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Ink and grey wash drawing of a blacksmith with tongs at an anvil while an assistant raises a hammer in a smoky forge.

A Blacksmith

Thomas Rowlandson, 18th-19th century

Proposed Monument to John L. Carey of Baltimore

Samuel B. Wetherald, 1852-54

Hand-colored winter print of Central Park with skaters on a frozen lake, horse sleighs in the foreground, and a full moon.

Central Park in Winter

Currier & Ives, 1868-94

Engraving of a woman in a headdress cradling a reclining man's head beside a tree, birds, and plants in a landscape.

Samson and Delilah

Master ES, 15th century

Engraving of a long-haired wild woman seated on a rock beside a unicorn, with flowers and grass in the foreground.

Playing Card, with Wild Woman and Unicorn

Master ES, 15th century

Engraving of a crested heron standing beside curling leaf-ornament scrollwork on a pale background.

Leaf-ornament with a Heron

Master ES, 15th century

Etching of a ruined brick aqueduct with overgrown arches, drying laundry, a ladder, and figures in the foreground.

The Fontana dell'Aqua Giulia (Vedute dell avanzo del Castello del'Aqua Giulia)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1753

Etching of ruined Roman arches with coffered vaults, rubble, small figures and a church tower at left, by Piranesi.

The Basilica of Constantine (Veduta degli avanzi della Casa aurea di Nerone, detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace),…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1757

Brown ink and wash drawing of a workshop with craftsmen, hanging scale pans, copper pots and a kneeling man at a brazier.

The Maker of Scales

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1763

Engraving of a seated nude woman holding scales and a sword, with a winged putto holding a wreath above her.

Justice, from the series The Virtues

Lucas van Leyden, 1530

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat holding a skull, pointing with one hand, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Young Man with a Skull

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1519

Engraving of a wandering family and beggars on a road with a dog, a child holding an owl, and a castle in the distance.

The Beggars (Eulenspiegel)

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Woodcut of a standing bearded man in a hat and cloak holding a banner with a rampant lion, by Lucas van Leyden, 1517.

Dirk First Count of Holland

Lucas van Leyden, 1517

Engraving of Jael killing the sleeping Sisera with a tent peg while onlookers and soldiers watch in an arched interior.

Jael Killing Sisera, without ornamental frame

Lucas van Leyden, 1517

Engraving of Salome holding the head of John the Baptist on a platter at a banquet table with seated men in turbans.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Lucas van Leyden, 1514

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve in a wooded setting, Eve reaching toward Adam beneath a serpent and apple tree.

Fall of Man

Lucas van Leyden, 1530

Hope

Lucas van Leyden, 1530

Woodcut of three mounted heroes labeled Hector, Alexander and Julius Caesar, with plumed helmets and decorated horse trapping

Hector, Alexander, Julius Caesar, from the Nine Heroes

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1520

Woodcut of three crowned kings on horseback, each labeled by a banner inscription, with ornate horse trappings and robes.

Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasses, from The Twelve Kings of Israel

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1520

Woodcut of three mounted kings, David playing a harp, Solomon with scepter, and Rehoboam with spear, under inscribed banners.

David, Solomon, Rehoboam, from The Twelve Kings of Israel

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Engraving of Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge with a serpent, an angel and a church in the background.

The Fall of Man

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Engraving of kneeling Solomon before a flaming altar, with women, men, a cherub and ornate architectural frame.

Solomon's Idolatry [I Kings, 11:1-8]

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Woman driving a nail into a sleeping bearded man's head in a room, with a standing woman, soldiers, and an ornate frame.

Jael Killing Sisera, ornamental frame

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Engraving of a kneeling woman, a standing armored knight, a mounted rider, and a dragon fight in a rocky background.

St. George Liberating the Princess

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1508

Engraving of three winged angels standing as a bearded man kneels before them beside a rocky outcrop.

Abraham and Three Angels

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1513

Engraving of an older man in a feathered cap kissing a woman in a headdress beside a tree, dated 1520.

A Fool and a Woman

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Woodcut of a woman holding a platter with a severed head before a seated couple at a dining table in an interior.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Woodcut of Delilah cutting the hair of sleeping Samson on rocks, with soldiers approaching in the distance within an ornate b

Samson and Delilah

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Engraving of a crowd of men in turbans and feathered hats watching a kneeling woman reach toward a stone lion's head.

The Mouth of Truth

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1514

Engraving of two cloaked elders peering from behind a tree toward a woman by a stream, with a bridge and castle in the backgr

Susanna and the Two Elders

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1508