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Pen drawing of a stable with a horse over a stall, a man stirring a bucket, and a standing man with a pitchfork.

And none knew why he fed them both with his own hands, illustration to "Quince"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Pen and ink drawing of three people in period dress seated on a stone bench near a tree, with ruins and distant travelers.

The bird to others flew, illustration to "A Love Song"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1887

Engraving of Adam and Eve mourning dead Abel in a rocky landscape, with a lion, lamb, altar fire, and God in clouds.

Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel

Cornelis Cort, 1564

Engraved print of a gallery wall crowded with classical busts, statues, urns and medallions arranged in tiers.

La Galerie de Girardon

Nicolas Chevalier, 18th century

Watercolor sketch of a castle courtyard with arched galleries, a balcony of figures, and two horses in the foreground.

Lea Castle, View in Tilt-Court, Facing North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Etching of a plumed rider on a horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, with shaded sky behind.

Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a mounted bullfighter striking a bull in an arena while spectators watch from the stands behind a barrier.

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a picador on horseback with a pike facing a bull in an arena, with other riders and figures in the background.

Plate 27 from "La Tauromaquia": The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pike

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of horses grazing in a field beside a tree, with a village in the distance and a banner reading UN CHAMP.

Decoration for a Plate: A Field

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Engraving of a lion attacking a rearing horse inside an oval frame, with horizontal hatched background.

Lion Attacking a Horse, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Adamo Scultori, ca. 1540-80

Engraving of two robed saints in a wooded landscape with a pig, a bird, a castle, and boats in the distance.

Saint John and Anthony in a Landscape

Master IQV, ca. 1544-45

Two versions of an etching of figures in robes reaching up toward quails flying overhead, a biblical scene.

Moses Showing the Quails to the Israelites

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545

Etching on a page with a shepherd and sheep by a fire above, and men hauling a net from a boat below.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-52 (?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of two standing figures beside a group of camels, with sketched figures and architecture behind.

Rebecca at the Well

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 17th century

Woodcut of two bearded saints beside a large tree, one holding an open book, with a hilly landscape behind them.

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Onuphrius

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1503

Colored print of a tabby cat leading kittens along a garden path past a rose trellis toward a house.

Pussy's Return

Currier & Ives, 1868-78

Watercolor drawing of a barred brown and grey shrike-like bird perched on a twisted branch, with an ink inscription above.

Castrica Fratina

Vincenzo Leonardi, 17th century

Engraving of Mars and Venus reclining on a bed with Cupid, plus a mirrored reverse copy beside it.

Mars and Venus

Enea Vico, [1543]

Engraving of a draped woman extending her arm toward a flying bird under clouds, on a rocky landscape.

Proserpine Changing Aesculapius into an Owl

Enea Vico, 1548

Pietro Aretino

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

Etching of Othello's final scene: a kneeling man with a sword beside a dead woman on a bed, with cloaked men holding torches

"O Spartan dog": plate 15 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)

Théodore Chassériau, 1844

Watercolor of a black curassow with a curled crest and yellow beak standing on a grassy mound.

A Black Curassow

Johannes Bronckhorst, late 17th-early 18th century

Watercolor of several black, blue and yellow birds perched on a gnarled branch, with a small river scene below.

Six South American Birds

Abraham Meertens, mid-18th-early 19th century

Ink and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated man in a wig with a dog and a book beside him.

Three-quarter length portrait study of a man seated at a desk with a dog

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Watercolor landscape of a stream, shepherd with cattle, wooded hills, and a hilltop building under clouds.

Licenza, near Rome: Horace's Villa

William Havell, ca. 1828-29

Pen and ink study with white highlights showing soldiers, a horse, and a crouching man around a stone block.

Historical Scene (Composition Study for Chapelle de Guise)

Niccolò dell' Abate, 16th century

Engraving of a reclining man and standing woman in an elegant 18th-century interior with canopy bed and cupid sculpture.

La Carquois Épuisé (The Empty Quiver)

Pierre Antoine Baudouin, 1775

Watercolor drawing of a canopied chariot procession with bishops, horses, and flying angels in a forest setting.

The Triumph of the Church: Ecclesia Presented with the Doctrines, Seated in a Chariot Attended by the Four Doctors of…

Otto van Veen, 1615-20

Engraving of a group of draped Roman-style men with a horse, a tree and a dagger, gathered in an outdoor scene.

Group of Roman Figures

Master IQV, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers on horseback, onlookers, and dogs.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Martin Schongauer, 1470-75