Etchings by a guy with a long name

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These are a series of etchings of various 18th Century vendors and workers by Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac. Apparently he was bit of a rake in his life, associating with some colorful, albeit a bit dubious, characters. 

These images are from The Met's collection. There are more there, and more after the jump. 

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières

Etchings by Martin Lewis

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Martin Lewis was a 20th Century printmaker and artist. Like Edward Hopper, who he briefly taught printmaking techniques, he set many of his works in nighttime New York neighborhoods. The Great Depression ended his commercial career and he spent the later years of his life teaching printmaking in relative obscurity.

These examples of his work, and those after the jump, are from the Messy Nessy post Moonlight Etchings of the Forgotten Artist who Taught Edward Hopper. There are more at that link.

Etchings of musical instruments

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El Bibliomata has a wonderful Flickr collection of old etchings they've scanned. Part of it is a series of etchings of musical instruments. These examples, and the ones after the jump, are taken from that collection. Enlarge them to see details of the etching.

There are many more etchings of instruments at El Bibliomata's, as well as etchings of many other subjects. If you go there be prepared to spend a long time browsing through the collection -- it's a large one.