Images at Librifly

Tea Bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th century, China, Fujian Province, China, Jian ware, dark-gray stoneware with dark-brown glaze and overglaze hare’s fur markings in iron oxide, H. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.), diam. 12.2 cm (4 15/16 in

Hercules and Antaeus Design for a Fountain, n.d., Attributed to Martin Desjardins (Dutch, 1639/40-1694), or Jacques Desjardins (Dutch, 1671-c. 1716), Netherlands, Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash oncream wove paper, laid down on

Ring-Handled Cup, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), China, Cizhou-type ware, white-glazed stoneware with iron spots, H. 3.4 cm (1 3/8 in.), diam. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in

Wakana, Part 1 (Wakana, jo), from the series A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji), c. 1789/94, Chobunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Japan, Color woodblock prints, right sheet of oban triptych (complete triptych:

Fragment (From a Temple Hanging), late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25, Japan, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1776, c. 1776, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792, Japan,

A Lady Seated, 1893, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Lithograph, in black ink, with scraping and touches of brush and tusche, on cream laid paper, 193 x 172 mm (image), 307 x 207 mm (sheet

Flounce, 1860s, Belgium, Belgium, Cotton, needle lace of a type known as "Point de Gaze

Ageniosus dentatus, Print, 1700-1880

The Constellation Leo, folio probably from the Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars), Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated c.1500, Iran, Iran, Opaque watercolor on paper, 21.3 × 14.3 cm (8 3/8 × 5 5/8

Beilstein on the Moselle, from Picturesque Selections, 1860, James Duffield Harding, (English, 1798-1863), Published by W. Kent and Co., England, Lithograph on paper, 278 × 385 mm (image, primary support), 430 × 560 mm (secondary

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1851, Probably Manufactured by Wright & Lee, England, probably Manchester, England, Cotton, plain weave, engraved roller printed, glazed, 145.5 × 71.5 cm (57 1/4 × 28 1/8 in

Hussar (recto) Man with a Top Hat and Bandaged Head (verso), 1855, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove paper, 136 x 78 mm

Panel, c. 1888, After a design by William Morris (English, 1834–1896), England, Silk, warp-float faced twill weave, embroidered in satin and stem stitches, 263.9 × 120.9 cm (103 7/8 × 47 5/8 in

Rue des Toiles, Bourges, 1853, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 217 × 122 mm (image), 217 × 122 mm (plate), 445 × 311 mm (sheet

Embers Glow, 1890–97, Theodore Roussel, French, worked in England, 1847-1926, England, Color etching and aquatint on ivory (laid) Japanese paper, 251 × 211 mm (image/plate), 271 × 234 mm (sheet

Two Magicians with Two Boys, from Scherzi, 1735–40, Giambattista Tiepolo, Italian, 1696-1770, Italy, Etching printed in black on paper, 218 x 175 mm (plate), 305 x 233 mm (sheet

The Nibelungen’s End, The Death of Kriemhild, 1845, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German, 1794-1874, Germany, Graphite and brush and brown washes on tan laid paper, with added strip of tan wove paper at top (restoration), laid down on

Coffee Pot, 1760/70, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware), 23.5 x 19.4 cm (9 1/4 x 7 5/8 in

Drinkers, n.d., Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894, France, Etching on cream chine laid down on ivory laid paper, 81 × 60 mm (image), 87 × 65 mm (chine), 171 × 153 mm (sheet

Fragment, 1575/1600, Italy, Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave, 39.7 x 27 cm (15 5/8 x 10 5/8 in

Stage in Memory of Isabella Clara Eugenia, plate 24 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand), 1642, Theodoor van Thulden

Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Victory, 46 BC, Roman, minted in Rome, Italy, Silver, Diam. 2.1 cm, 4.13 g

Various Sketches, 1800, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726-1801, Germany, Etching on paper, 40 x 123 mm

Cylinder with Geometric Designs and Hieroglyphs, Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 15 (about 1650–1550 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glazed steatite, L. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.), diam. 1 cm (3/8 in

Fragment (Border), Greco–Roman period (30 B.C.–641 A.D.), 4th/5th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Linen and wool, slit tapestry weave, 27.9 × 6.4 cm (11 × 2 1/2 in

