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Hand-colored children's alphabet sheet with twenty-six cards, each showing a letter and an animal in blue, red and yellow.

New alphabet game for children / New alphabet game for children

Philippus Jacobus Brepols, 1800

Twelve-panel moralizing print showing a greedy man's punishment, rescue by boat, death, and burial, with Dutch captions.

He, who deserves the name of miser or greedy person, / Is, as depicted here, worthy of no honor but shame! / Make, ch…

Jacob Coldewijn, 1831

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a buttoned coat and lace collar, with a coat of arms and name inscription below.

Portret van Pieter de Carpentier

Hendrik Frans Volkert Diamaer, 1725

Full-length lithograph portrait of a man in military uniform with epaulettes and sword, soldiers and a horse in the backgroun

Portret van Willem II, koning der Nederlanden

Willem Hendrik Hoogkamer, 1831

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and ruffled jabot, with an inscription and coat of arms below.

Portret van Johann Christoph Wilhelm von Steck

Johann Samuel Ludwig Halle, 1793

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with shoulder-length hair, lace collar and embroidered doublet, with inscriptions in th

Portret van Willem III, prins van Oranje en koning van Engeland, Schotland en Ierland

Crispijn van den Queborn, 1650

Red-toned engraved portrait of Willem II, Prince of Orange, in armor within an oval, with a dove and laurel below.

Portret van Willem II, prins van Oranje

Pieter Tanjé, 1749

Architectural design sheet with elevations and sections of a gothic revival church, showing spires and a rose window.

Design for the Sint-Bonaventura church in Woerden

Roeloffzen & Hübner, 1885

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy in a plumed hat and lace collar, with a Dutch inscription naming Prince Willem II.

Portret van Willem II, prins van Oranje, op 14-jarige leeftijd

Crispijn van den Queborn, 1640

Engraving of a draped female figure holding a wheat sheaf and a small putto, in the style of a classical bas-relief.

Bas-relief with Ceres

Reinier van Persijn, 1636

Colour lithographic poster of the balloon Le Géant above a city, with the text announcing its ascent on 11 September 1865.

The Monster Balloon (Le Géant) by Nadar. Ascent 11 September 1865

Morriën & Amand, 1865

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy in armor and lace collar, with Latin inscription below.

Portret van Willem II, prins van Oranje

Crispijn van den Queborn, 1632

Hand-colored print of twelve mounted officers in blue and red uniforms, each labeled with a name, with a Dutch caption across

The king at the head of the princes in the field; / Thus Holland's honor and military glory are restored

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Green 1865 poster advertising Nadar's balloon Le Géant at the Paleis van Volksvlijt in Amsterdam, with a palace engraving.

The monster balloon Le Géant by Nadar Exhibited in the Palace of Industry September 1865 Amsterdam

Morriën & Amand, 1865

Engraved circular medallion with twelve zodiac signs, a central Latin inscription, and allegorical figures in scrolling ornam

Medallion with the twelve signs of the zodiac

Crispijn van de Passe, 1580

Sixteen-panel hand-colored print showing a castaway's shipwreck, island life, and rescue, with Dutch captions.

This print shows to young and old, / The foolish Robinson in distress. / Heavily has he paid for his whim, / But the…

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Engraving of an oval portrait on a column with allegorical figures, a cherub, a lion, and books below.

Portrait of Jan Wagenaar with allegorical figures

Reinier Vinkeles, 1790

Engraved design for a rococo cartouche with flower garlands, acanthus scrolls and an empty central panel.

Design for a cartouche

Gabriel Huquier, 1705

Hand-colored print of twelve labeled figures in costumes from Asia and the Middle East, with Dutch verse at top.

See here, o dear youth! from the distant East, / Many peoples together, each in their clothing, / Tatar and Arab, Arm…

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Sepia engraving of the Virgin Mary on clouds with cherubs above a crowd of nude and robed figures among foliage.

Allegory on the Immaculate Conception

Pierre Lélu, 1783

Etching of a workshop with a man and woman at a press, framed by scrolling ornament and playful cherubs below.

Master etcher and apprentice in workshop

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, 1839

Pen drawing of a Batavia street scene with a canal, trees, and figures, plus a row of standing figures below.

Street scenes Batavia

Jan Brandes, 1779

Portrait of Bernhard Eberhard

Georg Koch, 1848

Engraving of a kneeling man before a bishop in mitre, with armed soldiers and a city wall with towers behind them.

Dirk VI begs the Bishop of Utrecht for forgiveness, 1146

Reinier Vinkeles, 1789

Engraving of armored warriors fighting at a stone castle gate, with fallen soldiers on the ground and walls behind.

Bishop Gerlach defends Süsel against the Slavs, 1144

Johann Wilhelm Kaiser, 1843

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-collared robe, with a Latin inscription naming Josephus Iustus Scal

Portrait of Josephus Scaliger

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1609

Engraving of a captured nobleman in a cloak held by a helmeted guard, facing an armed man, with soldiers and trees behind.

Count Floris III captured by the Count of Flanders, 1165

Reinier Vinkeles, 1780

Engraved oval portrait of Philip II of Spain in a plumed hat and embroidered collar, under a crowned coat of arms.

Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain

Pieter van Gunst, 1669

Engraved half-length portrait of Michael Rupp in dark robe and white ruff, holding a book, with name caption below.

Portrait of Michael Rupp

Christoph Melchior Roth, 1756

Engraving of soldiers with shields and ladders assaulting a brick castle wall on a hillside, with tents at left.

