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Etching of a royal courtyard with a central colonnaded loggia, fountains, statues, and small figures on steps.

View of a courtyard with a loggia, fountains, statues, and other ornaments (Prospetto d'un regio Cortile nel cui mezz…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of a grand stepped interior with rows of columns, arches, fountains and small figures, by Piranesi.

Stairways adorned by magnificient architecture... (Gruppo di Scale ornato di magnifica Architettura...), from "Prima…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of an imagined ancient Roman piazza with obelisk, columns, statues, a round temple and steps.

The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa c…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo ornamental design with scrolls, foliage and an oval cartouche, with a scale bar at left.

Ornamental Design

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Etching of an imaginary Roman bridge with loggias and arches, framed by a large arch, with boats on water.

Magnificent bridge with loggias, and arches erected by a Roman Emperor... (Ponte magnfiico con Logge, ed Archi errett…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of a colonnaded Roman-style hall with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and small figures on steps.

Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans, and niches adorned with statues (Sala all'uso degli an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of a grand sculpture gallery with arches, coffered vaults, a wide staircase, statues in niches, and small figures.

Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above... (Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura è con Arch…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Pen and ink drawing of halved ceiling design with coffered vaults, rococo scrollwork, and diamond lattice patterns.

Halved Alternate Designs for a Ceiling Painting

Leonardo Marini, 1700-1780

Print of a man in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes and a sword, with a cannon and tree behind him.

His Excellency George Washington Esq-r

Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1777

Sepia mezzotint portrait of a woman leaning on a ledge by an arched window, with blue hand-colored drapery.

Lady Washington

Sr Joseph Hiller, after 1776

Engraving of Shylock, Jessica and Launcelot in a dim interior, a veiled woman clutching her shoulder beside a cloaked man.

Shylock's House-Shylock, Jessica and Launcelot (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 5)

Peter Simon, first published 1795; reissued 1852

Engraving of Hamlet restrained by two men as a glowing armored ghost points at them from a misty background.

Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4)

Robert Thew, first published 1796; reissued 1852

Etching of a smiling woman cook standing in a kitchen with a hanging pot, wooden tub, and table of eggs and copper pot.

The Cook, from "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Engraving of a boy fleeing a woman in classical robes while two men watch, with a brazier and columns in the background.

Rome, Titus's Garden-Lucius Pursued by Lavinia (Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act 4, Scene 1)

Thomas Kirk, first published 1793; reissued 1852

Engraving of Orlando offering his hand to Rosalind, who holds a chain, with Celia and courtiers before classical columns.

Before the Duke's Palace-Rosalind, Celia, Orlando, the Duke & Attendants (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 1, Scene 2)

William Satchwell Leney, first published 1800; reissued 1852

Engraving of Prospero and Miranda beside Caliban reaching toward the flying spirit Ariel in a rocky cave, from Shakespeare's

The Enchanted Island Before the Cell of Prospero - Prospero, Miranda, Caliban and Ariel (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Ac…

Peter Simon, first published 1797; reissued 1852

Engraving of Malvolio in yellow stockings before Olivia and Maria in a richly furnished room, with onlookers and a monkey.

Olivia's House - Olivia, Maria and Malvolio (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4)

Thomas Ryder, first published 1794; reissued 1852

Pencil portrait of a man with curly hair, bow tie and waistcoat, turned to the left, signed by Waldmüller.

Portrait of Franz Jauner (Vienna 1832-1900 Vienna), Theater Director and Actor in Vienna

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1800-1865

Engraved design of a classical chimneypiece with winged griffons on the lintel, candelabra on the sides, and a flame in the f

Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Engraved classical chimneypiece with winged Victories on the frieze, cornucopia jambs, and an ornate fire grate.

Chimneypiece: Frieze of trophies and winged Victories on the lintel, with cornucopias to either side of the jambs dec…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Engraved plate of neoclassical furniture and candlesticks, including two sedan chairs, a side table and a commode.

Miscellaneous furniture including two sedan chairs, a side table and a commode (Deux ch. à porteurs v. de côté, conso…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Etched design of an Egyptian-style chimneypiece with mummies, caryatids, hieroglyphs and a central flaming fireplace.

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures brearing obelisks on the right…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Engraved Egyptian-style chimneypiece by Piranesi, with caryatids, sphinxes, hieroglyphs and stepped pyramid motifs around the

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Groups of three female nudes at the base of each jamb, surmounted by larger kneel…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Etched Egyptian-style chimneypiece with a caryatid, mummy figure, hieroglyphs and sphinx heads above a burning fire.

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Mummy superimposed on a large caryatid above the lintel (Ch. à l'égyptiennne surm…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Engraved neoclassical chimneypiece design with Greek key border and circular zodiac fireback showing a chariot.

Chimneypiece: Architrave decorated with a Greek key motif and a circular fireback with figures of the zodiac (Ch. déc…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Title page of Piranesi's Opere varie, with red lettering and a small etching of figures among ruined classical architecture.

Frontispiece to "Opere varie di architettura, prospettive grotesshi antichità"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Red chalk drawing of a woman dipping a cloth into a bowl held by a girl, set before a stone architectural background.

Woman Soaking a Cloth in a Bowl Held by a Girl (copy from Guercino's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene)

Guercino, 1591-1666

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded man in a cloak writing in a book at a table beside an inkwell.

Saint Paul

Guercino, 1591-1666

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling bearded saint, a winged angel, and a putto holding a staff in a landscape.

Saint with Angel and Putto

Grey wash drawing of women in flowing dress gathering around an infant beneath a tree, one holding a parasol.

The Finding of Moses

Anton Kern, 1725-47