Le Retour de L’Ile d’Elbe (The Return from the Isle of Elba) (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1830, Engraved by Samuel Cholet (French, 1785–1874) after lithographs by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792–1895), Manufactured by Favre-

Anatifa laevis, Print, Pelagic gooseneck barnacle, Lepas anatifera (Anatifa laevis

Covered Flagon with Spout, 1750/1800, Possibly Andreas Wirz, Zurich, Switzerland, Zürich, Pewter, 35.6 x 21.6 cm (14 x 8 1/2 in

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, France, Glass, Diam. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in

Bottle, c. 1840/50, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass, H. 17.8 cm (7 in

Love (Valentine), c. 1850, G. Ingram, English, 19th century, England, Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 68 × 47 mm (folded sheet

Tobias and the Angel, from Six Landscape Subjects from the Old Testament, 1650/60, Anthoni Waterlo, Dutch, 1609-1690, Holland, Etching on paper, 295 x 250 mm (image), 298 x 252 mm (plate), 319 x 275 mm (sheet

Back View of a Seated Male Nude Holding Shepherd’s Crook, 1775/79, Attributed to Filippo Ottani, Italian, active 18th century, Italy, Red chalk, with touches of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, 417 × 289 mm

Woman Seated Holding a Cat on Her Knees, n.d., Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780), with thumbnail sketch after Noël Coypel (French 1628-1707), France, Black chalk and graphite, with pen and black ink, brush and brown wash and

Nymph Crowned with Daisies, 1899, Maurice Denis, French, 1870-1943, France, Lithograph in pink, yellow, and blue on off-white wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, 560 × 445 mm

Sponge Box, 1827, Netherlands, Netherlands, Silver, 3.8 x 4.5 cm (1 1/2x 1 3/4 in

Simian Mother and Child, 13th century, Indonesia, Java, Java, Andesite, 25.1 x 23.8 x 22.9 cm (9 7/8 x 9 3/8 x 9 in

Pont-au-Change, Paris, 1854, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper, 150 × 324 mm (image, including stray marks), 157 × 332 mm (plate), 142 × 326 mm (primary support), 323 ×

The Sisters, 1894/95, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph with scraping, on ivory wove proofing paper, 150 x 236 mm (image), 255 x 319 mm (sheet

Temple of the God Rediculus, plate five from the Ruins of Rome Temple of the God Rediculus, plate five from the Ruins of Rome, published March 1, 1796, M. Dubourg, (English, active 1786-1838), published by J. Merigot (Italian, Unknown),

Momiji no ga, from the series A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji), c. 1789/94, Chobunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban triptych, 38.9 x 75.8 cm

Gate Leg Table, 1710/30, American, 18th century, Boston, Boston, Walnut and pine, 73.3 × 143.5 × 135.3 cm (28 7/8 × 56 1/2 × 53 1/4 in.) (open

Illustration from Turnierbuch (Tournament Book), plate seven from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century, 1530, assembled into portfolio 1937, Attributed to Monogrammist H.H. (German, active 1539-1559), assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss,

Swallow and hibiscus, c. 1830s, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color woodblock print, aitanzaku, 31.3 x 10.6 cm (12 1/2 x 4 1/4 in

Fragment (From a shawl), 1850/99, Iran (Persia), Iran, Wool, 32.7 x 25.6 cm (12 7/8 x 9 3/4 in

The Bride Riding in the Palanquin to Her Husband’s House (Koshi-iri), the third sheet of the series Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma), c. 1769, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese,

Coverlet, 1849, Charles Adolph (American, born French, 1815- after 1870), United States, Indiana, Wayne County, Williamsburg, Indiana, Wool and cotton, plain weave double cloth with main warp fringe, 225.8 x 103.3 cm (88 7/8 x 40 5/8 in

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), Kangxi Period, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1800/50, China, One of four panels. Of dark green satin embroidered in colored silks. Has two panels of figures and one of flowers. Border of modern red cloth with design of

Ring: Hieroglyphs, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1350 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, W. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.), diam. 1.9 cm (3/4 in

