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Two boys in dim candlelight, one holding up a glowing translucent bladder while the other looks at it.

Two Boys Blowing a Bladder by Candle-light

Peter Perez Burdett, 1773

Brown-toned print of a wooded landscape with cows on a path, a herdsman, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cows

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Etching of Castel Sant'Angelo, a large cylindrical Roman mausoleum with an angel on top, with figures and cannonball piles in

View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel S. Angelo) from the rear, from Vedute di Roma (Roman…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etching of arched Roman ruins with Corinthian columns and small figures walking through the atrium of the Portico of Octavia.

Veduta interna dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia), in: 'Vedute…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Etching of the Colosseum's interior showing tiered arches, a central obelisk and tiny figures on the arena floor.

Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo. From 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Print of a wooded road with two horse-drawn carts, figures, a dog, large trees and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Monochrome landscape of trees, two cows at a pool, a log, a figure with a dog, and a cottage in the distance.

Wooded Landscape with Cows beside a Pool, Figures and Cottage

Thomas Gainsborough, 1775-80

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling man in a room with a fireplace, a rooster and hen, and a curtained bed.

The Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Etching of a gnarled tree on a rocky shore with classical figures, a nude woman, a cherub, and a satyr within an ornate frame

Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche, Opus V a+b

Max Klinger, after 1909

Etching of a nude long-haired man carrying a pale figure across a rocky hillside beneath cliffs and distant snowy mountains.

Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

Max Klinger, 1898

Etching of a reclining nude woman before a crowd of men in top hats, lit by a spotlight against a dark background.

A Life

Max Klinger, 1884-98

Engraved plate of Roman tomb plans, elevations, sections and architectural details, with Italian captions below.

Plan of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, wife of the Triumvir Marcus Crassus..., tome 3, tavola 49 from "Le Antichi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1756-57

Engraved plate of Piranesi showing ropes, iron hooks and a derrick lifting stone blocks beside a curved tomb wall.

Means by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Cae…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1756-57

Engraved chimneypiece design in Egyptian style with hieroglyphs, sphinx heads, winged disc and a fire in the hearth.

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting ch…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Etching of an Egyptian-style decorative scheme with a central bull, crocodile, dog, bird, pyramids, and hieroglyphic panels.

Egyptian decoration of the Caffè degli Inglesi: Animals on the cornice, including a bull at the center, from "Diverse…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Etched perspective view of an ornate ancient candelabrum with bird sculptures, a figure at the top, and clawed feet on a step

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Aquatint of Vauxhall Gardens showing a crowd in period dress under trees, with an orchestra gallery and diners at left.

Vaux-hall

Thomas Rowlandson, June 28, 1785

Engraving of the prophet Ezekiel seated among nude figures and architectural framing, with sibyls in the lower spandrels.

The Prophet Ezekiel; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Pen and ink drawing of sea gods and tritons battling among reeds and waves, with a nude woman at left.

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1485-88

Woodcut caricature by Nicolò Boldrini of the Laocoön group, with serpents entwining a central figure and monkey-like figures

Caricature of the Laocoön scuptural group, excavated in Rome in 1506

Niccolò Boldrini, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of the Holy Family walking at night past a lake with reflected moons, a donkey, and a distant campfire.

The Flight into Egypt

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair and a large white collar, inside an arched frame with Latin inscription below.

Amelia Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse

Ludwig von Siegen, 17th century

Engraving of a ratcatcher in a plumed hat and ruff, carrying dead rats on a flag and staff across a hilly landscape.

The Ratcatcher, plate 7 from "Cries of Paris" (Les Cris de Paris)

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ holding a chalice at the center of a table surrounded by apostles under drapery.

The Last Supper (Desiderio Desideravi), from "The Passion of Christ (Passio Domni Nostri Jesu Christi)"

Hieronymus Wierix, before ca. 1586

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with a winged figure above a chariot and horses in clouds.

Design for a Ceiling with an Allegorical Subject

James Thornhill, ca. 1713

Engraved Pietà with the dead Christ, grieving Virgin, two angels and a cross, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Pietà with Angels in Front of the Cross

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1547

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap, surrounded by a radiating halo.

Virgin and Child

Hieronymus Wierix, n.d.

Etching of a turbaned rider on a white horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull goring a fallen bullfighter in an arena while another man with a cape approaches from the left.

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a hooded bogeyman looming over a mother and two frightened children seated on a bed.

Plate 3 from "Los Caprichos": Here comes the bogey-man (Que viene el Coco)

Francisco Goya, 1799