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Engraved print of an ancient marble vase with satyr masks on a pedestal, with inset detail drawings of handle and leaves.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Etched engraving of an ornate ancient marble candelabrum with swan-headed supports and a figure holding a bowl atop.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Engraved plate of Ionic capitals and Greek temple architecture with caryatids and a carved mask, by Piranesi.

Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de' Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista P…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761, 1765

Watercolor design of a Gothic baptismal font in a pointed-arch niche between two grey columns, with carved finials.

Design for baptismal font set between paired Purbeck marble columns

Auguste Charles Pugin, late 18th-early 19th century

Etching of an imaginary prison-like interior with crisscrossing walkways, cranes, arches, and tiny figures along the railings

Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive inventate, ed incise da Giambatista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano fra gli…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761-1809

Etching of a grand Roman palazzo facade on the Via del Corso with a street full of figures and a carriage.

Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), part I

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750-78

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with a Corinthian column, a domed church, and small figures among ruins.

The Arch of Septimius Severus, with the Church of S. Martina on the right (Arco di Settimio Severo), from "Vedute di…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1759

Etching of the Piazza di Spagna in Rome with a fountain, carriages, pedestrians and the Spanish Steps rising at right.

The Piazza di Spagna (Veduta di Piazza di Spagna)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of the Roman Forum with ruined arches, columns, temples and the Colosseum in the distance, with figures among the rui

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with the Arch of Septimius in the foreground left, Temple of V…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1775

Etching of the Capitoline Hill in Rome with a broad staircase, equestrian statue, and church facade by Piranesi.

The Capitol and the steps of S. Maria in Aracoeli (Veduta del Romano Camipidoglio con scalinata che va alla chiesa d'…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1775

Hand-coloured etching of a crowded hall with spectators around a carriage, under a sign reading Bullock's Museum of Natural C

Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo

Thomas Rowlandson, January 10, 1816

Etching of the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome with the Pantheon, a central obelisk and fountain, and busy market activity.

The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk (Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda), from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1751

Etching of the Roman Forum with a triumphal arch, ruined columns, figures among the ruins, and the Colosseum in the distance.

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the capitol, with the Arch of Septimus Severus in the foreground left, Temp…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1775

Major General Charles Lee

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraving of a bearded bagpiper in a turban leaning against a tree and playing bagpipes, dated 1514.

The Bagpiper

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Etching of a military review with marching infantry, cavalry, cannons, and a plumed rider in the foreground.

La Revue (The Review)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1628

Etching of a standing man in a plumed hat before a crowded Italian street with buildings and onlookers.

Le Captain ou L'Amoureux, from "Les Trois Pantalons pièces appélees Les Trois Acteurs" (The Three Pants also called t…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-20

Etching of a symmetrical city street with a ceremonial procession of turbaned figures and soldiers between palazzo buildings.

Soliman 2.e Acte, from "Soliman"

Jacques Callot, 1620

Black and white chalk drawing of a lying curly-furred dog with its head raised to the right on pale paper.

A Dog

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

Etching of a skeletal Death figure striding over a ledge carrying an infant, with a town and small skeleton in the background

Death Carrying an Infant, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of a skeleton on a rearing horse charging through a battlefield with fleeing soldiers and smoke in the background.

Death on the Battlefield, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-64

Etching of a bearded man with a lantern beside a pile of dead animals, a nude figure, a dog, and a tree.

Diogenes in search of an honest man

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Woodcut print of a standing nude, two embracing seated women, a reclining animal, and leafy foliage on cream paper.

Women, Animals, and Foliage

Paul Gauguin, 1898

Etching of a kneeling shepherd with sheep under a palm tree, beside two turbaned bearded men and a child.

Shepherd with Two Magicians, from "Scherzi"

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-57

Etching of timber centering and scaffolding for a bridge over a river, with workers, rowing boats and a distant church spire.

A view of part of the intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1764

Etching of a workshop interior with a seated writer, a large clay jar, a brick furnace and a flaming vessel hanging above.

Plate 45, Volume II of "Antiquités de la Grande-Grèce"

Francesco Piranesi, ca. 1807

Watercolor ceiling design with radiating panels, birds, ribbon garlands, and floral medallions in blue, pink and gold.

Ceiling Design for the Boudoir, Ardgowan

J. S. Pearse, ca. 1868

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Doric porch with columns, pediment, fanlight and paneled door, flanked by two windows.

Design for a Doric Porch, Plan and Elevation

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Watercolor of three men in period costume talking on a dirt road under a cloudy sky, one with a tartan sash and feathered bon

Quentin Durward and the disguised Louis XI (recto); Study of male figure (verso)

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825-26

Etching of a seated chained woman and standing figures beside a pile of bones, with bare trees and a cloudy sky.

Chained Woman and Other Figures Regarding a Pyre of Bones, from the "Capricci"

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743