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Hand-colored caricature of a smiling man in a top hat watching voters enter a polling station labeled Salle de Vote.

[I think I have some chances...]

Edmond Lavrate, 1888

Satirical 1894 cartoon by Johan Braakensiek showing a large John Bull figure with a finger to his lips among anarchists with

[John Bull]

Johan Braakensiek, 1894

Octagonal engraving of a rustic interior with a seated bearded man, a group of figures, a barrel, and a doorway to a landscap

[Finfa]

Julian Rabcewicz, 1900

Hand-colored caricature of a ballroom with musicians on a balcony, a man on his hands, a kicking woman in purple, and a falle

[The guide to good manners]

Edmond Lavrate, 1888

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

Circular engraving of a classical landscape with Ionic column ruins, a large tree, a river and figures on steps.

[Ruins of an antique building]

Gabriel Pérelle, 1677

Colored caricature of a top-hatted man leaping and holding a newspaper marked ÉLU while two onlookers react beside a wall.

[Now that I am elected, I tell you all...]

Edmond Lavrate, 1888

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

Lithograph of a winged allegorical figure above a panicked crowd with exploding shells and fallen people.

[Grenades exploding among a crowd, political satire]

Johan Braakensiek, 1893

Colored cartoon of a man bending to wash a child's feet in a basin while a woman and a man in clogs watch.

[Don't trouble yourself, dear madam...]

Edmond Lavrate, 1888

[Head of a man]

Feliks Walkiewicz, 1926

[Maria Lutele]

Louis Marcoussis, 1901

Hand-colored caricature of a seated man in an armchair and a bowing bearded man holding a top hat, with French caption.

[If I have the honor of sitting in the Chamber, Mr. Curate...]

Edmond Lavrate, 1888

Engraved print of Ephesus ruins with stone arches, a pond and small figures in a circular vignette.

[Vue et ruine d'Ephese]

Thérèse Chenu, 1800

Etching of a woman mourning at a grave with an ivy-covered cross, with other figures standing nearby among shrubs.

[Luiza umiera przy grobie ukochanego, ilustracja do "Lebensläufe nach aufsteigender Linie" Theodora Gottlieba von Hip…

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1779

Colored caricature of two men shaking hands, one leaning on a barrel labeled Entreprise de Vidange, with French caption.

[Touch it, my friend!...]

Edmond Lavrate, 1888

Etched circular landscape with a ruined column, classical ruins, brick buildings and figures walking on a path.

[Pejzaż]

Gabriel Pérelle, 1638

Etching of a Polish horseman with a mace on a prancing horse, with a tower, attendants and a ship in the background.

[Jeździec polski z buzdyganem]

Stefano Della Bella, 1651

Hand-colored engraving of the town Silberberg with red roofs, church towers and green hills under a cloudy sky.

Silberberg (Münsterberg)

Friedrich Bernhard Werner, 1738

Engraved print of a Latin inscription tablet framed by Baroque putti, scrollwork and a coat of arms.

[Tablica z edyktem zakazującym bachanaliów]

Adam Johann Schmutzer, 1727

Etching of a woman in a long gown dozing beside a curtained bed, lit by a candle on a small table.

[Eliza, ilustracja do dzieła "Geschichte Carl Ferdiners" Johanna Jakoba Duscha]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1779

Etching of a feathered-hat horseman on a prancing horse, with smaller riders and an attendant in an open landscape.

[Pułkownik Szczodrowski w stroju polskim]

Stefano Della Bella, 1651

Engraved circular landscape with a large leaning tree, two small figures on a path, and distant mountains under clouds.

[Pejzaż ze sztafażem]

Gabriel Pérelle, 1677

Etching of a tree with robed friars gathered beneath it and a dove with two seated heavenly figures above in clouds.

[L'arbre de saint François]

Jacques Callot, 1618

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a tall fur hat and fur-trimmed coat, with a medallion necklace.

Mazeppa aetat. 70

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1775

Oval engraved portrait of Gaspard de Coligny in armour and lace collar, with a battle scene and fortress behind him.

[Portret Gasparda de Coligny]

Matthäus Merian, 1650

Back of a circular print sheet with faint grey tonal marks, a pencil flourish, and inventory numbers at the bottom.

[Pejzaż z pasterzami]

Gabriel Pérelle, 1677

[Portret męski]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1779

Engraved garden scene with tall fountain jets in a pond, surrounded by trees, with two strolling figures at left.

Quatrième vue de Reisewitz près de Plauen

Christian August Günther, 1785

Hand-coloured engraved view of the town of Reichstein with a church tower, red roofs, fields and wooded hills.

Reichstein (Münsterberg)

Friedrich Bernhard Werner, 1738