inside an oval Latin inscript

Le Brelan, pièce appelée aussi Les Joueurs de Cartes et L'Enfant Produgue Trompé par une Troupe de Filous (Three of a…

Jacques Callot, 1628-29

Etching of a plumed ceremonial procession with pike bearers, drummers and fifers, titled Entrée de Monsieur de Macey by Jacqu

Entrée de M. de Macey (Entrance of Monsieur de Macey), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of three armored men with spears on a large sea monster, a musician on a smaller monster, and ships on the horizon.

Entrée de MM. de Vroncourt, Tyllon, et Marimont (Entrances of Monsieur de Vroncourt, of Monsieur de Tyllon, and Monsi…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a festive procession with torchbearers, drummers, and ornate chariots pulled by figures, with clouds and a cupid.

Entrée du Prince de Pfalzbourg (Entrance of the Prince of Pflazbourg), from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a dragon, grotesque creatures and winged figures in a procession toward a rocky cave under a stormy sky.

Entrée de MM. de Couvonge et de Chalabre (Entrance of Monsieur du Couvonge and of Monsieur de Chalabre), from Le Comb…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of three armored men with lances riding a large sea monster, with a smaller monster and rider beside them on choppy w

Entrée de MM. de Vroncourt, Tyllon, et Marimont (Entrances of Monsieur de Vroncourt, of Monsieur de Tyllon, and Monsi…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a procession with winged beasts carrying soldiers, a swan with a rider, and ornate chariots with costumed figures.

Entrée de Monseigneur Henry de Lorraine (Entrance of Henry de Lorraine), from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace a…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a festival procession with a fountain, horse-drawn sun carriage, rock grotto, and ornate float with costumed figur

Entrée du duc Charles IV (Entrance of Duke Charles IV), from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a crowded hall where two riders joust across a barrier while spectators and armed soldiers watch below a coffered

Le Combat (The Combat), from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri Humbert, printed by Sebastien Ph…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Engraved frontispiece with a heraldic shield, crown, two allegorical women, a cherub, and a French verse inscription.

Frontispiece, from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri Humbert, printed by Sebastien Phillipe

Jacques Callot, 1627

Engraving of a robed saint reading a book beneath a large tree, holding a lily branch, with a distant town behind.

St Dominic Reading

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Oval engraved portrait of a woman in a lace cap and ruff collar, with an inscription around the border.

Grietgen (Margaretha) Jansdr

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580

Hand-colored caricature of two men on a cobblestone street, one holding newspapers, the other leaning toward him with a cane.

Le Nouvelliste Sans Argent

Louis Maleuvre, 1814

Six prints of soldiers, cavalry, a mountain valley and costumed figures mounted on a green album sheet.

Soldiers and Landscapes, (6 prints mounted onto a green album sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Soft-ground etching of a bearded man sitting up in bed beside a dark silhouetted figure in a chair.

Portrait of Meryon Sitting up in Bed

Léopold Flameng, 1858

Engraved bust portrait of an older man in a high collar and cravat, titled Carle Vernet, from L'Artiste.

Portrait of Carle Vernet, from "L'Artiste"

Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, 1837

Pencil caricature of a balding man with exaggerated features holding a Journal pour Rire newspaper, on tan paper.

Caricature of Charles Philipon

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil caricature of a standing man with large nose, round spectacles and goatee, on tan paper, dated 1859.

Caricature of Jules de Prémaray

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Caricature of Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin (alias Timon)

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil caricature of a man with a large head, mustache and long overcoat, signed Mailly and dated 1859.

Caricature of Paul Meurice

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Lithograph of a mounted lancer in a plumed shako holding a pennant lance, with a distant rider in an open landscape.

Lancer

Horace Vernet, 1816

Lithograph of a man in a long coat sketching outdoors, with mounted soldiers and a hat and cane on the ground.

Portrait of Carle Vernet Sketching

Horace Vernet, 1816

Pencil drawing of a cliff tower above stormy waves beside a leafy tree over reeds, designed as alphabet letter forms.

Alphabet book design (Letters C and K)

Miss L. E. M. Jones, ca. 1830

Hand-colored print of a skeleton Death reaching toward an elderly man reading in bed in a cluttered room.

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (from The English Dance of Death, vol. I, plate 2)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1816

Hand-colored print of a skeleton steering a sinking boat of struggling passengers through stormy waves, with wrecked ships be

Death Turned Pilot (from The English Dance of Death, vol. II, pl. 9)

Thomas Rowlandson, June 1, 1815

Print of a standing man with long hair and lace collar, holding a plumed hat and a cane, in period dress.

Man holding a cane and a hat

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Three prints on yellow paper: a soldier carrying a child beside a woman, a seated highlander with a dog, and a rifle-bearing

Soldiers and a Highlander (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a yellow sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Three small lithographs of soldiers and figures pasted on a green mount: an old man with cane, a woman and officer, a mounted

Soldiers (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a green sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Stippled black ink print of two camels in a sandy landscape with figures, a building, and a palm tree at right.

Camels in a Landscape

Victor Adam, mid 19th century

Two black-and-white prints on green paper: a peddler with a top hat and bundle, and soldiers conversing in an open landscape.

Soldiers and a Peddlar (2 prints of varying size mounted onto a green sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Engraving of boys with a pail and people tending a smoky clam bake on a rocky beach, with sailboats on the sea.

