A man seated in a chair on a stepped platform holds an audience, two pointing men stand in the foreground, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Frontispiece to Nicholas Amhurst's "Terrae-Filius"

William Hogarth, Related author Nicholas Amhurst

La Condamnation a Mort (The Condemnation to Death), from "La Grande Passion" (The Large Passion)

Jacques Callot

Frontispiece to Moliere's "L'Avare" (The Miser)

John Vandergucht, After William Hogarth, Related author Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière

The Family of William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Peeter Clouwet, After Abraham van Diepenbeeck, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

La Condamnation a Mort (The Condemnation to Death), from "La Grande Passion" (The Large Passion)

Jacques Callot

Banquet of the Piacevoli, Medici coat of arms at top center

Stefano della Bella

Dancing couples surround four standing women in a barrel-vaulted hall, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

Banquet of the Piacevoli

Etched by Stefano della Bella, Dedicated to Cardinal Gian Carlo de' Medici Bishop of Sabina

Queen Elizabeth in Parliament

Anonymous, 17th century, After Renold Elstrack, Elizabeth I, Queen of England

A young boy holds a torch under trees in a garden, at center a man raises both arms, surrounded by male and female figures, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

After Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, Claude Nicolas Malapeau

La Condamnation a Mort (The Condemnation to Death), from "La Grande Passion" (The Large Passion)

Jacques Callot

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 2: Fantasio at Church

William Hogarth, Related author Charles Gildon, Related author Lucius Madaurensis Apuleius