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Engraved bust portrait of a man in ornate military uniform with epaulettes and medals, captioned Alexander II.

[Portret Aleksandra II, cesarza Rosji]

Paul Neti, 1800

Hand-coloured print of villagers dancing and listening to a harpist in front of a rustic barn with trees.

Scenes from common life

Josef Lanzedelly, 1800

Engraving of a Roman triumphal procession with a chariot, soldiers, crowds, classical temples and winged figures in the sky.

Triumph of Constantine after his victory over Maxentius on October 29 of the year 312 AD

Nicolas Henri Tardieu, 1749

Engraved 1751 view of Chelsea Royal Hospital and Ranelagh Rotunda across the river, with rowing boats in the foreground.

A View of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea & the Rotunda in Ranelaigh Gardens = Vüe de l'Hopital royal des Invalides à C…

Thomas Bowles, 1751

Hand-colored print of a market street scene with a stout man in a blue coat, fruit vendors, boys, and scattered apples.

The Spiritual Breakfast

Josef Lanzedelly, 1800

Engraving of Windsor Castle across the Thames with boats, swans, and figures fishing on the bank in the foreground.

A View of the Royal Palace of Windsor = Vüe du Palais royal de Windsor : á vingt un miles de Londrés

Nathaniel Parr, 1751

Engraved interior with a seated woman, a servant girl holding a candle, and a mirror, with French verse below.

The Beauties of Every Floor

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1800

Hand-coloured print of a crowd watching a pink hot air balloon rise over the courtyard of Versailles palace in 1783.

Aerostatic experiment made at Versailles on 19 Sept. 1783 [...] = Attempt made at Versailles on 19 Sept. 1783 [...]

Balthasar Friedrich Leizel, 1783

Circular etching of an angel leading Saint Peter from prison past sleeping guards, with light rays and stone arches.

[Deliverance of St. Peter]

Johann Michael Frey, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded monk holding a book beside a cross, with a Polish inscription below.

Venerable servant of God Father Rafał Chyliński, Franciscan fell asleep in the Lord [...]

Secondo Bianchi, 1778

Engraving of a mounted knight in a plumed hat speaking to a kneeling woman, with armored attendants and donkeys on a road.

[Meeting with Dulcinea, illustration to "Don Quixote of La Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes]

Daniel Berger, 1781

Etching of a couple embracing near an arched building as a woman in a bonnet waves from a garden, with a tree and distant tow

The happy rescue

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1797

Engraved print of a mounted gendarme in a tricorn hat on a rearing horse, with a tower and sky behind him.

Gendarmerie [...]

A. J. Defehrt, 1756

Engraved print of a formal garden with a central fountain, hedge maze walls, domed pavilions, obelisks and strolling figures.

Second Pleasure Basin of the Labyrinth

Karl Remshard, 1735

Engraving of villagers gathered on a road as two men in period coats shake hands, with thatched cottages and trees behind.

[Illustration for the work "The Fishermen" by Johannes Ewald]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1784

Silhouette portrait of a man in uniform with sash and star, inside a red engraved ornamental border with allegorical figure.

Friedrich Ludw. Karl Prince of Prussia; born the 5 November 1773

W.H. Mewes, 1790

Engraved portrait of a bewigged clergyman in a rococo frame, with German inscription below.

Johan Martin Chladenius, Doctor of Holy Scripture, and Professor at Erlangen

Johann Christoph Sysang, 1749

Faded 1733 print of a man in military dress within an oval frame, with lettering below and a library stamp.

Lebrecht Gottfried Janus, General by the Muscovite Cavalry

Martin Bernigeroth, 1733

Engraved allegory: Minerva beside a bust crowned with laurel by a winged figure, with a seated writer and classical ruins beh

Virtue fosters [she crowns] herself Minerva

Carlo Antonini, 1770

Engraved architectural elevation of two stacked portals with rusticated walls, arches, pediment and helmeted trophies.

[Two portals decorated with panoplies]

Aniello Cataneo, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair and lace bodice, with a printed caption naming Françoise Marie de Bourbon.

Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Orleans, wife of the Duke of Orleans, Regent of the Kingdom

Martin Bernigeroth, 1733

Engraved river landscape with seven mountain peaks on the horizon, sailing boats on the water and large clouds overhead.

The Seven Mountains Coming from Bonn = View of the Seven Mountains Coming from Bonn

Hendrik de Leth, 1767

Engraved village scene of a fortune teller reading a woman's palm beside a large tree, with a dog and cottage.

