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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,820 works

Satirical print of a crowned king fishing on a riverbank, catching a fish labeled Taxes, with a barrel of other revenue fish.

A King Fisher on the Banks of the Thames

Monogrammist JVS, 1827

Etching of two mounted riders leaving an inn as a dog jumps at their horses, with a woman selling eggs at a table nearby.

Sr. Hudibras, His Passing Worth, The Manner How He Sally'd Forth": Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hud…

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Engraving of a bear in a coat holding a tankard, with a dog, books and a palette in the foreground.

The Bruiser

William Hogarth, August 1, 1763

Engraving of a sun-god driving a horse chariot through clouds, with a reclining nude couple and a putto below.

An allegory of the rising sun, a naked man wearing a shroud and accompanied Father Time is being drawn by horses

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Bacchus reclining on a carriage in a triumphal procession with satyrs, nude figures, grapevines and a lion.

Triumph of Bacchus who is seated on a carriage at left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a bacchanal procession of children riding a horse and elephant with lions, before a landscape with a tree and vi

A children's bacchanal with animals

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Pluto driving a chariot with horses into a dark cave, with serpent-wielding figures in the underworld.

Pluto riding a chariot descending into Hell, from "Division of the Universe"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of three nude gods dividing the universe on a rocky shore beneath a large cloud, with a winged figure and urn.

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto dividing the universe, from "Division of the Universe"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of nude Pluto and Proserpine embracing beneath drapery while a winged putto restrains a three-headed dog.

Pluto and Proserpine, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of Venus and Mars on a bed as Apollo's sun chariot rides overhead, with an Italian inscription below.

Venus and Mars discovered by Apollo, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of a seated woman with a child and an armored warrior with a spear, framed by putti, dogs and birds.

Juno, Mars and Cupid, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Hand-colored caricature of a woman parachuting over a crowd in a city square, with a balloon above and an obelisk below.

The Parachute or a Sage Lady's Second Experiment

Thomas Rowlandson, September 1785

Mock Turtle

Thomas Rowlandson, January 24, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a young man in a high collar, frilled shirt and yellow breeches holding a black hat.

The Monstrous Craw; or a New-Discovered Animal

Thomas Rowlandson, March 1, 1802

Hand-colored print of a tailor disturbed at work by a woman shouting while carrying cucumbers, with a boy and a cat in a clut

Miseries of Human Life: While Deep in Study and Lost in Thought in the Complicated Profession of a Taylor and All on…

Nicolaus Heideloff, October 1807

Colored caricature of an overloaded stagecoach outside the Maidenhead Inn, with passengers, luggage, and dogs in chaotic moti

Miseries of Travelling: the Overloaded Coach

Thomas Rowlandson, February 15, 1807

Etching of a crowded London street with tangled carriages, shouting coachmen, scaffolding and a spilled coin scene.

Miseries of London: Going Out to Dinner

Thomas Rowlandson, February 1, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a leopard-spotted man with a black hat fighting off greyhounds, with a gunman and animals on the r

The Corsican Tiger at Bay!

Thomas Rowlandson, July 8, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a startled uniformed figure with a sword, facing clouds of evils, British thunder and frogs in mar

Horrid Visions of Nappy Napp'd at Last

Thomas Rowlandson, August 23, 1808

Hand-colored caricature print of a uniformed man lifting a fox-headed figure as hounds run toward him across a hillside.

Coming in at the Death of the Corsican Fox, Scene the Last

Thomas Rowlandson, April 12, 1814

Caricature of a man in a military coat caged on a donkey cart, surrounded by a jeering crowd, 1815 hand-coloured print.

A Rare Acquisition to the Royal Menagerie

Thomas Rowlandson, July 28, 1815

Engraving of Jupiter as a cuckoo embracing Juno under a tree, framed by decorative female figures and an Italian verse below.

Jupiter tells Juno of his love, set within a frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Satirical etching of fashionable women in large hats and ruffled gowns in an interior, with a small dog and a towering feathe

The Supplemental Magazine

Thomas Rowlandson, January 1, 1786

Line engraving of a shop interior with hanging padded garments, fashionable women in hats, and a fitting scene with a seated

The Bum Shop

R. Rushworth, July 11, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a plumed hat riding a crowned white horse atop a globe, with labels reading Power and Lib

A Great Man on His Hobby Horse

Thomas Rowlandson, 1803

Engraving of Diana the huntress with bow and arrow, standing in a niche with two dogs at her feet.

Diana the huntress acompanied by her dogs standing in a niche

Giulio Bonasone, 16th century

Engraving of a vulture attacking a reclining man, with two women and a flying Cupid, inside an ornate decorative frame.

A vulture eating the innards of Titius, Cupid above two women to the left, set within and elaborate frame, from "Love…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Vulcan at an anvil in a forge with gods making a chain, framed by ornate female figures and swans.

Vulcan, Neptune, Athena and other Gods making Shackles to pull Jupiter from the Heavens, set within an elaborate fram…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraved ornamental frieze with a bearded man, nude youth, winged monster, and eagle among acanthus scrolls.

ornamental Frieze with two Putti and a Monster

Giulio Bonasone, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a rider on a galloping horse with two hounds beside him, trees framing the scene.

The Huntsman

Thomas Rowlandson, 1785