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3,265 works

Chromolithograph card of a billiards game with three figures beside a gold-framed portrait of a woman with a rose in her hair

Billiards, from the Games and Sports series (N165) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of women roller skating in a park, with a framed portrait of a woman at right.

Roller Skating, from the Games and Sports series (N165) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1889

Engraved portrait of Pope Clement IX seated in a carved throne, holding a book, with a bell and tassels beside him.

Pope Clement the Ninth

John Hall, 1780

Sepia trade card of a young woman with long wavy hair and bare shoulders, titled Old Judge at the top.

Actress from the Old Judge series (N167) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1886

Sepia cigarette card of a young woman in a hooded bonnet and apron adjusting her stocking on rocky ground.

(Minnie Palmer) from the Old Judge series (N167) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1886

Sepia trade card of a young child with curly hair and a bow, labeled "Old Judge", from an 1886 cigarette card series.

From the Old Judge series (N167) for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1886

Tobacco card of a woman in a buttoned jacket and small hat leaning on a bare tree, titled Gypsy Queen, pink tinted.

Actress from the Old Judge series (N167) for Old Judge and Gypsy Queen Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1886

Engraving of a mounted Roman emperor in plumed helmet and armor, holding a baton, with classical ruins behind him.

Plate 2: Emperor Augustus on Horseback, from "The First Twelve Emperors of Ancient Rome"

Matthäus Merian the Elder, 1610-50

Etching of David's triumphal return with Goliath's severed head, a mounted rider, spearmen, and women and children at right.

Plate 17: David Returning in Triumph with the Head of Goliath, from "The Battles of the Old Testament"

Antonio Tempesta, ca. 1590-1610

Bust of Livy, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Bust of Livy, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1582

Engraved portrait of Archbishop Thomas Herring seated in clerical robes and wig, holding a book, with inscription and coat of

The Most Reverend Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury

Bernard Baron, 1750

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a dark naval-style coat holding a sword hilt, with a printed caption below.

A Sea Officer

Charles Townley, ca. 1800

Etching of a grinning fool in a hooded cap embracing a young woman who peeks through her spread fingers.

Fool with a Girl Looking Through Her Fingers

Werner van den Valckert

Engraved frontispiece with an oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, surrounded by fruit swags and garden roundels.

Frontispiece with a Portrait of Jacques Boyceau de la Berauderie (ca. 1560-1633)

Grégoire Huret, ca. 1638

Portraits of the Emperors from Julius Caesar to Rudolf II, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Small Portraits of the Popes from Christ to Sixtus V, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Small Portraits of the Popes from Christ to Innocent IX, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla, late 16th century

Engraved portrait of a man in a wig pointing at a harbor with ships, with a dedicatory inscription below.

William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts

Peter Pelham, 1747

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer

Erhard Schön, ca. 1538

Mezzotint portrait of Sir William Pepperrell in a wig and embroidered coat, holding a baton, with a distant town behind him.

Sir William Pepperrell

Peter Pelham, 1747

Portrait of Michelangelo in profile facing right set within a recess

Enea Vico, 1545

Engraved portrait of a seated bishop in ceremonial robes and chain, with stained glass windows behind him, dated 1743.

The Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Benjamin Hoadly, Lord Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Most Noble Order of…

William Hogarth, 1743

Portrait of a Young Man

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, mid-19th century

Chalk drawing of a man with long hair, mustache and goatee, turned slightly to the side, on toned paper.

Portrait of Louis XIII

Simon Vouet, ca. 1632-35

Engraved portrait of seated Captain Thomas Coram with a wig, holding a seal beside The Royal Charter, a globe, and ships at s

Captain Thomas Coram

William Nutter, December 1, 1796

Lithographed trading card of a matador holding a sword and red cape, titled Bull Fighting Sword, Allen & Ginter, 1887.

Bull Fighting Sword, from the Arms of All Nations series (N3) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Colored cigarette card of a colonial man in tricorn hat holding a flintlock musket with a powder horn, 1887.

Flint-Lock Musket, from the Arms of All Nations series (N3) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Hand-colored 1900 portrait of Viola Allen with pearl-beaded hair ornament and pale gown, with signature and Turkish Trophies

Viola Allen in The Palace of the King, from the Actresses series (T1), distributed by the American Tobacco Co. to pro…

Frederick Moladore Spiegle, 1900

Chromolithograph of a woman in a tan dress holding a fan, with Allen & Ginter Cigarettes text below.

Plate 41, from the Fans of the Period series (N7) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1889