Palazzo della Cancelleria

Pietro Ferrerio, 1655

Lithograph with an oval portrait of a man above a grid of sixteen small figure scenes with French captions.

Augustin-Eugène Scribe with Characters

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of decorative W letters with vignettes of Washington, an eagle, a cross grave, and a battlefield labeled Waterloo.

The letter "W": Washington, Wagram, Waterloo

Victor Adam, 1833

Lithograph of a crowded festival at Beau-Grenelle with a decorated maypole, tents, horse riders, a carriage, and onlookers.

Beau-Grenelle, Couronnement De La Rosière (Fêtes des Environs de Paris)

Victor Adam, 1830

Monochrome lithograph of two uniformed men embracing in a palace courtyard, surrounded by soldiers and a flag bearer.

Adieux de Fontainebleau

Victor Adam, after 1814

Lithograph of a startled man and woman on a street before a shop sign, surrounded by small sketched vignettes of figures and

Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of five costumed carnival figures including a bishop, a plumed soldier and a woman with a basket, from La Caricatu

Carnival de 1830 (from La Caricature)

Victor Adam, 1850

Grey lithograph of a military festival with Napoleon on a platform beneath flags, soldiers on horseback, and a cliff.

Military Festival at Boulogne with Napoleon Distributing Stars of the Legion of Honor

Victor Adam, 19th century

Colored print of a tan mare and gray foal standing in a yard beside a half-timbered barn and wooden fence.

Mare and Foal

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of a family visit in a hearth-side room: a man stands, two women sit with an infant, and a child plays with a toy.

Visite Chez la Nourrice (Visit to the Wetnurse), from "L'Artiste"

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of workers loading a horse-drawn cart beside firewood stacks in a snowy wood yard, with a smoking hut at right.

Chantier de Bois a Bruler

Victor Adam, 19th century

Etching of an armored rider on a rearing horse, with a battle and town in the background and verse inscription below.

Portrait du Prince de Phaslbourg (Portrait of the Prince of Phalsbourg)

Jacques Callot, 1621-24

Etching of a bearded beggar with a feathered hat, leaning on two crutches, wearing ragged clothing.

Le Mendiant a la Jambe de Bois (The Beggar with the Wooden Leg), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, L…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar seen from behind, wearing a wide hat and ragged cloak and leaning on a single crutch.

Le Vieux Mendiant a une Seule Béquille (The Old Beggar with One Crutch), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mend…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a cloaked blind beggar with a tall hat, staff and cup, accompanied by a small shaggy dog on a leash.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Blind Man and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar in a tattered cloak and headscarf leaning on a staff, with a rosary and pouch at the belt.

La Mendiante Venant de Recevoir la Charité (The Female Beggar Receiving her Charity), from "Les Gueux suite appelée a…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a seated man fishing in a pond while a standing woman holds poles and nets beside a wooden railing and palm trees.

A Chinese Man and Woman Fishing by a Fishpond

Gabriel Huquier, 18th century

Engraving of robed figures gathered around a wooden cabinet, with palms, a parrot, a flowering branch and chickens.

Vision

Chez Huquier, 18th century

Engraving of kneeling St Francis in a rocky forest landscape with waterfalls, receiving rays of light from a figure in the sk

St Francis Receives the Stigmata

Cornelis Cort, 1567

Etching of an old beggar in a cloak and hat playing an ornate hurdy-gurdy, with a basket at his side.

Le Joueur de Vielle (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les B…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar on crutches wearing a feathered hat, ragged cloak, and a pouch at his waist.

Le Mendiant aux Béquilles et a la Besace (The Beggar with the Crutches and the Pouch), from "Les Gueux suite appelée…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded elderly beggar in a ragged cloak, holding a hat and wearing a long rosary.

Le Mendaint au Rosaire (The Beggar with a Rosary), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a barefoot, bearded beggar in a ragged cloak with uncovered head, gesturing with one hand.

Le Mendiant a la Tête Découverte et aux Pieds Nuds (The Beggar with the Uncovered Head and Bare Feet), from "Les Gueu…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

La Mendiante a la Sébille (The Female Beggar with the Begging Bowl), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiant…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded beggar with a tall hat, cloak and staff, accompanied by a small seated dog.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Beggar and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Le…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a ragged beggar with a feathered cap carrying a banner reading Capitano de Baroni, with figures and churches behin

Frontispiece, from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons" (The Beggars, also called…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Le Mendiant aux Béquilles Coiffé d'un Bonnet (The Beggar on Crutches Wearing a Cap), from "Les Gueux suite appelée au…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a ragged beggar in a wide-brimmed hat, seen from behind, leaning on a crutch on a shadowed ground.

Le Mendiant aux Béquilles Coiffé d'un Chapeau et Vu de Dos (The Beggar with Crutches and a Hat Viewed from Behind), f…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded beggar in a turban and tattered cloak, standing with a walking stick and eyes lowered.

Le Mendiant Obèse aux Yeux Baissés (The Obese Beggar with Lowered Eyes), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mend…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a seated elderly beggar with a walking stick, eating from a bowl, wearing a battered hat and ragged clothes.

Le Gueux Assis et Mangeant (The Beggar Sitting and Eating), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Ba…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Pen-and-ink print of an elderly beggar woman in a headscarf and long coat, leaning on a walking stick, facing the viewer.

La Borgnesse (The Woman with One Eye), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons"…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623