Beaded Necklace with Bar Pendant, A.D. 300/700, Nicoya, Nicoya, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Jade, L. 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in

Scarab: Aakheperkara (Thutmose I), New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Thutmose I (about 1504–1492 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glazed steatite, 0.6 × 1.3 × 1 cm (1/4 × 1/2 × 3/8), Pier Table, 1813/25, Thomas Emmons, American, active

Border, 1875/1900 (reproduction of 16th century Reticello design), Italy, Linen, needle lace worked on plain weave cut and drawn thread work grid, two pieces joined, 13.2 x 88.2 cm (5 1/4 x 34 3/4 in

Alca arctica, Print, The Atlantic puffin, also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin, are found in

Female Figure, c. 400 B.C., Tlatilco, Preclassic period, Valley of Mexico, Mexico, México, Ceramic and pigment, H. 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in

Portrait of Pietro Testa, after c. 1645, After Pietro Testa, Italian, 1611/12-1650, Italy, Brush and brown wash heightened with lead white (discolored), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card, 378 x 257 mm

Panel, Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800, Japan, Silk and silvered-paper-strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, lined with silk,

The Actors Bando Zenji I as Nagahashi Saburo, Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Konozo as Hagai Ujitsune, and an Unidentified Actor (right to left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the

The Jewel River of Plovers (Chidori no Tamagawa), from the series Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu Tamagawa), c. 1769/70, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 25 x 4

Candlestick (one of a pair), 19th century, P. J. Joiris, Belgian, 19th century, Belgium, Liège, Pewter, 37.5 x 12.1 x12.1 cm (14 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in

Amadina sinensis, Print, 1700-1880

Coin Depicting the God Apollo, about 88/50 BC, Greek, Ancient Greece, Bronze, Diam. 2.4 cm, 7.67 g

Artamus leucorhynchos, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily

Apollo, plate 5 from Parnassus Biceps, 1601, Robert Boissard (French, c. 1570–after 1597), after Jean-Jacques Boissard (French, 1533-1598), Frankfurt an der Oder, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 250 × 179 mm (image), 271 × 179

Swallows, 1882, Felix Bracquemond, French, 1833–1914, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 330 × 280 mm (image), 542 × 361 mm (sheet

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the priest Shunkan and Azuma Tozo II as Oyasu in the play Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi (Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of the New Year), c. 1768, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792,

Do Not Bid My Voice Be Mute (valentine), c. 1840, George Meek, English, 19th century, England, Lithograph with hand-coloring on cut and embossed ivory wove paper (lace), 142 × 94 mm (folded sheet

Moses Drawing Water from the Rock, c. 1688, Guglielmo Borremans, Flemish, active 1688-1737, Flanders, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, squared in black chalk, on ivory laid paper, 324 × 252 mm

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1455/60, Giovanni di Paolo, Italian, 1398–1482, Italy, Tempera on panel, 68.6 × 39.1 cm (27 × 15 3/8 in.), painted surface: 66.3 × 36.6 cm (26 1/16 × 14 7/16 in

Melton Constable in the County of Norfolk, plate 51 from Britannia Illustrata, published 1707, Jan Kip (Dutch, c. 1653-1722), after Leonard Knyff (Dutch, 1650-1721), published by David Mortier (French, 1673-1728), Netherlands, Etching and

Goat’s Foot Lever for a Crossbow, early 16th century, Spanish, Europe, Iron

Wine Cooler from the Duke of Clarence Service, 1789/90, Worcester Porcelain Factory (Flight Period), Worcester, England, founded 1751, Worcester, Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels and gilding, 16.7 x 24.9 cm (6 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.),

Prajnaparamita, Goddess of Wisdom, Angkor period, late 12th/early 13th century, Cambodia, Cambodia, Bronze, 19.4 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm (7 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in

Salute Dawn, 1879/80, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Cancelled copper plate, 127 x 209 mm

Fragment of an Assumption (?) Scene: Apostles, with Saint Francis of Assisi in the Foreground, 1614/15, Alessandro Turchi, called L’Orbetto, Italian, 1578-1649, Italy, Pen and brush and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black

