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11,082 works

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche on a chariot drawn by birds, with winged children and a distant landscape.

The triumph of Cupid and Psyche who are seated on a chariot drawn by two birds restrained by children

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-67

Engraving of warriors fighting and figures fleeing a burning city, with a seated figure and smoke rising from ruins on the ri

The Fall of Troy and Escape of Aeneas

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1540's

Engraving of gluttony with drinkers at a table, giant barrels, grotesque creatures, and a burning town with a windmill-headed

Gluttony (Gula) from The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Hand-colored engraving of five flycatchers on branches, with four bird eggs and an insect, numbered plate 13.

Five Birds with Their Eggs and an Insect

Alexander Lawson after Alexander Wilson, published 1808/1814

Grey wash frontispiece with a classical frame reading TASSO, showing an embracing couple and sheep in a wooded pastoral scene

Fronticepiece for Tasso's Poems

Richard Westall, late 18th-mid-19th century

Lithograph of an elderly bearded man with spectacles seated in a chair before drapery, drawn in soft grey tones.

Le lion devenu vieux

Paul Gavarni, 1858

Sepia drawing of visitors in period dress strolling among classical ruins with carved masks, columns, and a large tree.

Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated knight in armor and a robed monk raising a goblet, with a dog at left.

Book illustration: Knight and Monk

John William Wright, 1820-48

Pen and ink sketch of two men in period dress talking beside a woman, with a small dog and a distant boat.

Study of two men, woman, and a dog, from Love's Labour's Lost (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Hercules wrestles a lion among gnarled trees in a green-toned woodcut, with a club resting in the foreground.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Niccolò Vicentino, 1540-50

Etched landscape of a hunter with two dogs on a road, a tall tree at right, and a village with church spire beyond.

Landscape with Sportsman and Dogs

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1648

Engraving of Saint Lawrence on a fiery gridiron, held by soldiers, with an angel above offering a palm branch.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Lucas Vorsterman, 1621

Drawing of a Corinthian capital with a winged horse and winged lion flanking a central crown above a fluted shaft.

The British Order: Elevation of a Capital and Part of the Fluted Shaft

James Adam, 1762

Engraved gallery interior with statues, workers unrolling a tapestry, courtiers and dogs, with a caption and coat of arms bel

Colbert Visiting the Gobelins

Sébastien Leclerc I, ca. 1665

Engraved frontispiece with two seated hunters, dogs, horses and hanging game, with dedicatory text in italic script.

Frontispiece with Hunters, Dogs and Horses, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Engraving of horsemen with lances and dogs chasing ostriches across a landscape with palm trees.

Ostrich Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Engraving of hunters on horseback and dogs attacking a bear in a forest, with more hunters in the distant landscape.

Bear Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Drawing of a man resting beside a dog under a huge gnarled oak tree, with small figures working in the misty distance.

A Man Resting Under a Tree

Egbert van Drielst, n.d.

Engraving of a lavish outdoor banquet with seated diners, servants, a musician, and a nude figure in a tub.

The Rich Man at His Table, from "The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1554

Pen drawing of an oval mirror design with laurel wreath border, acanthus crest, and ornate rectangular base on paper.

Design for a Girandole Mirror, an Oval Resting on an Oblong Base, Terminated by Two Superimposed Circular Frond-motif…

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1775

Engraving of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a covered wagon on a road, and a village church tower in the distance.

Wooded Region (Pagus Nemorosus), from "The Large Landscapes"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1555-56

Watercolor of a man reclining in a study beside a laid breakfast table, with a black dog, crossed swords on the wall.

A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)

J. Buttfield, late 19th century

Pen drawing of a curly-haired child carrying a puppy on his shoulder, with a large dog and children near a tower.

Child Carrying a Puppy on his Shoulder

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a horse head with feathered headdress beside a turbaned man seen from behind, with a small rider at lower right.

A Black Man Feeding a Horse

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1662

Etching of a boar and a mastiff with thistle, white lily and raspberry plants, with insects and moths scattered among them.

Boar and Mastiff

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1662-63

Engraving of a satyr carrying a nude woman over his shoulder, with a dog below and a flowing cloth behind them.

Woman Being Carried to a Libidinous Satyr

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Etching of a thatched cottage under a full moon, with a shepherd, dog and sheep in a fenced lane at night.

Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep

Samuel Palmer, 1850

Etching of a herdsman leading oxen and a dog past a cottage under a moonlit, cloudy sky with dark trees.

The Weary Ploughman, or The Herdsman, or Tardus Bubulcus

Samuel Palmer, begun 1858

Etching of a ploughman with oxen in a field beside tall cypress trees, under a dramatic cloudy sky over hills.

The Early Ploughman, or The Morning Spread Upon the Mountains

Samuel Palmer, begun before 1861

Etching of a ploughman guiding oxen past tall cypress trees, under a dramatic hatched sky with birds and distant hills.

The Early Ploughman, or Morning Spread Upon the Mountains

Samuel Palmer, begun before 1861

Etching of a herdsman with cattle and a dog on a forest path, with a bright sunburst shining through tall trees.

The Herdsman's Cottage, or Sunset

Samuel Palmer, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of the Marriage at Cana banquet with seated guests, servants, musicians and stone water jars under an ar

Marriage at Cana

Andreas Goeding, 1619