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Engraving of a woman in a robe beside a birdcage, with a parrot on a branch above and songbirds on a perch behind her.

Air, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of two Chinese-dressed figures tending a steaming hearth, with a seated Buddha statue above and hanging pots.

Fire, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a seated elderly man in Chinese-style robes holding a net, with a child beside him and a pagoda behind.

Water, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a turbaned woman beside a pine tree and urn, with a kneeling child holding flowers in the foreground.

Earth, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Etching of two figures in Asian dress with a gong, bells, and a stringed instrument among plants.

Hearing

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of children gathered around a wooden box with a seated old man, palms, a flowering branch and birds nearby.

Sight

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a woman with a plumed headdress beside an incense urn, a child, a kneeling old man, and potted plants.

Smell

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of two robed children seated beneath a gnarled tree with a large hanging fruit and foliage.

Taste

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a bearded man in a hat and a woman in a robe, each holding a small animal, beside a tree and a fan.

Touch

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of three figures in flowing robes beside a flowered urn on a pedestal, with a tambourine on the ground.

Touch, from The Five Senses

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman nursing an infant in a rustic room with children, a dog, chickens and a wicker basket.

Plate 1: Young Woman Feeding her Infant, from Premier Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (First Book of Subjects and Pasto…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Etching of a shepherd teasing a sleeping shepherdess with straw, with sheep, a dog and a thatched hut in a wooded pastoral se

Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Engraved medley print with a central male portrait surrounded by overlapping vignettes, text cards and a playing card.

Medley Print: Sot's Paradise

Sr George Bickham, 1706-7

Etched title page with Italian text, a coat of arms, two reclining allegorical figures, and a view of Florence below.

Frontispiece for "Instructions for Chancellors" (Instruzione a' Cancellieri)

Stefano Della Bella, 1635

Etched frontispiece with a double-headed eagle, imperial crown, scepter and sword above an inscribed banner.

Frontispiece for "The funeral of Emperor Ferdinand II" (Esequie dell'imperadore Ferdinando II)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etched frontispiece with two cherubs holding a banner titled La selva di cipressi, above a path lined with tall cypress trees

Frontispiece for "The Cypress Forest" (La selva di cipressi)

Stefano Della Bella, 1640

Etching of a laurel-crowned winged woman with a trumpet and scroll, a cherub playing lute, and a mask and books at her feet.

Frontispiece for "Poems by Desmarets" (Oeuvres poétiques de Desmarets)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of two flute players on rocks above a laughing crowd, a winged horse among trees, and a banner reading ÆTATIS SUÆ 31.

Frontispiece for "The Works of Scarron" (Œuvres de Scarron)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of an armored warrior and a haloed youth with a lyre beside a tree, under a coat of arms, with a distant battle scene

Frontispiece for "The Fall of Longobardi" (La Caduta de' Longobardi)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Colored print of a yellow and orange sulphur peacock moth with eyespots beside a blue flower and green leaves.

Sulfur Peacock Moth from "The Butterflies and Moths of America" Part 2

Louis Prang & Co., 1862

Colored print of a black-banded underwing moth beside purple bellflowers, green leaves and a red blossom.

The Black-Banded Underwing, from "The Butterflies and Moths of America", Part 2

Louis Prang & Co., 1862

Hand-colored print of a patterned moth with brown spots beside a pink flower on a green stem, captioned Grammophora Trisignat

Grammophora Trisignata, from "The Butterflies and Moths of America", Part 4

Louis Prang & Co., 1862

Hand-colored print of an Arctia virgo moth with black, yellow and pink wings, surrounded by leaves and yellow flowers.

Arctia Virgo from The Butterflies and Moths of America Part 5

Louis Prang & Co., 1862

Colour print of a holly sprig with green spiny leaves and red berries, labelled Holly in script below.

Holly, from "Autumn Leaves", Part 2

Louis Prang & Co., 1862

Lithograph of a waterfall cascading between rocky cliffs into a pool, with trees along the ledges and a wooded landscape beyo

Chûte de la Passaïc

Charlotte Bonaparte, 1824

Etching of a robed figure walking between two burning pyres as crowds and kneeling clergy watch under billowing smoke.

The test of fire, the monk Peter, the disciple Saint John Gualbert, passing through the flames from two pyres unharme…

Stefano Della Bella, 1640

Etching of the Vallombrosa monastery above, with a chapel, a fountain under a tree, and a church facade below.

Four views: at top, a view of the new monastery of Vallombrosa, at bottom left and right, a view of a chapel, at bott…

Stefano Della Bella, 1640

Etched frontispiece with a central title panel flanked by two robed figures, a coat of arms above, and a small scene of flame

Frontispiece, from "Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert" (Frontispice et quatre vignett…

Stefano Della Bella, 1640

Etching of a haloed saint trampling a two-headed serpentine monster, with an angel and a flying demon above.

Saint Jean Gualbert trampling a monster with two human heads and a serpentine body, from "Frontispiece and four scene…

Stefano Della Bella, 1640

Etching of a shepherd on horseback crossing a stream with dogs and goats, a large tree at left and hills behind.

A shepherd on horseback in the middle of a stream, dogs, goats and cows follow, a large tree to left and mountains to…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57