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Architectural elevation drawing of the west front of Houghton Hall, showing a central pedimented block, domes, and colonnaded

The West Front of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation

Isaac Ware, 1735

Ink and wash floor plan of Houghton Hall with a central block, curved colonnades, and labeled service wings.

Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Ground Floor (Basement) Plan

Isaac Ware, 1735

Circular engraving of Mary Magdalen carried upward on clouds by winged angels, with radiating light rays.

Mary Magdalen carried to Heaven

Jean Mignon, ca. 1535-55

Engraving of women weaving, spinning and sewing in a classical interior with columns and a loom.

Women spinning, weaving and sewing

Master FG, 1540-50

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross with men on ladders lowering a body and mourning women gathered below.

Descent from the Cross

Master IQV, 1543

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a stone forge, with cherubs tending tools in the foreground.

Vulcan's Forge

Engraving of a muscular nude man twisting over a pedestal, one arm raised, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

Naked Figure leaning on a Pedestal

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Pen and grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with a globe and a putto with a set square on an ornate pedestal.

Allegory of Geometry

Hans Krumpper, late 16th- early 17th century

Engraving of nude male figures interlocked in a stacked pyramid of dynamic poses over a hatched ground.

Pyramid of Men

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Engraving of six nude male figures forming a pyramid, interlocking limbs and bodies stacked over a ledge.

Pyramid of six Men

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Engraving of a draped woman holding an infant in an arched niche, with French inscription text below.

Virgin and Child in a Niche

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, mid 16th century

Engraving of the Nativity with the infant Christ on the ground, surrounded by kneeling figures, an elderly seated man, and an

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1544-48

Engraving of a standing female saint with halo and palm frond, draped robes, in an octagonal niche.

A female Saint

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 16th century

Engraved Nativity scene with the infant Christ, attending figures, and angels in dense crosshatched lines on a dark ground.

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1530-73

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising above clouds with a halo and radiating light, an angel below her.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1535-73

Engraving of the warrior Amphiaraus standing in a chariot with a spear, horses below, and soldiers fighting at upper right.

Amphiaraus

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Engraving of the crowned Virgin holding the Christ child in an arched niche, with a palm branch and French inscription below.

The Virgin and Child in a Niche

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1543

Engraving of monkeys dressed as people feasting at a table in a kitchen full of hanging hams and cooking pots.

The Fat Kitchen, from the series Monkeys

Pieter van der Borcht

Engraving of a busy town meat market with hanging carcasses, vendors at tables, shoppers, a porter, and dogs on cobblestones.

Meat Market (from the pair Meat Market and Vegetable Market)

Pieter van der Borcht, ca. 1575-1608

Engraving of a classical banquet in a columned hall, with seated guests, attendants pouring wine, and a relief frieze on the

The Banquet of Alexander

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Engraving of a winged allegorical figure on clouds blowing two trumpets with banners, labeled Gloria.

Fame

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Engraving of Saint Stephen kneeling amid a stoning crowd, with God and Christ and angels in clouds above a city.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Domenico del Barbiere

Pen and wash elevation of a classical staircase wall with statues, busts, garlands and a balustrade.

End of Staircase, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Mezzotint portrait of Grinling Gibbons with long curled hair, resting his hand on a carved head beside a carving tool.

Grinling Gibbons

Godfrey Kneller, 1690

Engraving of Venus in a chariot pulled by swans, with cherubs and sea monsters moving across rough waves.

Venus in a Chariot drawn by Two Swans

Master IQV, ca. 1544

Engraving of women with water jars gathered at a well beside a wooden trellis, with trees and grasses in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Master IQV, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of the Madonna and Child with saints, an angel, and a dragon beneath a draped canopy bed and lattice window.

Madonna of Saint Margaret

Master IQV, ca. 1543

Red chalk drawing of the mythological flaying of Marsyas, with a seated musician, onlookers, and a tree in a landscape.

The Flaying of Marsyas

François van Loo, early 18th century

Ink drawing of a classical pedimented chimneypiece with garlands and an urn, with a floor plan below.

Chimney to the Parlour, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling saint with arms raised among lions in an amphitheatre, with spectators above.

San Ponziano in an Amphitheatre Being Exposed to Lions

Christoph Unterberger, 1732-98