Wood Cut Collection (#6)

A Japanese woodcut depicting a Chinese man standing and talking to a Frenchman seated on a chair holding a goblet
JAPAN: FOREIGNERS, c1861. A Japanese woodcut depicting a Chinese man standing and talking to a Frenchman seated on a chair holding a goblet. Color woodcut by Utagawa Yoshiiku (Ochiai), c1861

JAPAN: IRIS GARDEN, 1857. Horikiri Iris Garden. Woodcut by Hiroshige Ando, 1857

SHIRAI GONPACHI, c1798. The Japanese fictional character Shirai Gonpachi and the courtesan Miura-ya Komuraski. Woodcut by Utamaro Kitagawa, c1798

Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). Woodcut, 1597, from John Gerards Herball
SUGAR CANE, 1597. Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). Woodcut, 1597, from John Gerards Herball

(Piper nigrum. ) Woodcut from Cristoval Acostas herbal, Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales con
BLACK PEPPER PLANT, 1578. (Piper nigrum.) Woodcut from Cristoval Acostas herbal, " Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales con sus Plantas

Japanese geishas serving and entertaining men in the Shikian restaurant along the Sumida River in the Nakazu district
JAPAN: RESTAURANT, c1786. Japanese geishas serving and entertaining men in the Shikian restaurant along the Sumida River in the Nakazu district, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

Earliest European depiction of corn, woodcut from Leonhard Fuchs De Historica Stirpium
CORN (ZEA MAYS), 1542. Earliest European depiction of corn, woodcut from Leonhard Fuchs De Historica Stirpium

Arabic physician and philosopher. Avicenna massaging a patient. Woodcut from Avicennae Arabum Medicorum Principis
AVICENNA (980-1037). Arabic physician and philosopher. Avicenna massaging a patient. Woodcut from Avicennae Arabum Medicorum Principis, published in Venice, 1595

Title page of a volume of Platos works owned by U. S. President John Adams, 18th century
PLATO: TITLE PAGE. Title page of a volume of Platos works owned by U.S. President John Adams, 18th century

American broadside, probably printed in the state of New York, reporting on the American defeat against the British at
WAR OF 1812: BROADSIDE. American broadside, probably printed in the state of New York, reporting on the American defeat against the British at Queenston, Ontario, 13 October 1812

RICHARD STEELE (1672-1729). English writer. Steele in the pillory. Contemporary woodcut

ARIOSTO: ORLANDO FURIOSO. Page from the first edition of Orlando Furioso, by Ludovico Ariosto, early 16th century

CIVIL WAR: WOUNDED. Searching for the wounded by torchlight after the Battle of Fort Donelson in 1862 during the Civil War. Woodcut

HUNTERS OF KENTUCKY, 1815. American broadsheet featuring the lyrics to The Hunters of Kentucky, a ballad written by Samuel Woodworth in honor of Andrew Jackson after his victory against the British

MATSUO BASHO (1644-1694). Japanese poet. Basho as an old man and a traveler, stopping to talk with two men having tea by the roadside

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY (1893-1930). Russian poet. Woodcut by Yuri Mogilevsky

GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE. Luke writing his Gospel. Woodcut, 1478, from a Bible in Low German

MEDIEVAL WRITER. a Medieval writer, possibliy a scribe, in his cell. Woodcut, 15th century

HANS SACHS (1494-1576). German poet and meistersinger. Woodcut, German, 1567

VIRGIL (70-19 B. C. ). Roman poet. Woodcut from an edition of Virgils Aeneid published at Venice, Italy, in 1532
VIRGIL (70-19 B.C.). Roman poet. Woodcut from an edition of Virgils Aeneid published at Venice, Italy, in 1532

PHYSIOGNOMY, 1637. Forehead of a poet and musician. Woodcut, 1637, from Ciro Spontinis Metoposcopia

JOHN HEYWOOD (1497-1580). English epigrammatist. English woodcut frontispiece to his The Spider and the Flie, 1556

SCRIBE: PAOLO ATTAVANTI. Woodcut from Paolo Attavantis Breviarium totius juris canonici, Milan, Italy, 1497

SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE (fl. 1356). English writer. Woodcut from French edition of his Travels, c1845

MONK: SCRIBE, 1488-89. Monk seated writing. Woodcut, from the Mer des Hystoires, Paris, 1488-89

PIERRE DE RONSARD (1524-1585). French poet. Woodcut frontispiece to the 1552 edition of Ronsards Amours

JAPAN: LETTER WRITER, 1733. A Japanese man with two women, one of whom is writing a letter. Color woodcut by Masanobu Okumura, c1733

FRANCOIS VILLON (1431-1463). French poet. Woodcut portrait from the Grand Testament de Maistre Francois Villon, Paris, France, 1489

PETER I & IVAN V. Russian co-czars Peter I and his half-brother Ivan V on throne, who ruled together, 1682-1696. Wood engraving, 17th century

K ANG-HSI (1654-1722). Emperor of China, 1661-1722. Scene in Peking on the occasion of K ang Hsis arrival for the celebration of his 60th birthday

FRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869). 14th President of the United States

HORSEBACK RIDING. A man and woman on horseback. Woodcut, American, 19th century

CONQUEST OF PERU, 1532. Title page of Pedro Sancho de Hozs account of the Spanish conquest of Peru, printed in Seville, 1534. The woodcut shows the arrest of Atahualpa by the Spanish in 1532

STAGECOACH, 19TH CENTURY. Woodcut, American, 19th century

STEAM ENGINE, 19TH CENTURY. A U. S. mail train. Woodcut, 19th century
STEAM ENGINE, 19TH CENTURY. A U.S. mail train. Woodcut, 19th century

ASTRONOMER, 1533. Astronomers using astronomical sextants to measure the altitude of the moon and the height of buildings. Woodcut, 1533

VENICE: MURANO, c1500. The island of Murano in the Venetian lagoon. Detail of Jacopo Barbaris Bird s-Eye View of Venice, woodcut, c1500

JAPAN: WATERFRONT, c1860. A French woman and a Dutch man seated near the waterfront with ships in the background, and showing the Japanese characters for meteorology, geography, and directions above

JAPAN: YOKOHAMA, c1861. An American merchant and his daughter walking with a dog on a leash in Yokohama, Japan. Japanese woodcut in colors by Sadahide Utagawa, c1861

KING OF ITALY, c1861. A man seated in a chair entitled People of Barbarian Nations, The King of Italy. Japanese woodcut in colors by Yoshitsuya Utagawa, c1861

JAPAN: WOMAN WITH DOG. A French woman walking her dog, accompanied by a dark-skinned man wearing a turban. Woodcut in colors by Sadahide Utagawa, c1860

JAPAN: YOKOHAMA, c1861. The kitchen in a foreign settlement house where food is being prepared and a man is getting a shave in an adjoining room. Woodcut in colors by Yoshikazu Utagawa, c1861

JAPAN: COOKING Caucasian men cooking in the kitchen of a foreign settlement house in Japan with a dog in the foreground. Woodcut in colors by Yoshikazu Utagawa, c1860

SAINT ANDREW. Patron saint of Scotland. Woodcut

MEDIEVAL FALCONRY, c1460. Medieval Italian falconers. Line engraving after a woodcut, c1460

JACOBs DREAM. (Genesis 28: 10-22). Woodcut from the Cologne Bible, 1478-80

SCHOOLMASTER, c1500. Woodcut, English, c1500

PARIS: PILLORY. The pillory at Les Halles, in Paris. 18th century engraving

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