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Angels in clouds announce to shepherds with sheep and cattle in a dark, dramatic night landscape painting.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Lieven Mehus, 1645-1691

Engraving of two rowboats with men fighting with oars and poles on choppy water under a cloudy sky.

Fight in Chesapeake Bay

Thomas Sipple, 1870

Bird's-eye engraving of Washington D.C. and the Potomac River with ships, street grid, and a numbered key of landmarks.

Washington D.C. and its Vicinity

Hand-coloured caricature of a man with a giraffe's spotted neck and legs, wearing a top hat and red jacket, smoking a pipe.

Giraffe

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Etching of a seated man in a wide hat sketching among standing onlookers, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

J. A. M. Whistler Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Fruit and Vegetable Market with a Young Fruit Seller

Fruit and Vegetable Market with a Young Fruit Seller

Jan van Kessel, 1650-1660

Engraving of people descending a wooded bank to a schooner at night, with wagons among trees and a moon over water.

Heavy Weights - Arrival of a Party at League Island

John Osler, 1870

Gujarati miniature of a seated ruler, a woman, and a kneeling man facing an armed guard with sword and shield on green ground

The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the place of execution for the third time, from a T…

Gujarati, c. 1560

Lithograph of James Shields on a rearing horse, raising a sword as soldiers and a bugler advance behind him.

James Shields

Ehrgott & Forbriger, 1860

Engraved illustration of a man in a long coat attacking another man with a knife beside a columned porch.

Knifing His Victim

Harry Grimes, 1870

DeWitt Clinton

William Henry Brown, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a telescope, with a camp scene behind.

Zachary Taylor

Marie Alexandre Alophe, 1840

Miniature painting of a green parrot on a man's hand, with seated courtiers on a gold background beneath Persian text.

The magic parrot of the merchant talks to the vizier’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night

Lalu, c. 1560

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay seated under a tree with a spaniel, a cow and a farmhouse in the background.

Henry Clay

Henry S. Sadd, 1840

Portrait of a smiling man in a powdered wig, grey coat with gold buttons and white ruffled jabot, on tan paper.

Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India

John Smart, 1787

Painting of the Holy Family: a woman in red holds an infant, a bearded man looks on, a child with a lamb stands left, an elde

The Holy Family

Jan van den Hoecke, 1626-1651

Seated man in green coat at a candlelit desk with a microscope and writing tools, dark interior background.

A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight

Anna Dorothea Therbusch, 1755

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in black dress and headscarf, seated before a pale gray background, hand resting at lower le

Maria Sheldon Scammon

Anders Zorn, 1895

Engraving of a winged devil-like woman holding a Free Love placard above a struggling family on a rocky mountain path.

Get Thee Behind Me, (Mrs.) Satan!

Thomas Nast, 1870

An Old Woman

An Old Woman

Gerard van Honthorst, 1623

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur-trimmed coat, with spectacles and a book on the table before him.

Benjamin Franklin

Printed 1840 broadside of Log Cabin Anecdotes with framed vignettes of William Henry Harrison's life and central text columns

Log Cabin Anecdotes

J. P. Guffing, 1840

Painting of a seated man in a dark suit holding an open book, beside a classical vase and figurine on a mantel.

Portrait of Charles Lawrence Hutchinson

Julius Gari Melchers, c. 1902

A River Landscape with Turkeys and Poultry

A River Landscape with Turkeys and Poultry

Jan van Kessel, 1641-1679

Lithograph portrait of a naval officer in uniform with bicorne hat on a ship deck, holding a spyglass and sword.

David Glasgow Farragut

Ehrgott & Forbriger, 1861

Prince Eugene's Battle at Schellenberg

Prince Eugene's Battle at Schellenberg

Jan van Huchtenburgh, 1662-1733

Indian miniature: seated prince in a pavilion with attendants above, and a sword-bearing executioner with a kneeling figure b

The handmaiden appeals for justice and the prince is taken to the execution site for the fourth time, from a Tuti-nam…

Tara 2, c. 1560

Engraved battle scene with officers on horseback, smoke-filled ridges, fallen soldiers and American and British flags.

Battle of New Orleans

Joseph Yeager, 1810

Persian miniature: a carpenter carves, a woman holds a green parrot, and a man reclines on a carpet beneath Persian text.

The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made…

Lalu, c. 1560

Engraving of Mirabeau greeted in a forest by robed men, a winged genius holding a Free France banner, and a rowboat.

Mirabeau Arrive Aux Champs Élisées

Louis-Joseph Masquelier, 1790

Etching of a man in a hat hauling a line in shallow water toward a smoking cone device, with a shore crowd and flag behind.

Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

A Pool on the Fringe of a Wood

A Pool on the Fringe of a Wood

Meindert Hobbema, 1653-1709