Countess Ada besieged at the castle of Leiden, 1204

Reinier Vinkeles, 1785

Engraved oval portrait of an older man with wavy hair and fur-trimmed robe, framed by an ornate cartouche with Latin text.

Portrait of Christiaan Rumpf at 65 years of age

Hendrick Danckerts, 1657

Portrait of an unknown woman

Herman Lugt, 1916

Ink drawing of a standing bald man in a three-piece suit with patterned tie, signed Pit 1925 by Huib Luns.

Portrait of Adriaan Pit

Huib Luns, 1925

Lithograph of a steep rocky ravine with trees and a stone building above, two figures on a path at right.

View of the ravine near Sorrento

Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond, 1827

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a pink cloak and red scarf holding a striped bag in a doorway.

Courting couple behind door

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1830

Pen drawing of a stone portico with columns and a 1639 pediment on a brick building, with an arched iron gate and leaded wind

Portico of the Zuiderkerk in Enkhuizen

Huib Luns, 1938

Grey lithograph of a columned classical temple with a bell tower, ancient stone walls, boulders, trees and a tall cypress.

Ruins of the Temple of Hercules in Cori

Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond, 1827

Engraved allegorical wedding print with figures joining hands in a baroque cartouche, ships at sea, and a Latin inscription.

Wedding print, 1719

Bernard Picart, 1719

Pencil drawing of a sculptural group of two intertwined figures on a carved pedestal, with budding branches at left.

Mercury kidnaps Psyche

Huib Luns, 1929

Engraved allegory showing a winged old figure among scattered books, a scholar writing at a table, and cherubs sorting manusc

Allegory of faith and the sciences

Johann Martin Weis, 1736

Engraved wedding print with Cupid, putti and reclining figures in a rococo frame, inscribed Amori cedant omnia.

Wedding print, 1729

Bernard Picart, 1729

Pen drawing of a gabled stone portal and brick church wall with a Gothic window and tiled rooftops, by Huib Luns, 1938.

Portal of the Sint-Gommaruskerk in Enkhuizen

Huib Luns, 1938

Red-toned engraving of seated classical women attended by cherubs, a winged figure, and cupids flying above a column and urn.

Wedding print, 1739

Engraving of haloed Christ before Pilate in an interior, with armed soldiers behind and a Latin caption below.

Christ back with Pilate

Adriaen Collaert, 1580

Colored pencil drawing of a garden staircase with a terracotta urn, stone pillars with urns, and leafy trees.

Staircase in garden in Taormina

Huib Luns, 1939

Red-toned engraving of a reclining woman with cherubs under a rococo trellis arch, garlands and a winged torch-bearer in a ga

Wedding print, 1740

Hand-coloured wedding poem print from 1831 with rococo border, flower baskets, pastoral scenes and a deer with a child.

On the Occasion of the Marriage of Jacobus Hendrik van Zeventer with Hendrieka Willems on May 4, 1831

Jeltje Jans Backer, 1831

Pen drawing of an ornate historic house facade with carved cornices, a wrought iron gate, and a bare tree branch overhead.

Snouck-van-Loosen House in Enkhuizen

Huib Luns, 1938

Engraving of an angel descending in light to shepherds with cattle, goats and sheep under trees.

Annunciation to the shepherds

Aegidius Sadeler, 1593

Etched sketch of a helmeted soldier with a rifle walking past two barking dogs under a cloudy sky.

Two barking dogs chasing a soldier

Etched portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and a mustache, wearing a dark cloak, signed Rosier.

Portrait of an unknown man

Jan-Willem Rosier, 1885

Engraving of the Nativity with Mary, the infant Christ in a manger, angels in clouds, and kneeling shepherds in a stable.

Nativity of Christ

Aegidius Sadeler, 1588

Etching of a rocky waterfall beside tall slender trees, with distant hills and clouds in the background.

Landscape with waterfall

Louis Rosseels, 1877

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed Prussian officer with epaulettes and medals, captioned Freiherr von Müffling, 1815.

Portret van Karl von Müffling

Gustav Völkerling, 1815

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, hands folded, against a shaded vignette background.

Portret van Christian Friedrich Mühlenbruch

Friedrich Eduard Ritmüller, 1830

Lithographic bust portrait of a bearded man in a long coat with a dark sash, with the printed name Dr. August Müller below.

Portret van August Müller

Jäger, 1830

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with curly hair, dark cape and bow tie, labeled Theodor Mundt.

Portret van Theodor Mundt

Hermann Biow, 1819

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearl necklace, labeled Madame de Sully, in an architectural frame.

Portrait of Marie-Antoinette Servien

John Taylor Wedgwood, 1829

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with curly hair, dark coat, cravat and medals, captioned C. Timm, 1826.

Portrait of Carl Timm

Franz Krüger, 1826

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with curly hair and cravat, with handwritten inscription and signature below.

Portrait of Karl Gotthelf Todt

Robert Hertzberg, 1825

Lithographic bust portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and white cravat, with signature Tollens below.

Portrait of Hendrik Tollens

Carel Frederik Curtenius Bentinck, 1843

Satirical 1690 print of a crowded court scene with draped bed, kneeling figures, text panels and verse below.

Satirical print on Louis XIV upon hearing that the death of William III is false, 1690

Jan Marlais, 1690

Engraved allegory with winged figures, a portrait medallion, a lion, armoured soldiers and a Latin inscription banner.

Allegory on William III, after the campaign of 1673 and the conquest of Grave in 1674

Gérard de Lairesse, 1674

Etching of a bearded fisherman in cap and coat holding a long pole on a dune beach, with a horse cart and sea behind.

Shellfish fisherman with net on the beach near Katwijk aan Zee

Jan Toorop, 1902