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Print made by John Smith, 1652-1743, British, A Drinker, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper

Edward Pryce Owen, 1788-1863, British, The Abbey Church, Shrewsbury. Etching

copy after Richard Wilson RA, 1714-1782, British, active in Italy (1750-56), Three Figures Standing by Rocky Cliffs, Two Horsemen in Distance Left, undated

George Hunt, active 1820-1840, British, The Toast, 1824. Aquatint, hand-colored

T. Simpson, active 1790-1814, Set of four: 1. Hare Shooting, 1790. Color printed and hand colored stipple engraving

Joseph Haynes, 1760-1829, British, Six Banditti with Dog (no. 1 of 10), 1780. Etching
Joseph Haynes, 1760-1829, British, Six Banditti with Dog (no.1 of 10), 1780. Etching

Joseph Nutting, active 1700, British, Almanac for 1707 with a View of Westminster Hall, 1707. Letterpress, engraving

William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, The Polling, Plate III, 1758. Engraving

Johannes Kip, 1653-1722, Dutch, Burlington House in Piccadilly. Engraving

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Euphrosine. Engraving

George Saunders, c. 1762-1839, British, Monument for Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1792. Line engraving
George Saunders, c.1762-1839, British, Monument for Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1792. Line engraving

Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724-1789, British, Lewis Francis Roubiliac, undated. Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper

Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, The Portrature of Sedbury, 1755. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Print made by George Vertue, 1684-1756, British, George Morley Bishop of Winchester, 1740. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Print made by William Faithorne, ca. 1620-1691, British, Francesca Bridges Filia Domini Cavendish et Dotissa Exoniae Comitissa, 1670

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Ticket for the Benefit of Mr. Savoia. Line engraving

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, L'Enfant Trouve: a sample of Roman Charity, 1808. Etching
James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, L'Enfant Trouve: a sample of Roman Charity, 1808. Etching

Print made by Jacobus Houbraken, 1698-1780, Dutch, Lieutenant General John Lambert, 1739. Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Print made by T. E. Nicholson, active early 19th century, British, Chairing the Member, 1833. Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

James Peller Malcolm, 1767-1815, American, Islington, 1808. Engraving

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Venus. Engraving

Print made by Adamo Ghisi Scultori, ca. 1530-1585, Ancestor of Christ from Abiah Lunette (Left Figure)
Print made by Adamo Ghisi Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Ancestor of Christ from Abiah Lunette (Left Figure), 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765-1810, Italian, New Mackrel, 1795. Aquatint

Jacobus Houbraken, 1698-1780, Dutch, John Pym, Esquire, 1738. Engraving

Peter H. Schut, 1618 or 1619-1660, Dutch, View of London during the Great Fire. Engraving

Print made by James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, A Cognocenti Contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique, 1801. Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on green card

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Market of Love, 1793. Line engraving

William Henry Toms, ca. 1700-ca. 1750, British, The Southeast Prospect of the King Henry the VII's Chapel at Westminster, 1739. Engraving

James Heath, 1757-1834, British, Arab Shekh, Tribe Beni Koreish, 1789. Engraving

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Fighting for the Dunghill, - or - Jack Tar Settling Citoyen Francois (from)
James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Fighting for the Dunghill, - or - Jack Tar Settling Citoyen Francois (from: Caricature, vol. 1), 1798. Etching and aquatint, hand-colored

George Jones, 1786-1869, British, An Elephant, ca. 1856. Pen, in brown ink, and graphite, heightened with blue wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, blue, wove paper

James S. Storer, 1771-1853, British, Christ Hospital (from the Cloister), 1804. Engraving

Print made by T. E. Nicholson, active early 19th century, British, Humours of an Election Entertainment, 1833. Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Print made by Adamo Ghisi Scultori, ca. 1530-1585, Ancestor of Christ from Aminadab Lunette (Left Figure)
Print made by Adamo Ghisi Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Ancestor of Christ from Aminadab Lunette (Left Figure), 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

John Varley, 1778-1842, British, From an Album of Sixty-one Topographical Sketches. Graphite

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812-1852, British, Design for a Gothic Table, undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper

unknown artist, Halston; page 22 (Volume Two)

F. Beazley, active 1865-1871, British, Tree Study, 1860s. Albumen print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper

Print made by George Vertue, 1684-1756, British, John Fletcher, 1729. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, The Introduction, 1791. Etching, hand-colored

Paulus Pontius, 1603-1658, Flemish, Theodorus Rombouts, Pictor Humanarum Figurarum Antuerpiae, ca. 1635
Paulus Pontius, 1603-1658, Flemish, Theodorus Rombouts, Pictor Humanarum Figurarum Antuerpiae, ca.1635. Line engraving and stipple engraving (4th state) on medium, slightly textured, browned white

George Morland, 1763-1804, British, Set of Five: Five studies of Peddlers, 1791-1795. Hand colored soft-ground etching

Pieter Schenck, 1660-1719, Dutch, Mr. Adrian Severland and his Mistress. Mezzotint

Thomas Lord Busby, active 1804-1837, British, View of the Chapel of St. Magdelen, Guildhall, 1812. Engraving

William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Frontispiece, 1821. Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

George Chinnery, 1774-1852, British, Trees by a River, undated. Watercolor and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, wove paper

James S. Storer, 1771-1853, British, Westminster Abbey, 1805. Engraving

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