David Teniers has his wife's fortune told

Benedikt Winkler, 1797

Engraved print of a haloed figure reaching toward a girl on a canopied bed while mourners and a kneeling man look on.

[Resurrection of Jairus's daughter]

C. W Griessmann, 1785

Engraving of a draped woman and turbaned men on a hill, with a distant castle and river landscape under cloudy skies.

The Slave at Auction

Pierre François Basan, 1797

Engraving of two gentlemen in 18th-century dress before a tree and classical ruins, one holding a portfolio.

The two brothers

Samuel Gottlob Kuetner, 1789

Hand-coloured print of a brown and white cow with a bell on a grassy slope beside a wooden fence.

Cow = The Cow

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a sheep beside a wooden fence with trees, labeled Ovis, Das Schaf, La Brebis.

Sheep = The Sheep

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1767

Etching of a gnarled tree with exposed roots and leafy branches, with the inscription Daniel Düringer and No. 1 below.

[First plate of an unidentified landscape series]

Daniel Düringer, 1755

Etching of a seated boy wearing a feathered cap, drawn in loose hatched lines within a triangular plate.

[Boy in a cap with a feather]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1774

Engraving of an ornate ceremonial barge with canopies, cherubs and attendants during a 1716 Venetian regatta procession.

On the occasion of the solemn and famous regatta celebrated in Venice on the 27th of May 1716 in honor of His Most Se…

Andrea Zucchi, 1716

Engraved street scene of marching guards and a drummer amid a crowd, with townhouses and onlookers at the windows.

A Representation of the March of the Guards towards Scotland, in the Year 1745

Luke Sullivan, 1750

[Bust of an old Jew]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1784

Hand-coloured engraved pilaster design with classical figures, medallions, grotesque panels and a fruit garland, numbered IV.

[Raphael's Loggie] : [pilaster]. Num. IV

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1772

Hand-coloured print of a tall decorative pilaster with classical figures, grisaille reliefs, putti and gilded ornament.

[Raphael's Loggie] : [pilaster]. [N. 11]

Giovanni Volpato, 1776

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded ruler with sceptre and orb, above a French caption tablet and crossed weapons.

[Alexis, Tsar of Russia]

Jean Louis Charles Pauquet, 1800

Hand-coloured print of a decorative arch with a chariot scene, columns, a fruit garland and a Latin inscription below.

[Raphael's Loggie, archivolt and lunette] : Having subdued Syria, David took golden weapons, and brought them down to…

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1776

Etching of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with a halo, surrounded by cherubs and angels above a stone pedestal.

[Assumption of the Virgin Mary]

Carlo Maratti, 1713

Engraved architectural plate showing an ornate iron gate with herm pillars, plus plans and an elevation of a menagerie buildi

Trumeaux with double herms, between which are iron grilles which are the enclosure of the menagerie on the palace sid…

Nikolaus Mettel, 1736

Engraving of a skeletal mounted general with plumed helmet and sword, accompanied by a cloaked skeleton and skeletal horse.

The General

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1791

Engraving of a harlequin figure in a patterned costume and mask, hand to face in a weeping pose, with trees behind.

[Weeping Harlequin, from the cycle "Les Comédiens Italiens"]

François Joullain, 1734

Engraving of a white stag with unusual antlers standing in a forest clearing with trees and foliage.

This white fir stag with shown rare growth of antlers [...]

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1763

Engraved print of a haloed robed figure facing a kneeling bearded man with a staff, framed by classical columns and an arch.

[Saint Paul?]

Stefano Mulinari, 1800

Engraving of a helmeted warrior and seated woman with satyrs hauling a beam under trees, with French verse below.

Manhood

François Joullain, 1725

Engraving of a bird catcher leading a horse loaded with cages and an owl, with dogs on a forest path.

Bird catcher on the bird-trap pulling with his equipment = Birdcatcher on the bird-catching ground pulling the nets

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1780

Engraving of two Corsican hunters in plumed caps, one holding a staff and one holding a musket, on rocky ground.

[Hunters of the Island of Corsica]

Sébastien Leroy, 1800

Engraved forest scene with a seated couple, a standing man, a deer and a pond beneath large trees.

