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An etching portrays an open-mouthed bearded man’s head

Mask from the Courtyard of the Zeughaus, Berlin, 1725 - 1797

Christian Bernhard Rode

An etching portrays the three-quarter profile of a man with a large beard.

Mask from the Courtyard of the Zeughaus, Berlin, 1725 - 1797

Christian Bernhard Rode

An etching portrays the head of a man with his mouth slightly open

Mask from the Courtyard of the Zeughaus, Berlin, 1725 - 1797

Christian Bernhard Rode

An etching portrays the three-quarter profile of a man with a large beard.

Mask from the Courtyard of the Zeughaus, Berlin, 1725 - 1797

Christian Bernhard Rode

A printed invitation with a decorative frame featuring cherubs, flowers, and musical instruments surrounding the text.

Invitation to a Ball, 1715 - 1790

Charles-Nicolas Cochin le jeune

An etching of a figure wearing a pyramid-shaped costume.

Young Monk, 1727 - 1792

Benigno Bossi

A print portrays two men and four women listening as one man reads from a piece of paper.

The Miserable Calas Family, 1721 - 1775

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delafosse

An etching portrays several figures holding onto a seated man in the center of a dark room, with other figures in the background. At the left of the room, soldiers guard a door, allowing a man inside the room.

Calas Bidding Farewell to His Family, 1726 - 1801

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

A diagram depicts different views of the interior of a slave ship, labelled with figure numbers and letters. There is a body of text underneath the diagram.

Description of a Slave Ship

British

A color print portrays a group of figures watching a battle scene projected onto a wall.

The Tea-Tax-Tempest (The Oracle)

Unidentified Artist

A black and white print portrays a group of figures watching a procession scene projected onto a wall.

The Oracle, 1720/30 - 1804

John Dixon

Neue Versuche und Muster das Pflanzenreich zum Papiermachen und andern Sachen wirthschaftsnützlich zu gebrauchen (New Experiments and Samples of Paper Made without Rags or at Least a Small Addition of Those Materials) (5 vols.)

Neue Versuche und Muster das Pflanzenreich zum Papiermachen und andern Sachen wirthschaftsnützlich zu gebrauchen (New Experiments and Samples of Paper Made without Rags or at Least a Small Addition of Those Materials) (5 vols.), 1718 - 1790

Jacob Christian Schäffer

An illustration portrays a man wearing a suit attached with wing-like parachutes leaping into the air.

Frontispiece to La découverte australe par un homme-volant, ou Le Dédale Français (The Discovery of the Austral Lands by a Flying Man; or, The French Daedalus) (vol. 1), 1734 - 1806

Author: Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne

An engraving of a palace with trees on either side.

Haiyantang Dongmian (Calm Seas Palace), plate 12, from Changchun yuan shuifa tu (Pictures of the European Palaces and Waterworks), active at the Manchu court, c. 1749 - 1793

Ilantai

An engraving of two buildings surrounded by a labyrinth.

Huayuan Zhengmian (Labyrinth), plate 5 from Changchun yuan shuifa tu (Pictures of the European Palaces and Waterworks), active at the Manchu court, c. 1749 - 1793

Ilantai

An engraving of an advertisement for a nightman with a decorative frame of columns and vines surrounding the text. At the lower center, there is a depiction of a city scene with a horse drawn carriages and two figures.

Henry Hastings, Nightman to His Majesties Offices, & for the City & Suburbs, 1751? - 1790

John Keyse Sherwin

An engraving of an advertisement for a mathematical instrument company, with a decorative frame featuring examples of instruments surrounding the text.

Thomas Ripley & Co.

W. Cole

An engraving of a city street corner with figures walking along the sidewalk and street, with text underneath the image.

Walking Temple Gates

Unidentified Artist

An engraving depicts numerous animals dressed as and acting as humans. In the center of the image, several animals climb a ladder over a wall in front of a smoking building.

Animal Comedians

Unidentified Artist

A print of a portrait of a young man, surrounded by depictions of several acrobatic tricks and an illustration of a man on a stage at the bottom.

A Representation of the Surprising Performances of Mr. Price

Unidentified Artist

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