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Illustrations highlighting artistic concepts like color and order, along with detailed etchings of architecture and scenes from nature.

Design for a Quarter of a Ceiling, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper, Germany, 1745, interiors, Print, Print
Design for a Quarter of a Ceiling, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper, Germany, 1745, interiors, Print, Print
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Ironing of the sail, Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele (attributed to), 1665 - 1698 print Two men iron the sail from a flat bottom. In the background on the left a city and other ships. This print is part of an album. paper etching sailing-ship, sailing-boat. sea (seascape)
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Le dessous de la porte cochère d'un personnage de la cour; Le Bando,(proclamation municipale).. Debret, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). Prints, Illustrations. 1834 - 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Brazil , Social life and customs, Porches, Cavalry, Military bands, Carriages & coaches, Crowds
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Ruies Van de Put van Venus, Gelegen Hoog op from Berg Eryx; Ruies of the well from Venus to the top of Mount Eryx; Travel to Italy, Sicily and Malta - 1778. TEKENING UIT HET ALBUM 'TRAVEL IN Italy, Sicily and Malta', 1778.
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Figure with a manual water pump, anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1750 print With caption in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving purification system (~ water supply)
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Copper engraving and etching by Pieter Hendricksz Schut depicting historical playing cards from Amsterdam dated 1482 and 1585, produced between 1635 and 1667.
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Cover for: Amsterdam. Origin and distraction of the names of the canals, islands, squares, streets, alleys, bridges, locks and towers of this city, Johan Coenraad Leich, 1865 print At the bottom of the Schreierstoren in Amsterdam. A crowd on the street. At the top of various historical figures and types with signs that refer to places in Amsterdam. On the left a vignette with a face on a river with bridge. Amsterdam paper city-view in general; 'veduta' Schreierstoren. Amsterdam
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Antiquités Egyptiennes.. Denon, Vivant, 1747-1825. Denon, Vivant, 1747-1825. Prints, Illustrations. 1829. Rare Book Division. Egypt , Description and travel
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Reception room of a Damascus house, showing the lower portion of it only, with its fountain and marble pavement. The upper part of the room, where guests are received, is eighteen inches higher, and is furnished with cushions and carpets. An incense burner is standing at the extreme edge of the daïs.. Fenn, Harry (1838-1911). Prints, Illustrations. 1881 - 1884. Dorot Jewish Division. Fountains , Syria , Damascus, Houses , Syria , Damascus, Interiors , Syria , Damascus
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Mysia knew in Kruszwica; Frenzel, Johann Gottfried Abraham (1782-1855), Jentzsch, Johann Gottfried (1759-1826), Printing House of the Order (Poznan); 1843 (1843-00-00-1843-00-00);
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Jonas Haas (1721-1775); Peter Cramer (1726-1782), Vignette "Royal Rescripter", (1754)
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Partial woodcut by Albrecht Dürer workshop showing Emperor Maximilian I's honorary gate, created in 1515, highlighting architectural and historical elements.
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Hie can be seen in what shape,Almanus ad worms his violence,to Antorff , From the history sheets , handover of the city of Antorff on July , Frans Franz Hogenberg -, Copper engraver
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Fishing: structures designed to trap fish brought in by the tides. Etching, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
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Planets; Cityscape and Portrait, Anonymous, After Cornelis Meijer, 1698 print Schematic representation of the eclipse of the first moon of Jupiter; View of the Piazza del laterano with the Sint-Jan van Lateranen; Portrait of Cornelis Meijer. Three etchings on a non -cut leaf. paper etching planets; planetary system, solar system. eclipse of the moon. Jupiter (planet). historical persons. city-view in general; 'veduta' Sint-Jan van Lateranen
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Reliquiarium MET VERGULDE FIGUREN; Reliquary with enamelled gold figurines and fine stones; Orfererie ..
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Engraving depicting a bronze sculpture of a water fountain decorated with cattle. The illustration is set within an ornate frame.
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Designed by a historic architecture. Book 3, from some buildings, the Arab and Türcken; as well as new Persian, Siamitic, Sineese, and Japonese construction art = de quelques btmen of the Arabs & the Turc; Comme Außi de l'Architecture Persanne Modern, Siamoise, Chinoise, et Japonoise
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Inside the Krupp's pavilion ..
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Design for a Stage Set: Backdrop of Tropical Landscape. Artist: Eugène Cicéri (French, Paris 1813-1890 Fontainebleau). Date: 1830-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The chimney sweep, 1840-1841. The chimney sweep. Man sitting on a chimney on a roof. Numbered: 29. Illustration in the book 'De Nederlanden: character sketches, clothing forces, attitude and prevention of different positions', a book with character sketches, professions and marketing forces of Dutch people from 1841.