[Fête champêtre]

Elvine Claris, 1800

Etching of a man in a cloak peering into a cage in a vaulted cell, with a kneeling figure and a seated woman on a stone floor

Jacques of Armagnac Duke of Nemours in prison = Jacques d'Armagnac de Nemours en prison. 10

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1793

Engraving of a Mass ceremony under an arch, with clergy at a raised altar and kneeling congregation on both sides.

[Mass of Bolsena]

Rafaello Morghen, 1778

Engraving of peasants harvesting grain in a field, gathering sheaves into tall stooks, with two children at lower right.

[The Peasant of Pavlov in the Palatinate of Vilna 1767]

Carlo Antonini, 1795

Etching of Ariadne kneeling on a rocky shore, reaching toward a distant sailing ship on rough sea.

[Illustration to "Theseus" by Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker] : [Incipit:] Theseus leaves Ariadne on the island of Naxos. 4

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1794

Small etching of a bearded man in a turban with a feather plume, turned to the left, with a stern expression.

[Bust of a distinguished nobleman]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1787

Engraved print of a robed man in a cap meditating on a tree-lined garden path, with German caption below.

[Illustration to "Berliner Genealogischer Kalender auf das Jahr 1789"]

Johann Friedrich August Clar, 1788

Etching of a standing man by a cave with a seated figure inside, a horse among trees at right, and a German caption below.

[Virgil's Aeneid travestied by Blumauer] : What both lovers did in the cave [...]. 9

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1789

Stanislaus Augustus King of Poland

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1771

Engraving of women shelling peas at a city market stall under an awning, with a child and dog in the foreground.

May : the female pea-shellers

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1782

Etching of a stout man raising his hands while a uniformed officer in a tall hat grips his shoulder before a fence and bare t

[Anecdotes from the life of Frederick II]. Anecd. XI, Here I am

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1788

Hand-colored engraved 1711 view of Cracau in Pohlen with a city skyline, river, and foreground horsemen and figures.

Krakow in Poland

Johann Christoph Dehne, 1711

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf giving alms to two ragged boys, one leaning on a staff, with a small child beside her.

[Caritas]

Giuseppe Sforza Perini, 1776

Engraved floor plan of a royal sepulchre with a central dome, circular chapels, colonnades and staircases, with script title

Iconography of the royal tomb

Giuseppe Vasi, 1739

Engraved architectural drawing of a domed chapel showing a cross section with an altar and a facade elevation.

Profile by C.D. = Profile through C.D. ; Facade towards the altar = Facade towards the choir altar

Alexander Glässer, 1756

Etching of a winter scene: a woman on a sled pulled by a fur-coated figure, turbaned onlookers, and a snowy village with chur

Complacency: in Russia it is among the people a general joy the return of the snow [...]

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1764

Engraving of a crowd and carriages on a road below a wooded hill with buildings, titled Les dames de la Halle, 1791.

[The ladies of the Hall leaving to go fetch the king at Versailles on October 5, 1789

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

Hand-colored engraving of a brown hare sitting among flowers, grass and leafy shrubs, with Latin and German titles above and

Lepus campestris = Common field hare

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Etching of a stone fountain with an urn, poplar trees, shepherds with sheep, and a colonnaded building on a hill.

View of the Łazienki fountain

Anna Potocka, 1795

Engraving of cavalry and infantry clashing with muskets and sabres in smoke before a columned neoclassical building.

[Action between Royal - Allemand and a detachment of the French Guards, opposite the depot. July 12, 1789

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

Engraved 18th-century interior scene with elegantly dressed figures conversing near tall windows and an ornate mirror.

[Illustration for "The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters Published from the Originals by the Ed…

Johann Michael Stock, 1770

Engraved print of a priest in lace-trimmed surplice and cassock holding a biretta, standing on a grassy hillside.

[Priest of the Island of Corsica]

Sébastien Leroy, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of turbaned figures around a nude central man beside classical columns, with a torch-bearer at lower left.

[Ecce Homo]

Richard Earlom, 1787

Etching of a seated woman and a gesturing standing man beside a desk, with a window and bookshelves in a room.

[Illustration for the comedy "Liebe nach der Mode" by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner] : [Incipit:] Really, Mama was rig…

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1784

Oval lithographic portrait of a uniformed officer with epaulettes and medals, with a Polish caption below the image.

Jakób Redel general of Polish Troops commander of foot artillery

Ignacy Gepner, 1800

Engraved portrait of a man reclining on a chaise longue beside drapery, a table with an open book, and a landscape view.

