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Figurative Etchings and Drawings

Charcoal and ink illustrations of figures in varied poses, capturing moments of daily life and historical narratives.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The beggars, the beggar at the Sébille. Twentieth number of a suite of 25 pieces" (Lieure 498, Meaume 704). Etching. 1622-1623. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99603-23 Etching, engraving
Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The beggars, the beggar at the Sébille. Twentieth number of a suite of 25 pieces" (Lieure 498, Meaume 704). Etching. 1622-1623. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99603-23 Etching, engraving
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Walter Satterlee, A Fresh Breeze from the Sea, 1885 A Fresh Breeze from the Sea
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London watchman in the Stuart era, reign of King James I of England. In wide-brim hat, great coat, holding a lantern and a spear. From a woodcut of 12 figures of trades and callings. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839.
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Samson Threatening His Father-in-Law, Georg Friedrich Schmidt, French school, 1712 - 1775, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Engraving on paper, Samson, with his sword at his left, his left hand an upraised fist, long hair and a beard, speaks to his father-in-law, whose head is in an open window at the left. (This version is without the two African figures in the painting.) The artists' names and date below., Germany, 1756, Print, Print
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Apple different woman, Johannes Pieter de Frey, 1801
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Woman sees the moon and stars, Jan Luyken, 1687 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing stars in the firmament
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Print made by James Watson, 1740-1790, British, Winter, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper.
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In a kitchen, a woman is cleaning vegetables. Behind her sits a man with a glass of liquor. He has placed his hand on her shoulder. On the wall hangs a print of a man with a jug, A man and a woman with vegetables, print maker: Nicolaes van Haeften, Antwerp, 1673 - 1715, paper, engraving, h 288 mm × w 192 mm
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James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903), La Retameuse, 1858, etching
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Costume Plate (Morlachisches Mädchen (Brautkostüm) aus Istrien). Germany, Berlin, 19th century. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on paper
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Photo production of (presumably) a drawing entitled 'Wagner'; Wagner. Part of album with 30 photo production of drawings of the faust story of J.W. Von Goethe.
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Old, low -fat Chinese (Opium Schuider) Sitting on a sidewalk in Batavia, Ernest Alfred Hardouin, 1846 drawing Batavia paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush
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COLECCION DE TRAJES DE ESPAÑA-1777-GACETERA-GRABADO S XVIII-TIPOS POPULARES. Author: CRUZ CANO Y OLMEDILLA JUAN DE LA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Seated woman with wide hood and a basket on her lap, to the right. Draughtsman: Jan Hendrik Verheijen. Dating: 1788 - 1846. Measurements: h 200 mm × w 154 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Saint Laurentius. Draughtsman: Gaudenzio Ferrari. Dating: 1481 - 1546. Measurements: h 255 mm × w 180 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Rijn, Rembrandt van, Rembrandt's Mother: only the head, and face, left center, print, prints, RHL 1628, height 63 mm, width 64 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1628, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by
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Bliżej Kultury Franz Hanfstaengl Kunstverlagsanstalt (Monachium), Hanfstaengl (Hanfstängl), Franz (1804 1877)
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Amsterdam, Savery, Salomon, Scheyndel, Gillis van (I), Genre scenes, Tryn grabbel teers, Woman with a basket on her head, verso - stamped, An old farmer's wife carries a basket with goods on her head. In the background a street with houses. The print is part of a series of 32 prints with genre scenes., print, prints, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1594 - 1683-10-16, publisher, uitgever" Amsterdam
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Dulcinea del Toboso. Dated: c. 1855. Dimensions: image: 30.5 x 21.2 cm (12 x 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 40.5 x 28.5 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.). Medium: color lithograph on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Célestin Nanteuil.
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A man self-administering hydrotherapy, sitting outside in a barrel. Coloured lithograph.
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Le joueur de contre-basse , Musicians, Double basses, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
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An old woman sits on a chair and reads a sheet of paper, Reading old woman, print maker: Jurriaan Cootwijck, intermediary draughtsman: Gabriël Metsu, Amsterdam, 1760, paper, h 320 mm × w 235 mm
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Pilgrim, le Pelerin, 17th century. In mended habit, hat and sandals, holding a stick and with a flask and rosary on his belt. Chromolithograph by Louis Rene Letronne after an illustration by Th. Fragonard et Dufey from Le Keepsake Francais with 12 plates from A. Mazuys Types et Caracteres Anciens, dapres des Documents Peints ou Ecrits, chez Delloye, Paris, 1841.
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Three Drinkers, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Adriaen van Ostade, 1638 - 1670 print Three drinkers at a table. One of them raises the glass, seen on their backs, holds a beer jug in their hand. There are a pipe and tobacco on the table. Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving pipe ~ tobacco. drinking
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Iphigenia. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and sister of Electra and Orestes, is also known by the name of Iphianassa. Iphigenia in Tauris. Engraving by A. Closs.
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Peasant Woman with Baby and Little Girl. Dated: 1760/1764. Dimensions: plate: 24.5 x 19 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 41 x 28.4 cm (16 1/8 x 11 3/16 in.). Medium: etching heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: FRANCESCO LONDONIO.
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Old Beggar Woman, Brush and opaque watercolor on pin-pricked paper, Early 19th century pin-prick picture after an engraving. The face and hands painted in watercolor., Germany, ca. 1800, Pin-prick picture, Pin-prick picture
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. Print middle numbered: 28.