Ameiva vulgaris, Print, Ameiva, commonly called jungle-runners, is a genus of whiptail lizards that belongs to the family Teiidae., 1768

Scarab: Long-Necked Creature, Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasties 12–17 (about 1985–1550 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glazed steatite, 1.3 × 1 × 0.6 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 1/4 in

Fan, 19th century, France, Pearl with pierced and gilded decoration, pearl rivet, 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in

Antilope pygarga, Print, Blackbuck, The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The blackbuck is the sole extant member of the genus Antilope. The species was

Dancing School, 1785, François Dequevauviller (French, 1745-1807), after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737-1807), France, Engraving on ivory laid paper, 290 × 371 mm (image), 340 × 419 mm (sheet

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII), 1859, Utagawa School, Japanese, 19th century, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban

Millefleur with Medallions, 1540/60, Flanders, Bruges, Bruges, Wool, cotton and silk, slit and double interlocking and dovetailed tapestry weaves, 161.4 × 304.2 cm (63 1/2 × 119 3/4 in

The Blacksmith, 1833, Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863, France, Etching and aquatint in black on off-white wove paper, 158 × 95 mm (image), 227 × 163 mm (sheet, sight

Marie Christine Caroline d’Orléans, Mademoiselle de Valois, 1825, Pierre Louis Henri Grévedon, French, 1776-1860, France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 213 × 187 mm (image), 455 × 335 mm (sheet

Antilope dorcas, Print, Blackbuck, The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The blackbuck is the sole extant member of the genus Antilope. The species was

Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845, 1863, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching and drypoint on grayish ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, 118 × 296 mm (image), 163 × 344

Notched Ovate Bannerstone, c. 4800 B.C., Archaic, Blokes Creek, Union Country, Ohio, United States, Ohio, Banded slate, 14.5 x 6.4 cm (5 11/16 x 2 1/2 in

Woman Emptying a Pail, 1862–63, published 1921, Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875), published by Sagot-Le Garrec and Company, France, Cliché-verre on photo-sensitized tan wove paper, 302 × 244 mm (image), 302 × 244 mm (sheet

Vinaigrette, c. 1810/11, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, England, Birmingham, Silver gilt, 5.1 × 2.3 cm (2 × 7/8 in

Sandwich-Carrots!-Dainty Sandwich-Carrots, published December 3, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 353 ×

Pair of Salts, 1790/95, Joseph Richardson Jr., American, 1752–1831, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Silver, 4.5 × 7 cm (1 3/4 × 2 3/4 in

Lotus-Shaped Altar Bowl Stand, 18th century, Tibet, Tibet, Silver, 6.1 x 12.6 x 12.6 cm (2 3/8 x 5 x 5 in

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I in an Unidentified Role, c. 1777, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, from a multisheet composition, 30 x 14.4 cm (11 13/16 x 5 11/16 in

The Virgin on the Crescent with a Diadem, 1514, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Germany, Engraving in black on off-white laid paper, 116 × 75 mm (image/sheet

Vase, c. 1875/80, England, Stourbridge, Manufactured by Thomas Webb & Co. (English, founded 1837), Engraved by William Fritsche (English, fl. 19th century), Stourbridge, Glass, H. 38.1 cm (15 in

Bird (Formerly a Curtain), 1878 (produced 1878/1940), Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896), Produced by Morris & Company, 1875–1940, Woven at Queen Square or Merton Abbey Works, England, London or Surrey, Wimbledon, England,

Scene near Godalming, Surrey, c. 1856, Alfred Rosling, English, 1802–1880s, England, Albumen print, 21.7 × 17.2 cm (image/paper), 44.7 × 33 cm (mount

Sutra Cover, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590’s, China, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave with brocading wefts, wrapped over cardboard and backed with paper, sutra, accordion-mounted, 33 × 23.7 cm (13 × 9 3/8

American Woman Playing an Accordion (Amerika nyokan akodeon wo hiku no zu), from the series Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu), 1860, Utagawa Sadahide, Japanese, 1807-1873, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban

Daruma, c. 1550, Japanese, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, colors, and gold on silk, 109.2 x 54 cm (43 x 21 1/4 in