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32,885 works

Broadside of 48 small woodcut fable scenes with verses, showing animals and figures, with a portrait of Samaniego at top left

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting fables by Félix María de Samaniego

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Broadside of 48 small woodcut scenes telling the prodigal son story, each with a Spanish caption, on aged paper.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the story of the prodigal son

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside with 48 small woodcut scenes of a rooster's story, with Spanish verse captions beneath each image.

Broadside with 48 scenes telling the story of the chicken (social advancement and decline)

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes of a hunchback's life, each with a Spanish caption.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the life hunchback

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside titled Carnaval with 48 numbered woodcut panels of costumed carnival figures, carriages, and musicians.

Broadside with 48 figures from carnival

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Aged broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes of figures and street life, each with a rhyming Spanish caption, titled Estrav

Broadside with 48 scenes showing extravagances of the world

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860

Broadside of sixteen caricatures of people with animal heads, each with a Spanish verse, titled Celebridades del Mundo No. 66

Broadside with 16 caricature figures representing celebrities of the world

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Broadside of 48 numbered woodcut allegorical scenes with the sun and moon at top, titled El Sol y la Luna.

Broadside with 48 allegorical figures pertaining to the sun and the moon

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside with 48 numbered scenes of Barcelona festivals and street customs, with Spanish captions.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the celebrations and customs of Barcelona

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside of 48 numbered woodcut scenes with Spanish captions telling the adventures of Don Simplon.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the life and adventures of Don Simplon

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed sheet showing a Spanish children's card game with suits of batons, swords, cups and coins, with explanatory text in t

Sheet of playing cards for children

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes of the life, passion and death of Jesus Christ, with Spanish verse captions.

Broadside with 48 scenes of the life of Jesus Christ

José Noguera, 1866

Engraving of a falconer holding a falcon beside a woman in a braided headdress, with ribbon scrolls above them.

The Falconer and the Lady, from "Scenes of Daily Life"

Israhel van Meckenem, ca. 1495

Pencil and grey wash drawing of an ornate building facade with a central niche statue, a stone cross and balustrade at left.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Building Façade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Grey wash and pencil design of a stone balustrade with urn finials, a stage set drawing by Eugène Cicéri.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown ink drawing of ruined arches, cannons behind sandbags, tall trees, and a distant domed city skyline.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Landscape Looking Toward Rome

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Satirical lithograph of a parade of caricatured men with flags, a domed building, and a boar lying on scattered papers.

The Grand Review of the Juste-Milieu Passing La Caricature, October 30, 1832 (Grand revue passée par la caricature le…

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, October 1832

Satirical 1833 etching of spectators watching grotesque creatures feeding on prostrate people in a stone pit below.

The People Delivered to the Vampire Taxes, from "L'Association Mensuelle no. 10"

Association Mensuelle, May 1833

Lithograph of a crowd watching musicians on a wooden stage with painted backdrops and a monkey puppet above, by J. J. Grandvi

Zing! Zing! Boom Boom Boom!!! The Show of the Grrrreat Political Tumblers, from "L'Association Mensuelle no. 13"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, August 1833

Daumier lithograph of rows of stout, caricatured deputies seated on tiered legislative benches, with a top hat on the desk.

The Legislative Belly

Honoré Daumier, January 1834

Lithograph of crowned children on a rocking horse with a seated woman and a figure holding a scepter, French caption below.

Very Haughty and Very Mighty Legitimist Brats

Honoré Daumier, February 1834

Lithograph of caricatured figures handling a cannon and weapons in a street, while a woman at a window looks on.

Children, Obey Me, Do Not Play With Those Weapons, from "L'Association Mensuelle no. 21"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, April 1834

Portrait of Isabella Benson

John Smart, 1811

Watercolor of a river at dusk with glowing trees, a distant castle tower, pink reflections on the water, and a small boat.

Windsor from Datchet

William Collingwood Smith, 1870-78

Watercolor interior of a long gallery with coffered ceiling, arched windows and paintings hung on walls, blue drapes.

The Flemish Picture Gallery, the Mansion of Thomas Hope, Duchess Street, Portland Place

Robert William Billings, 1830-51

Circular pen and ink drawing of figures under trees with a scroll inscription naming the four temperaments.

The Four Temperaments

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods gathered on clouds, with a bearded central figure gesturing and putti below.

Council of the Gods

Giacomo Zoboli, n.d.

Ink and brown wash drawing of a classical hall with a vaulted ceiling, colonnades, and a statue in a central niche.

Set Design

Pietro Gonzaga, n.d.

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white cravat, with handwritten name below.

Gaetano Rossi Napoletano

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a young man with short curly hair, high collar and cravat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Liberali de Verona

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.