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Moving toy: Praise of youth from: Paper toys from the Biedermeier era High
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A Woman Peeling Pears. Artist: Wallerant Vaillant (Dutch, Lille 1623-1677 Amsterdam). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 1/16 in. (24.8 x 30.7 cm). Date: mid-17th century.Vaillant learned the mezzotint technique from Prince Rupert of the Rhine, whom he met and assisted during a visit to Frankfurt am Main in 1658. Active in Amsterdam and Paris, Vaillant became the first professional mezzotint-engraver, whose works achieved success throughout Europe. Here, he presents a domestic scene of his own design, showing a woman (presumably a servant) peeling fruit. As this richly toned plate reveals, Vaillant's mezzotint grounds appear more evenly textured than those of his predecessors. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Dwarf Musicians of Granada. Dated: 1861/1862. Dimensions: sheet: 22 x 17.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with light brown wash over graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GUSTAVE DORÉ.
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The letter writer, Cairo.. Roberts, David, 1796-1864. Brockedon, William, 1787-1854. Prints, Illustrations. 1846 - 1849. General Research Division. Egypt, Antiquities, Clothing & dress , Egypt , Cairo, Scribes , Egypt
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Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, Abraham and Isaac, undated. Oil on wove paper mounted on board.
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Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme de l'Isle de Siphanto'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper
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Costume Plate (Habitant de l'Ile de Scio). Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, late 18th to early 19th century. Drawings. Hand-colored engraving
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Reading girl at a closet. Draughtsman: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers (attributed to). Dating: 1782 - 1837. Measurements: h 210 mm × w 167 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Middle Ages. Prince. Engraving at "Germania", 1882. Colored.
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Saint Anne (Sainte Anne) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Anne (Sainte Anne), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in. (20.5 x 14.8 cm). European Art 1886-1894
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Mrs. Gamp.. Cigarette cards, Trade cards. George Arents Collection. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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MUCHO SABES Y AUN APRENDES - ALBUM E (1806-1812) - AGUADA-TINTA CHINA - 153x124 mm. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. BOSTON-MASSACHUSETTS.
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A Milkmaid, 1737-1742.Artist: Bouchardon
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The Milkmaid, Henri Koetser, After Johannes Vermeer, 1908 print A maid stands behind a table and pours milk from a jug in an earthenware bowl. On the table is a basket with bread and a stone jug, a window with a wicker basket and a copper pot on the left. At the bottom of the wall on the right a row of tiles and a stew. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving Milkmaid
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In 1812, the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, published Children and Household Tales, a collection German fairy tales. This illustration accompanied the tale abut a boy who wanted to learn to shudder and to feel fear. A sexton at the church told the boy's father he could teach him to feel fear and one night dressed as a ghost (seen here) but the boy felt no fear. This image is from Grimms Eventyr (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Carl Ewald, published in 1922. The frontispiece has the illustrations by Philip Grot Johann and R. Leinweber. Johann was a well-known German illustrator.
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Four-wheeled car for which two horses are stretched. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1700 - 1799. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 175 mm × w 130 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Dairy Maid from Berchtesgaden. Johann Adam Klein (Germany, Nuremberg, 1792-1875). Germany, 1818. Prints; etchings. Etching
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Vostochnye sibirskie narody: Koriak. Eastern Siberian peoples, Koriak.. Georgi, Johann Gottlieb (1738-1802). text. Illustrations. 1799. Rare Book Division. Russia, Ethnology , Russia, People
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Cartoon depicting William Ewart Gladstone as Aladdin. Not selling oil lamps, but with incandescent bulbs powered by the battery hanging round his neck. William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) a British statesman of the Liberal Party who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century
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Toby, a man who pretended to be blind and lame. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.
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La Grève - small plate. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, circa 1875. Prints; etchings. Drypoint and etching
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Study of a young girl in agarden. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897
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Illustration showing Broom Seller. Engraving after Bouchardon 'Cris de Paris', 1737-42
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Asia. China. Mandarin, 1900. Engraving.
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Saint Fiacre of Breuil with spade and bag of seeds. Catholic priest, abbot, hermit and gardener, c. 600-670. Taken from a 15th century Book of Hours, livre d'heures, MS Tl 255, Tom. 2, Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.
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Ayah, or female attendant for European and Indian women, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, ca. 1808-1812.
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Zampagnaro eine traditionelle italienische Hirtenfigur, die oft in Krippenszenen dargestellt wird. Er ist mit einem Dudelsack, der Zampogna, ausgestattet, einem Hirteninstrument, das aus Süditalien stammt, 1888, Neapel, Italien, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999816
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Reproduction of drawing: Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942), Young saleswoman from the isle of Chioggia at Venice; from: 'Tygodnik Ilustrowany`, 1878, 1, p. 56. Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), draughtsman, cartoonist, Przykorski, Konstanty (fl. 1862-1882), engraver, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher
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Franciscan Friar, Alfred Diston, active 1818-1829, 1828, Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slighlty textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm), figure study, friar, genre subject, robe, sitting, wreath, Europe, Spain, Tenerife
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Woman with a Rake. Artist: Jean-François Millet (French, Gruchy 1814-1875 Barbizon). Dimensions: 15 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. (39.7 x 34.3 cm). Date: probably 1856-57.Millet first treated this subject in a woodcut, one of ten in the series <i>Labors of the Fields</i> that were published in a popular periodical in 1853. The art dealer Martinet, in whose gallery such avant-garde artists as Courbet and Manet exhibited, included this painting in a show in 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Guiet, Jean (n.1888-D.1914-08-31), Bretonne (main title). Charcoal, watercolor on canvas stuck on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Young countrywoman wearing a Roman folk costume with a landscape in the background (Villanella in costume popolare romano su sfondo paesaggistico), by Tarantoni Luigi, 1850-1900, 19th Century, polychrome mosaic
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Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Seller of sand. Engraving by F. Laporta in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870. Colored.
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Dolly, a proprietress of a restaurant specialising in steaks, mutton etc. Reproduction of an etching by B. Wilkes after G. Cruikshank.