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Etching of Roman ruins with a seated statue, cypress trees, two women and a man beside a grazing cow.

Roman ruins in a landscape being admired by two young women and a man holding a book. Etching by F. Bartolozzi

Francesco Bartolozzi

Etching of two ponies carrying dead stags, a man in a plaid jacket, dogs resting, and a hilly landscape with pines.

Two ponies, each with a dead stag on its back, in a hilly landscape. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1820/1848

Etching of men drinking and playing mandolin in a Roman inn, with a landscape visible through an arch.

Drinkers and mandolin players in a Roman inn, with landscape seen through an open archway. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1820

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Etching of a buffalo with a chain at its muzzle, with a stone bridge, church and ruins in the background.

A buffalo standing in a landscape with picturesque ruins in the background. Etching by M. E. Ridinger after J. E. Rid…

Johann Elias Ridinger

Etching of a sleeping man on rocks beneath a ladder of angels, with windblown trees and a rugged landscape.

Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape and dreams of a ladder of angels. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa

Etching of a flowering Petunia plant and sassafras tree in an American landscape with snakes, lizards and figures near tents.

A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal…

Arnoldus Montanus

Hand-coloured etching of five dogs and wolves in a mountain landscape, labelled 1 to 5 at the base.

Five different specimen of dogs, domesticated and wild, are shown in a mountainous landscape. Coloured etching by J.…

Etching of a meadow mouse sitting on a grassy mound with grass stalks and distant trees behind it.

A meadow-mouse is sitting on a patch of grass on a small hill overlooking the landscape. Etching by W. S. Howitt

Engraving of two hunting dogs attacking a stag among rocks in a mountain landscape, with a rifle in the foreground.

Two hunting dogs attack a stag, in a mountainous landscape. Etching by W.H. Simmons after a painting by R. Ansdell, 1…

Richard Ansdell

Line engraving of coconut, cocoa, areca and cinnamon trees with cocoa nuts in the foreground and mountains behind.

Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropica…

Etching of a vulture perched on rock beside a reclining stag with antlers, a bird flying overhead, in a rocky landscape.

A raven (?) perched on a rock beside a dead or dying stag, in a mountainous landscape. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1825

Etching of a grey horse led by a bearded man in a turban and robes beside a tree in a landscape.

A white horse led by a man in Arab costume, in a landscape. Etching by M. Haas after A. Wolff, ca. 1850 (?)

Engraved toy theatre scenery of palm trees, a lake, a hut on a path, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a landscape with a lake, palm trees and a hut with a pathway leading to it. Lith…

Etching of a seated man in a cap beside a sleeping dog among rocks and trees on a mountainside.

A man in traditional Scottish costume sits by a rock with his sleeping dog beside him, in a mountainous landscape. Et…

Etching of a harnessed reindeer leaping over snowy rocks, with a reindeer pulling a sleigh in the distant mountain landscape.

A harnessed reindeer rearing its front legs in a mountainous landscape with a reindeer pulling a manned sleigh in the…

Johann Elias Ridinger

Aquatint of a man on a black horse raising his top hat, with two dogs running beside him in a rural landscape.

A man on horseback raises his top hat in greeting, in a rural landscape; two dogs run alongside. Aquatint (?) by T. L…

Engraved winter landscape with bare trees, a village, and an angel above a sleeping figure and the Holy Family in a shelter.

The month January and the sign of Aquarius, represented by a winter landscape, the dream of Saint Joseph, and the Fli…

Black and white etching of a rearing horse confronted by a turbaned man beside palm trees in an exotic landscape.

An unbridled horse rears as a dark-skinned man in exotic costume tries to subdue it, in an exotic landscape. Etching…

Pencil and red ink drawing of a posed human skeleton with a lettered key of bones on the left and a small landscape sketch.

Skeletal structure of the 'Borghese Gladiator' statue, with pencil sketches of the head of Athene (?) and a landscape…

Jean Galbert Salvage

Japanese woodblock triptych of elegant figures under a parasol by a river, with peasants planting rice fields in the distance

Prince Genji in modern dress with lady attendants visiting Ashikaya (north Kantō Plain) in the fifth lunar month; pea…

Utagawa Kunisada

Lithograph of a path with two cows, a blasted tree on the right, rolling hills and a distant village under cloudy skies.

A path, with two cows on the left of it and a blasted tree on the right. Lithograph by G. Walker, 1807

Coloured aquatint of a hilltop fort above rocky cliffs, with a river and figures on a stone path in the foreground.

Landscape with the fort at Rohtasgarh, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796

Coloured lithograph of a sick horse in a checked blanket led by two men across a grassy slope with a dog.

A sick horse, representing the baneful effects of protection of trade. Coloured lithograph by J. West Giles after Sir…

Etching of a cow standing on a grassy bank by a lake, with a sailboat and distant trees in the background.

A cow bellowing in a field by a lake. Etching by J. Janson, the elder

Johannes Janson

Watercolour of a stepped stone staircase leading to a tiered temple with golden finial, with a tree and small figures.

Possibly the temple at Nu Tooth, Sri Lanka. Watercolour drawing by C.H.S.B.

Coloured print of boats and elephants crossing a river below steep cliffs, with figures on the bank and a red flag.

Transporting artillery by boat across the river Beas, Himachal Pradesh. Coloured lithograph after Alexander Jack, c.…

Etching of cows grazing and resting in a field beside trees, with a church spire and cloudy sky in the distance.

Cows grazing and resting in a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder

Johannes Janson

Hand-coloured etching of rocky ravines with cliffs, a green slope, a path with figures, and ruins on distant heights.

Ravines at Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787

Sepia landscape of a winding river and flat fields, with a fisherman in the foreground and a village church tower in the dist

Countryside in the Netherlands: a fisherman in the foreground, a village in the background. Lithograph by N. Strixner…

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching of a cow standing on a grassy bank beside a tree, looking back over a flat meadow with distant trees and a windmill.

A cow gazing out across a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder

Johannes Janson