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Hidden silhouettes of the rulers of Europe 1794 Lussano. Hidden silhouettes of the rulers of Europe. Lussano (Italian(), active ca. 1794). 1794. Etching. Prints
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Fireworks at the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht, 1713, Anonymous, After Daniël Marot (I), 1735 Scaffolding with fireworks commissioned by the States-General on the Hofvijver in The Hague at the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht, 14 June 1713. On either side of the show The title and legend in Dutch. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Hofvijver Scaffolding with fireworks commissioned by the States-General on the Hofvijver in The Hague at the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht, 14 June 1713. On either side of the show The title and legend in Dutch. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Hofvijver
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View of Dresden (view over the Elbe on Augustusbrücke, Frauenkirche. Catholic Hofkirche) Bl. 9R off: Characteristic of friendship: Stammer book of the Dresdner painter Moritz Retzsch Dresden, 1800-1806. Dresden: Slub mscr.dresd.app.3044
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Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge. Chair-mender repairing a chair seat with rushes in Punyer Alley 46, newspaper boy selling papers and pieman selling pies near the Obelisk on Fleet Street 47, and watermen under Blackfriars Bridge built in 1760 by architect Robert Mylne 48. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London, by Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor, published by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, London, 1828. English sisters Ann and Jane Taylor were prolific Romantic poets and writers of childrens books in the early 19th century.
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Title Page, from 'Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan', Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840, Colored aquatint on paper, London, England, 1795-1803, Print, Print
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Night face with church tower and devils, Léon Becker, 1869 print Paris paper. etching devil(s) and demons. parts of church exterior and annexes
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1-2) Small braided bags adorned with pearls used to put tobacco. 3-7-8) Carved wooden figurines adorning the canoes. 4) Belt of a Tabi Inhabitant. 5) Belt of a inhabitant of Tearaway. 6) Paddle the area east of Humboldt Bay. 9) Rattan box and pandan leaves. New Guinea. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1888
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States of Holland and West Friesland, Amsterdam, Schenk, Pieter (I), Theater of the War, Beginning with King Charles II. Up to King Charles III. Existing in IX. Historical Figures on an Elephant Sheet, as Battles, Sieges on Water and on Land, with the main Fortresses, Theater of the War (sheet XIII), 1712, Sheet with nine representations of events from the year 1712 of the War of the Spanish Succession and of maps of fortified cities. Sheet XIII in: Theater of War (1720 edition), the print work with the bundled series of 31 plates about the War of the Spanish Succession., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 538 mm, width 635 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1660-12-26 - 1711, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1720, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, verlener, granter van privilege
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Vatican City, Papal Court, Rome, Paolo, Giovanni Antonio de, Tempesta, Antonio, Imagini di moltes vergini Rom nel martirio, Roman martyrs, St. Flavia Domitilla, St. Euphrosina and St. Theodora, verso - stamped, Four martyrs, of whom Saint Flavia Domitilla, Saint Euphrosina and Saint Theodora are mentioned by name, in a burning building., print, prints, height 73 mm, width 114 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1630, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever van privilege
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Exhibition of the Goldsmith Emile Anthony during the World Exhibition in Antwerp; Exposition The M. Emile Anthony. .
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Project for the base of the horses of Marly Project for the base of the horses of Marly (left). Drawing Delannoy.
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Bound Print, Calèche à Bancs; Designed by Jean-François Chopard (French, active 18th century); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 - ca. 1758); France; engraving on paper
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In a landscape, a man sits beside a staircase under a parasol-shaped canopy. He holds a stick with a round shape in his hand. On the front is the series title, Man under shelter Cahier de six Baraques Chinoises (series title on object), print maker: Jeanne Deny, (mentioned on object), Jean Baptiste Pillement, (mentioned on object), publisher: Charles Leviez, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1770, paper, etching, h 242 mm × w 164 mm
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Buskruit disaster in Leiden, 1807, Joannes Bemme, 1807 print Oval representation of the explosion of the ship with gunpowder on the Steenchuur, a canal as an extension of the Rapenburg, in Leiden, the gunpowder disaster of January 12, 1807. On the bridge two people who grab each other, body parts fly through the air. In the background the boring hall. Netherlands paper etching / engraving gunpowder disaster Rapenburg. Stone barn. Boring hall
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Image of the floats with an allegorical representation of the Union of Utrecht (1579), the seventh of the eight parts of the Maskerade of the students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, held on the occasion of the 215th Dies Natalis of the University of Applied Sciences on 25 June 1851. On the floats there is a canopy that proposes the Utrecht council chamber, with the crowned weapon of the Spanish king above the seven arrows of the Republic on the roof. Both Herauten hold the standard with the weapon of the Prince of Orange, whose return was secretly prepared. For this, the personifications of vigilance and caution are behind a table with the document to be signed. The Dutch Lion is in the main wagon in the Dutch garden, surrounded by the banners of the seven provinces.
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The change of seasons, makes every youthful heart rejoice, 1832 - 1850 print Leaf with 4 performances of the four seasons. Under each image a two -way verse. Numbered at the top right: No. 57. paper letterpress printing the four seasons of the year ~ human activities
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Divers convois funèbres; Qûete pour l'entretien de l'Église du Rosario.. Debret, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). Prints, Illustrations. 1834 - 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Brazil , Social life and customs, Churches, Blacks , Brazil, Funeral processions, Charity, Wind instruments
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Quilted Pieces - Squares. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 28 cm (14 1/16 x 11 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.
