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Art in Black and White

1,413 pieces where black and white leads the palette. Pair it with a room to see what hangs well together.

From Painted Zodiac 25Cabinet of Curiosities 21The Firmament 14Cartographer’s Dream 12 and 5 more houses

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The Alembic1

49–96 of 96 pieces

Nudibranchia

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00275from $60

Horlogerie et Bijouterie C. Detouche — Trade Card

C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver

Engraving, 19th century

PA-00544from $60

C. Detouche, 228–230 rue Saint-Martin — Trade Card

C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver

Engraving, 19th century

PA-00545from $60

Horlogerie Lasne — Trade Card

Lasne (house), unknown engraver

Engraving, 19th century

PA-00546from $60

Snowy Owl

John James Audubon; engraved by Robert Havell (1785 to 1851)

Engraving, 1831

PA-00630from $60

Sea Slugs — Nudibranchia

Ernst Haeckel (1834 to 1919)

Painting, 1899–1904

PA-00667from $60

Anatomy of the Head

Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty

Plate, 1748

PA-00942from $60

Virgo, the Maiden

Johann Bayer

Plate, 1655 edition of 1603

PA-00959from $55

Taurus, the Bull

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, 1655

PA-02263from $60

Gemini, the Twins

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, 1655

PA-02264from $60

Capricorn, the Sea-Goat

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, 1655

PA-02271from $60

Andromeda

Sidney Hall

Engraved plate, 1825

PA-02275from $60

Atlas Coelestis

John Flamsteed

Engraved plate, 1729

PA-02286from $60

The Ptolemaic System

Andreas Cellarius

Engraved plate, 1660

PA-02287from $95

Virgo, the Maiden — Restored

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, restored

PA-02329from $55

Tableau of Astronomy

Charles V. Monin

Engraved plate, 1838

PA-02377from $55

Hyacinths

Thomas Warner, after Robert John Thornton

Plate, 1801

PA-00245from $55

Selenographia — The First Moon Atlas

Johannes Hevelius

Plate, 1647

PA-00972from $55

Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle

Maria Sibylla Merian

Plate, 1693

PA-00244from $55

Rosa Damascena Aurora

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Plate, 1817–1824

PA-00247from $55

Hypothesis of the Ptolemaic Eccentric and Epicycle

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00266from $55

Virgo, the Maiden

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, 1655

PA-02267from $95

The Nativity of Alexander

Engraver unknown

Engraved plate

PA-02279from $60

The Melothesia

Medieval manuscript

Engraved plate

PA-02281from $60

The Great-Footed Hawk

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1829

PA-00280from $60

The Purple Martin

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00282from $60

Cepheus

Sidney Hall

Plate, 1825

PA-00263from $60

The Timber Rattlesnake

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00289from $55

The Ninth Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

PA-00528from $55

The Northern Hemisphere

Andreas Cellarius

Engraved plate, 1660

PA-02283from $95

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

after Czermak / Kandler

Engraving of the Prague astronomical clock, 1837

PA-00540Display only

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

William Cheselden

Plate, 1733

PA-00940Display only

The Body at Life Size

Paolo Mascagni

Plate, 1823–1831

PA-00946Display only

Garden Parsley

Elizabeth Blackwell

Plate, 1737–1739

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Rosemary

Elizabeth Blackwell

Plate, 1737–1739

PA-00255Display only

Mint

Elizabeth Blackwell

Plate, 1737–1739

PA-00256Display only

The Fourth Muscle Man

Andreas Vesalius (woodcut, Basel workshop of Johannes Oporinus)

Woodcut, 1543

PA-00276Display only

The First Pendulum Clock

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

PA-00534Display only

Horologium Oscillatorium — Title Leaf

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

PA-00535Display only

A Bracket Clock Movement

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

PA-00536Display only

Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi, 1768–1769

Ferdinand Berthoud

Plate, 1768–1769

PA-00537Display only

A Berthoud Sea Watch, Engraved

after Ferdinand Berthoud

Engraving, 18th century

PA-00538Display only

De Vick’s Clock of 1379

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

PA-00543Display only

An Anatomical Tableau

after Frederik Ruysch

Plate, early 18th c.

PA-00944Display only

Coronelli's Celestial Globe Gores

Vincenzo Coronelli

Plate, c. 1693

PA-00988Display only

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, Archive Plate

Thunder Lizards

Digital painting

PA-01662Display only

Allosaurus fragilis, Archive Plate

Thunder Lizards

Digital painting

PA-01709Display only

Therizinosaurus cheloniformis, Archive Plate

Thunder Lizards

Digital painting

PA-01734Display only

Pieces

Nudibranchia

Horlogerie et Bijouterie C. Detouche — Trade Card

C. Detouche, 228–230 rue Saint-Martin — Trade Card

Horlogerie Lasne — Trade Card

Snowy Owl

Sea Slugs — Nudibranchia

Anatomy of the Head

Virgo, the Maiden

Taurus, the Bull

Gemini, the Twins

Capricorn, the Sea-Goat

Andromeda

Atlas Coelestis

The Ptolemaic System

Virgo, the Maiden — Restored

Tableau of Astronomy

Hyacinths

Selenographia — The First Moon Atlas

Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle

Rosa Damascena Aurora

Hypothesis of the Ptolemaic Eccentric and Epicycle

Virgo, the Maiden

The Nativity of Alexander

The Melothesia

The Great-Footed Hawk

The Purple Martin

Cepheus

The Timber Rattlesnake

The Ninth Key

The Northern Hemisphere

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

The Body at Life Size

Garden Parsley

Rosemary

Mint

The Fourth Muscle Man

The First Pendulum Clock

Horologium Oscillatorium — Title Leaf

A Bracket Clock Movement

Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi, 1768–1769

A Berthoud Sea Watch, Engraved

De Vick’s Clock of 1379

An Anatomical Tableau

Coronelli's Celestial Globe Gores

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, Archive Plate

Allosaurus fragilis, Archive Plate

Therizinosaurus cheloniformis, Archive Plate

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