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76,418 works

Etched ornament plate with a winged putto playing a lute in a central scrolled cartouche, flanked by decorative vertical moti

Plate 43, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of passengers on a ship deck among masts and rigging, with a seated woman reading and the sea at left.

Homeward Bound

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of a Roman soldier with a sword fighting a war elephant among fallen warriors in an arena, watched from galleries.

A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved Harper's Weekly page showing a college match between sophomores and freshmen and four vignettes of student life.

College Life in New England

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraved plate of an ornate classical vase with scroll handles, a cupid, a grotesque mask, and foliate decoration.

Vase (Plate 9 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraving of a crowded ballroom with cadets in uniform dancing with women in full gowns beneath chandeliers and columns.

A Cadet Hop at West Point

Winslow Homer, 1850

Black and white lithograph of a woman in a dark hat with a white plume, black off-shoulder bodice and puffed sleeves.

The White Plume

Cephas Grier Childs, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a flat cap with a heraldic shield and cardinal's hat above, Latin inscriptions framing the page

Portrait of Albrecht of Brandenburg

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Etching of Christ driving money-changers from a columned temple, with cattle, overturned tables and a crowd in the foreground

Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Etching of Peter and John at a temple gate, with a seated beggar, a crowd on steps, and classical columns and arches.

Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of General Thomas swearing in volunteers before a columned building in Washington D.C., with a bare tree at center.

General Thomas Swearing in the Volunteers Called into the Service of the United States at Washington D.C.

Winslow Homer, 1860

Etching of an angel appearing in light above shepherds, sheep and cattle in a dark wooded landscape.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Wood engraving of women and children with parasols on a crowded beach, with bathing cabins and figures in the distance.

On the Beach at Long Branch - The Children's Hour

James L. Langridge, 1870

Engraving of a Union sharpshooter aiming a rifle while seated on a pine branch, with a canteen hanging from the tree.

The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of turbaned horsemen with spears chasing ostriches across a plain, with dogs and palm trees framing the scene.

The Ostrich Hunt

Flemish Philip Galle, 1570

Engraving of two cones, one with a spiral ribbon and one with a lattice pattern, on a flat base line.

Two Cones, plate H. iiii in Persepctiva. Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Engraving of a white horse in a stone archway with a halberd, armor, and a brazier, dated 1505.

The Small Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of two ornate knife handle designs with framed mythological scenes, scrollwork, and Latin inscriptions on aged pape

Designs for Two Knife Handles

Johann Theodor de Bry

Etched plate of grotesque ornaments with feathered hats, ruffs, winged figures and scrollwork, numbered 36.

Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Etching of a curly-haired man in a plumed fur cap and dark cloak, set within an oval frame.

Rembrandt with Plumed Hat and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Black and white print of a man in a doorway petting a large moose beside a snowy log cabin.

Boy with a Moose

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Ink illustration of a man in winter furs raising an arm beside snowshoes, with a rifle and wolves in a dark snowy forest.

"Holy Mudder, Dis Time Sabe François," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 175)

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Engraving of horsemen lassoing deer across a wooded hillside with a castle in the distance.

Trapping deer

Flemish Karel van Mallery, 1600

Engraving of a mermaid-like sea monster and a bearded man beside a sea, with a castle on a hill and a ship offshore.

The Sea Monster

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of curling foliage with a courting couple seated at top center, putti and birds among the scrolls.

Garden of Love

Israhel van Meckenem

Woodcut of St. Sebaldus holding a staff and rosary, presenting a Gothic church model in an arched stone niche.

St. Sebaldus

Hans Springinklee, 1510

Engraving of four nude women standing in an interior, two seen from behind, beside an arched doorway and a helmet on the floo

Four Nude Women (The Four Witches)

Albrecht Dürer

Engraving of hunters capturing crocodiles by a river, with a wild boar used as bait and Latin verses below.

Crocodile hunt

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Woodcut of mourners lowering Christ's nude body, with a crown of thorns and tools on the ground.

The Lamentation, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of soldiers in a trench as a shell explodes above sandbag earthworks, with an officer standing at left.

A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of two faceted conical polyhedral forms with pointed tips, one on a block and one on a wooden stand, with a scale b

Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1560

Woodcut of three bishops in mitres standing in an arched interior beside a column, one holding an open book.

Bishops Nicholas, Ulric, Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer, 1500