Thaddeus Kosciuszko

William Sharp, 1800

Engraved title page of a lecture hall with a preacher, seated audience, clergy, and wall displays of animals, plants and skel

[Title print for the publication by F. H. Ziehenhagen "The Science of the Proper Relation to the Works of the Creator…

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1792

Hand-coloured print of a crowded theatre gallery with spectators in top hats and bonnets leaning over a curved railing.

Of the Intermezzo

Josef Lanzedelly, 1800

Lithographic portrait of bearded bishop in tall black klobuk and medals, set among clouds, with Latin title below.

Stephanus Romanowski D. Gr. Episcopus Volhyniensis Żitomiriensis [...]

Jan Nepomucen Żyliński, 1800

Engraved print of a family reunion in an interior, a man embracing a woman while children look on, with a French caption.

[Illustration for the work "Fables and Tales" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1779

Printed grid of forty-nine labeled heraldic shields with animals, crosses, arrows and crescents, titled Herby Podskarbich.

[Herby Podskarbich Wielkich Koronnych i Wo Xa Litewskiego]

Franciszek Jabłoński, 1800

Lithograph portrait of Christian Gryphius, a man with long curled wig, white collar and dark coat, in an octagonal frame.

Christian Gryphius

J. B Steinmetz, 1800

Etching of elegantly dressed people gathered in a wooded park, with a seated man reading a book beside children.

[Illustration for "Pocketbook and Almanac for Sociable Amusement by W. G. Becker for 1796"]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1795

Engraved panorama of soldiers and horsemen struggling on the Champs-Élysées under a cloudy sky, with trees and a cannon.

[Mr. La Fayette fait dédesarmer aux Champs Elisées deux cent soldats, le 12 Janvier 1790

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

Engraved religious print of a monk with a staff beside a candlelit cave, with two smaller scenes of monks at a sickbed below.

[Spiridion i Nikodem Pieczarscy w kuchni, ilustracja do "Pateryku Pieczerskiego"]

Leontij Tarasowicz, 1702

Engraved equestrian portrait of a man on a dark horse, with a second rider, a tree, and a river city behind.

Augustus III Rex Poloniarum Elector Saxoniae etc. etc

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1732

Engraving of a crowd looting a walled arsenal complex with cannons, pikes and ladders under a cloudy sky.

[Pillage de l`Arsenal de Lyon, le 7 Février 1790

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

Engraving of an allegorical woman raising a liberty cap over a fallen lion, broken crown and swords, with sunrise behind.

Die neue Französische Constitution

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1791

Engraved oval portrait of a man in period dress, framed by flowers and laurel, above a still life of music, globe and book.

Michel Comte Wielhorski [...]

Charles François Adrien Macret, 1774

Etching of a row of figures in cloaks and hats, including a woman in a long gown and a pointing man, on a pale ground.

[Diverses suites de figures, livre 1]. 2

Sébastien Le Clerc, 1703

Engraving of a helmeted allegorical figure with spear and outstretched arms above men in varied dress, titled Toleranz.

Toleranz

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1791

Etching of a hunter in a tree shooting at a lynx attacking a wild boar in a dense forest.

Anno 1718. Ist diser grosse Luchs da er ein Haupt Schwein angefallen [...]

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1745

Engraved comic scene of commedia dell'arte figures in an arched interior, with a seated man attended by a woman and a harlequ

[Ilustracja do „Livre de Scenes Comiques”]

Gabriel Huquier, 1729

Etching of satyr-like figures and children beneath a large tree in a forest, with French verse caption below.

L'adolescence

François Joullain, 1725

Etched portrait of a man with an open mouth and wide eyes, shown within an octagonal frame.

[Studium krzyczącego I]

Heinrich Nether, 1778

[Szlachcic w szubie]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1779

Engraved frontispiece showing a bearded man lifting a veil from a seated woman beside a gesturing young man in a classical ro

[Ilustracja do "Voyages d'Antenor en Grèce et en Asie (...), frontyspis] Tome 3 [Inc.:] Antiphon me présente à sa fem…

Jean Louis Delignon, 1799

Sepia engraving of a neoclassical candlestick with ram-head ornaments on a fluted column and a lit candle on top.

[Świecznik z motywem głowy barana]. No 1

Claude-Dominique Vinsac, 1800

[Mężczyzna w białym kitlu]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1779

[Projekt sarkofagu z urną na kolumnie]

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1755