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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hand-colored print of a young woman in a red bodice reading a book in a pink chair, captioned The Girl He Left Behind.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Girl He Left Behind

Winslow Homer, 1864

Brown wash drawing of a group of men in a formal room gathered around a conference table, one in military uniform.

President Lincoln and His Cabinet

Christian Schussele, ca. 1861

Watercolor of Rome seen from ruined brick walls overgrown with trees, with a river, bridges, and a large dome in the distance

A View of Rome from the Palatine

Carl Ludwig Frommel, 1813-17 (?)

Hand-colored print of a soldier in a kepi leaning on a balustrade, gesturing toward ballet dancers on stage.

Life in Camp, Part 2: Home on Furlough

Winslow Homer, 1864

Seated woman in a pale dress with clasped hands, drawn in black and white chalk on brown paper.

Portrait of Frederikke Tuxen

P.S. Krøyer, 1882

Lithograph of Lincoln's assassination in a theatre box, with a gunman, smoke, an American flag and onlookers.

The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., April 14th, 1865

Currier & Ives, 1865

Watercolor of a ruined arched castle on a hilltop with rocks, a path with two figures, and a lake under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Fantastic Castle

George Sand, 1865

Colored print of a soldier in red trousers and blue jacket holding a rifle before a ruined town with smoke and rubble.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Rifle Pit

Winslow Homer, 1864

Caricature of a Standing Man

Hippolyte Mailly, 1857

Woodcut print of Saint Peter standing with a book and key, flanked by cherubs under draped cloth, with German text.

Peter from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Watercolor of a winding road through a rocky gorge with a red cross, figures, pine trees and a stone wall.

A Road in a Gorge near Naples

Thomas Jones, 1782

Graphite drawing of a woman looking upward beside a turbaned bearded man holding a sleeping child.

A Woman and a Turbaned Man in Despair with a Young Child

François Joseph Navez, 1807-69

Drawing of a young pipe bearer in red cap and white robe holding a hookah, with a faint turbaned head behind him.

Study for "The Pipe Bearer"

John Frederick Lewis, 1841-51

Oval pen and wash drawing of a woman in a ruffled gown leaning on a pedestal before a hazy landscape.

Portrait of Marguerite Le Comte

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1764

Graphite drawing of a young man with closed eyes wearing a wrapped turban and draped cloth, labeled Assan.

Assan, a Young Man

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1855-56

Brown wash drawing of a draped standing figure holding a chalice in a shadowed niche.

St. John the Evangelist

John Flaxman, ca. 1811

Woodcut of a couple riding one horse with two hunting dogs, a hilltop castle at upper right, and a coat of arms above.

Gentleman and Lady Riding to the Hunt

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of a knight on horseback spearing a dragon beneath a tree, with skeletons in the foreground and a kneeling figure at

St. George on Horseback Slaying the Dragon

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Brown ink drawing of an ornate monstrance with a sunburst, cherubs, crucifix medallion, urn stand and winged sphinxes.

Design for a Monstrance (Presented to the City of Trieste by King Louis XVIII)

Louis Lafitte, ca. 1814-19

Watercolor of dead game birds, a hare, a shotgun and a hunting dog beneath an oak tree in a forest landscape.

Hunting Still Life in a Forest

Wybrand Hendricks, 1784

Oval drawing of a seated bearded man embraced by two women before a temple, with a horse and youth at left.

Oedipus before the Temple of the Furies between his Daughters Antigone and Ismene

Anton Raphael Mengs, ca. 1760-61

Architectural plan in gray wash showing a projected grand hall, a circular building, and a grid of city streets and blocks.

La Halle aux Blés, Street Plan

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

Study of a lying cow

Paulus Potter, ca. 1650

Pencil drawing of the Rhine with a fortress on water, a town on the right bank, sailing boats, and horses on a riverside path

View of the Rhine with Pfalzgrafenstein Castle and Kaub Seen from the South-East

Johann Adam Klein, 1815

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded elderly man in robes seated on a rock, pointing at a tablet he holds.

A Prophet Seated on a Rock

Johann Heinrich Lips, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a classical stage interior with columns, arched niches holding statues, and a coffered dome.

Stage Design, with Four other Drawings

Tranquillo Orsi

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and angels, and God the Father enthroned among clouds and putti above.

The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels, and God the Father in the Sky

Johann Lorenz Haid, mid-18th century

Watercolor of a dirt road entering an arched grotto tunnel through rock cliffs, with a stone inscription tablet at left.

Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo, Naples

John 'Warwick' Smith, 1778-79

Pencil and wash drawing of a tall lighthouse beside a church spire, with masted ships at a quay on the left.

The Lighthouse of Travemünde Seen from the South

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Drawing of reclining sheep and a flock in a landscape, rendered in brown ink with white highlights on tan paper.

Reclining Sheep in a Landscape

Francesco Londonio, 1759-82