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Etching of a young rider on horseback leading another horse along a rough path past a bank and trees.

A young horseman, seen from the front, leading another horse, plate 11 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a cow drinking from a stone trough beside a wooded bank, with cattle resting in the background.

A cow drinking from a stone trough, other cows to left in background, plate 12 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a peasant woman with a basket walking between a grazing donkey on the left and a packed horse on the right.

A peasant woman, seen from the back, holding a basket in center, a donkey to left and a horse with a pack on its back…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a woman riding a donkey side saddle with a child, a second woman walking beside her carrying a bag.

A young peasant woman and her child sitting side saddle atop a horse in center, another peasant woman to right, holdi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a man in a fur hat holding a horse draped in a spotted fur cover, with small figures in the background.

A Polish nobleman, facing away, holding his horse covered in leopard skin, four men and a horse in background, plate…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a large elephant with a turbaned mahout at right and a smaller elephant in the background at left.

An elephant in center, his mahout standing to the right wearing an Oriental costume, another elephant to left in back…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs, resting his chin on his hand in an armchair.

The Right Honorable Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1795

Stipple engraving of a man with curly hair in an oval frame, titled Mr. Henderson in the Character of Iago.

John Henderson, in the Character of Iago (Shakespeare's Othello)

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1786

Ignatius Sancho

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1802

Engraving of a woman in classical dress holding a comic mask and placing a laurel wreath on a bust beside a lyre.

Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 20, 1783

Engraved bust portrait of Jane Shore, a woman with jewelled hair and a pearl necklace, with a Shakespeare quotation below.

Jane Shore: "Give gentle mistress Shore one gentle kiss the more (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 3, scene 1)

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 1, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a man and woman as Romeo and Juliet, with a cherub and Capulet sign above them.

Mr. Dimond and Miss Wallis in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

Francesco Bartolozzi, May 1, 1796

Hand-colored oval print of Jupiter and Juno embracing on a cloud, with an eagle and two cupids nearby.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida

Francesco Bartolozzi, January 1, 1784

Engraving of men in period dress in a draped room, one with a monkey on his shoulder, two women watching by a mirror.

Frontispiece for Fanny Burney's "Evelina": Mr. Lovel Bitten in the Ear by Captain Mirvan's Monkey, vol. III

Francesco Bartolozzi, November 24, 1779

Brown ink drawing of a garden grove with a ruined classical temple, a stairway, a crowd of figures and tall trees.

Veduta del Boschetto d'Arcadia dalla parte del Tempio

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, n.d.

Engraving of the Holy Family walking on a path, with a dove and God the Father among clouds above.

The Return from Egypt

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1595-1659

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a bearded man holding a stag's head beside an armored knight standing over a dragon.

Saint Eustace and Saint George

Hans von Kulmbach, ca. 1511

Brown ink drawing of women gathered around a nude statue beneath trees, with winged figures in the sky and a lute in the fore

The Challenge of the Pierides, from Ovid's Metamorphosis (Book V: 294-678)

Karel van Mander I, 16th-17th century

Chalk drawing of Bacchus seated with a cup, a reclining nude Ariadne, a putto and satyrs among grapevines in a wooded setting

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jean Hughes Taraval, 18th century

Drawing of a draped grey cloth with soft folds, shaded in black chalk and highlighted in white on blue-grey paper.

Study of Drapery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ca. 1813

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall in a wooded landscape, with a mother and child seated on a rock at lower left.

Landscape with Waterfall and a Mother and Child

Johann Peter Beer, 1800

Portrait of Julius Olivier, the Artist's Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1846

Pen drawing of the risen Christ with a banner rising above tumbling soldiers, with a tomb in the upper left.

The Resurrection

Bernard van Orley, early 16th century

Engraved print of putti, musicians and lily stems rising through clouds beneath a sunburst, framed by ornamental borders.

Morning, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraved allegorical print of a seated woman with cherubs under a floral arch, with a lily and daisy wreath above.

Day, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraved print of a haloed female figure among playing cherubs, roses and stars within an ornamental border.

Evening, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraving of a veiled female figure with cherubs above a sunflower, owls and sleeping figures in a botanical border.

Night, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Watercolor botanical study of a red catchfly with blue and red flowers, green leaves and a branching stem on pale paper.

Study of a red catchfly (Lychnis hirsuta)

Herman Saftleven, 1680

Grey wash allegory: a seated woman with brushes is crowned by a putto, flanked by a woman and a man with a compass.

An Allegory of the Arts with Isis and Geometry Attending the Three-headed Figure of Painting and Sculpture, a Putto C…

Erasmus Quellinus, 17th century

Etching of a feathered-hat man leading a horse by the bridle, with a rear view of a sword-bearing man and a head study.

A Pole Holding a Horse by the Bridle

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662