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Moonlit night landscape engraving with tents, rocky cliffs, distant mountains and small figures near a draped tent.

David Spareth Saul at Hachilah, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1835

Etching of Saint Helena holding a tall cross, numbered 10, with French inscription below, by Stefano Della Bella.

Game of renowned queens. Saint Helena. Thirteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 599 ; Dutuit 118)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraving of Adam and Eve in a lush valley with a waterfall and distant mountains, by John Martin, 1831.

The Fall of Man, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1831

Black and white print of a veiled woman mourning a haloed body on the ground, with crosses and a tree behind.

Lamentation over the Body of Christ

Giuseppe Scolari, late 1500s-early 1600s

Dark mezzotint of a luminous figure amid swirling clouds over a stormy sea and rocky cliffs, with moon and stars.

The Creation, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1831

Engraving of a seated young figure surrounded by bearded elders and robed men in a colonnaded hall, with books on the steps.

Christ Disputing with the Doctors

Print of Moses holding up tablets on a cliff above a kneeling crowd, with dark stormy mountains and a valley behind.

Moses Breaketh The Tables, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1833/34

Engraving of a winged angel resting a hand on the head of a sleeping bearded old man at a stone ledge.

Custodi Nos Dormientes (The Guardian Angel)

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1509

Engraving of a seated woman holding a child while a bearded older man leans in from the right, with a caduceus above.

Holy Family

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1508/1509

Dark engraving of a vast columned hall with a panicked feast, a tiered tower, lightning, and a serpent statue.

Belshazzar's Feast, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1835

Engraving of Moses kneeling with a staff before a bright light in a rocky mountain valley, with sheep and trees in the scene.

Moses and the Burning Bush, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1833

Night scene of seated mourners by a river under willows, with a large city of towers and walls on the horizon.

Psalm CXXXVII, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1835

Hand-colored woodcut of a blindfolded, haloed man seated while figures around him mock and strike him.

Mocking of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Dark mezzotint of Joshua raising his arm beneath a glowing sun over a walled city, with stormy clouds and lightning.

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1835

Mezzotint of Adam and Eve beside a moonlit pool in a dark wooded landscape under a crescent moon.

Adam and Eve Hearing the Judgement of the Almighty, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1831

Engraving of Pharaoh's daughter finding infant Moses in a basket by a riverbank, with palms, sphinxes and pyramids in the bac

The Daughter of Pharoah Finding the Infant Moses, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1833

Mezzotint of the seventh plague: lightning and hail over Egyptian temple colonnades, a raised staff, and a flooded city.

Seventh Plague, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1833

Engraving of a nude man and woman fleeing over rocky cliffs past lions, under a turbulent sky, by John Martin, 1831.

The Expulsion, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1831

Engraving of The Death of Abel showing figures on a rocky ledge under a dramatic, lightning-lit stormy sky.

The Death of Abel, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1831

Engraving of a city consumed by fire and lightning under a dark smoky sky, with robed figures on a rocky cliff in the foregro

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1832

Dark engraving of a night-lit Babylon with a stepped tower, smoke-filled sky, and cloaked figures in the foreground.

The Fall of Babylon, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1835

Mezzotint of a walled city under a lightning-filled storm sky, with armored soldiers and a crowd advancing in the foreground.

Fall of the Walls of Jericho, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1834

Engraving of kneeling robed figures beside a fiery altar, under concentric rainbows over dramatic mountains and rocky cliffs.

The Covenant, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1832

Black and white engraving of a biblical flood with crowds drowning, cascading waters, and a figure raising his arms on a rock

The Deluge, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1831

Watercolor of a couple and street figures before a classical church, with a street lamp and a spotted dog.

"Worldly Folk" Questioning Chimney Sweeps and Their Master before Christ Church, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Engraving of the prophet Joel reading a scroll, seated in an architectural frame with putti and a cartouche labeled IOEL.

The Prophet Joel

Giorgio Ghisi, early 1570s

Etching of Christ commanding demons from two naked men while a herd of pigs runs toward the sea on the right.

The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Christ Delivering the Possessed

Claude Vignon, c. 1638-43

Engraving of Saint Sebald with halo and staff seated beneath a tree, holding a small church, with a castle in the distance.

Saint Sebald

Sebald Beham, 1521

Etching of a haloed king in a fur-trimmed robe before a harbor with sailing ships and an ornate vessel.

Maps of the Kings of France. Saint Louis. Twenty-fifth number of a series of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 659 ; Dutuit 119)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo holding a staff and rosary, standing in a stone niche.

Saint Philip and Saint James the Lesser

Israhel van Meckenem, 1490/1503

Etching of Saint Helena holding a cross, haloed, in a draped robe, with French text below, on a playing card.

Game of Renowned Queens. Saint Helena. Twelfth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 599 ; Dutuit 118)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen sketches on a page: seated man, three robed figures in an arch, a newsboy, a hat-wearing man, and a smoker.

Christ and Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55