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Le chirurgien nègre; Boutique d'un marchand de viande de porc.. Debret, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). Prints, Illustrations. 1834 - 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Brazil , Social life and customs, Stores & shops, Sick persons, Blacks , Brazil, Butchers, Physicians
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Plate XXXIX from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum, Julio Paschale, Woodcut on paper, A machine for masons building walls. A ladder of buckets on chains; going up full, down empty. Four men below, two above, one turning cog wheels. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-236., Lyon, France, 1582, Print, Print
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Altar in the house of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emil Presuhn's "Pompeji. Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874-1881," Weigel, Leipzig, 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno and Miss Amy Butts, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.
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Steuben's log house; Steuben's rural monument; Steuben's mural monument. Prints. 1778 - 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Log cabins, Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794, Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 , Homes and haunts
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53 to tragedy, Roemer Visscher, 1614 Liii ad tragoedias. First shock. Part of 'Sinnepoppen', R. Visscher, 1614. publisher: AmsterdamThe Hague engraving / printing Liii ad tragoedias. First shock. Part of 'Sinnepoppen', R. Visscher, 1614. publisher: AmsterdamThe Hague engraving / printing
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Blade ornament with putti (right part), anonymous, after Jean Lepautre, 1688 - 1698 print Ornamental leaf motifs with putti. This print is part of an album. Netherlands paper engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
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Business card of printing and bookstore De Malander-Rynvaen in Ronse. Allegorical show with Minerva holding an oak leaf and laurel wreath, three putti around a easel and in the background a printing press. Spread on the ground are different books, a view of the city of Ronse in it.
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Orth August (1828-1901), Kaiser-Friedrich monument at the Museum Islandspitze in Berlin (1889: Plan content N.N. Captured. Material/Technology N.N. . F 5571. Orth August (1828-1901): Kaiser-Friedrich-Denkmal an der Museumsinselspitze, Berlin
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Print, Black ink on rolled paper, Horizontal rectangle: In the foreground the King sits under a canopy flanked by spectators seated in the stands. At center, in the large basin, four men set off fireworks from boats. Beyond, an obelisk flanked by figures of Fame. At right and left, pyramidal structures with dolphin fountains and symbols of Victory. In the background, rockets and fireworks. Engraved on the plate at the lower left: 'Le Pautre, Sculps, 1676.' Inscription at lower left: 'Cinquieme Journee. Feu d'artifice sure le canal de Versailles.' Lower right: 'Dies Quintus Incendium ludicrum e pyrio puluere super alueum Versaliarum.', France, 1676, Print
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Ice Palace (St. Petersburg, Russia): mortar, cannon, and dolphins spoutting flames of naphtha, Description et représentation exacte de la maison de glace, construite a St. Petersbourg au mois de janvier 1740 et de tous les meubles qui s'y trouvoient, Krafft, Georg Wolfgang, 1701-1754, Engraving, 1741
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AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITS AT THE COLONIAL AND INDIA EXHIBITION, 1886: TROPHY OF MOTHER OF PEARL SHELLS, WEST AUSTRALIAN COURT
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Part of the frieze and tombs at Assos.
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Print (France)
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Geometrical scheme of horizon paintings for the dining room of A. van Hasselt. Draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen. Dating: c. 1752 - c. 1819. Measurements: h 78 mm × w 220 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Project For A Siege Tower Illustration From 'De Re Militari' 1470 Italian School (15th C.)(- ) Watercolor / Pen&Ink Biblioteca Capitolare, Padua, Italy
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Regency era wheelchair or gouty chair. Chair with reclining back, footrest, three brass wheels driven by handles in the armrests. Designed by Belgian inventor and automaton maker John Joseph Merin (1735-1803), and manufactured by Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders, Strand, London. Merlins mechanical chair. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from The Upholsterer's and Cabinet-Maker's Repository consisting of seventy-six designs of modern and fashionable furniture, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1830.
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Celebrations June 1890 Madrid. Exhibition of flowers and plants in the Retiro Park, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890
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Turin, Italy. General Italian Artistic and Industrial Exhibition. It was held between April and November 1884 in the Parco del Valentino, officially opened on 26 April 1884. Ministry of War gallery. Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 30, 1884. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.
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Submarine by Goubet, 1881 the Frenchman Goubet, 1837 - 1903, introduced the electric motor as an underwater propulsion system, ca. 1885, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century model.
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Third Bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford 1777 of after Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford Heneage Finch, 4th earl of Aylesford was an accomplished etcher who admired Piranesi and Rembrandt. After succeeding to the title in 1777, the earl designed and etched bookplates for his own use, with this being an example of the third design out of four that he produced over time. Packington Hall, mentioned in the text below, was the family seat, and the new owner's dedication to learning and classical tradition is suggested by the books, ink-wells, quill pens, and substantial fluted column.. Third Bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford. Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (British, Syon House 1751-1812 Great Packington, Warwickshire). 1777 of after. Etching. Prints
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Japan, Tamamura, Kōzaburō, A scene of the boy's festival, Carp-shaped koinobori flags in honor of Children's Day in Japan, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 105 mm, width 151 mm, 1856 - 1923, maker, manufacturer, 1895 - 1905, paper, collotype, photoprint