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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Tonal print of a bearded man in a robe holding an open book with a draped cloth, against a dark background.

A Philosopher, looking forward, holding a book with a cloth

Bernard Vaillant, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a classical interior with a canopied throne, colonnades, a fountain, and crowded figures in the foreg

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Carlo Portelli, 1560-70

Pitbull Terrier

Moriz Jung, 1912

Watercolor of a ruined tower and manor house across a calm lake, with figures in a rowing boat in the foreground.

Ruins at Oestergoedland

Pehr Nordqvist, ca. 1800

Grey wash drawing of a stone tomb with stepped base among tall forest tree trunks.

A Stone Tomb in a Forest; verso: Study of a Flower

Christen Købke, 1830

Grey wash drawing of a seated man in a cap beside a large dolmen on grassy ground, on tan paper.

The Artist, Seated in Front of a Dolmen

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1844

Grey wash drawing of four nude women approaching a classical altar, with putti flying in clouds above and waves at left.

Four Nude Women Surrounded by Putti, Approaching an Altar

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Pen and ink drawing of a brook lined with bare trees, with a farm, grazing cows, and two figures in an open field.

A Brook near a Farm in Usserød with Cows and Two Figures

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1847

Pen and ink drawing of a battered ship with broken masts in stormy seas, with a small boat holding two figures in the foregro

A Storm at Sea with a Large Ship and a Small Boat with Two Figures

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Engraving of dancing figures at a Grecian harvest festival, with a bearded elder, grapevines, an ox, and winged figures in cl

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc.

James Barry, dated May 1, 1791, issued 1792

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a embroidered-collar coat painting at an easel, holding brushes and a palette.

Portrait of the Painter Ditlev Martens at Work Behind and Easel; verso: An Artist Sketching

Wilhelm Bendz, ca. 1820-24

Three Portraits in Profile

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Sepia drawing of the Statue of Liberty on a star-shaped island, its torch rays spreading over a harbor and city grid with boa

Presentation Drawing of "The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World"

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, 1875

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling beside a lion in a wooded landscape, with a crucifix and skull nearby.

Saint Jerome in the Desert

Lucas Kilian, 1610

Brown wash drawing of Christ with a staff among nude figures and demons at a gateway, with winged creatures above.

Christ in Limbo

Luca Penni, ca. 1547-48

Black and white print of an angel with a cross, Adam and Eve, Moses with tablets, and a crowd of figures in a landscape.

Section A: an angel holding a cross at upper left, Adam and Eve below, from "The Triumph of Christ"

Andrea Andreani, 1836

Black-and-white print of a spaniel sitting with a bird in its mouth beside a pheasant lying on the grass.

Spaniel and Pheasant

Edwin Landseer, June 15, 1871

Red chalk drawing on blue paper with many studies of hands in different gestures, grasping, open and resting.

Study of Hands (recto); Study for a Reclining St. Francis (verso)

Daniele Crespi, ca. 1628-30

Graphite sketch on blue paper of two hands, one holding a pen diagonally, with a second hand partly drawn below.

Study of Hands

Charles-Joseph Natoire, ca. 1761

Hand-colored print of New York City Hall ablaze at night, with flames and smoke over a crowd watching on the street below.

Burning of the City Hall New York, on the night of the 17th August 1858 - Supposed to have taken fire from the fire w…

Currier & Ives, 1858

Watercolor study of an antique wooden armchair with red-trimmed upholstered back and red seat, on a grey wash background.

Study of an antique armchair

David Cox, 1849

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular male nude with twisted torso and raised arm on aged paper.

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)

Agostino Carracci, ca. 1590-93

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a stone house and trees overlooking a calm sea and distant hills, Calabria, Italy.

Pentedatelo, Calabria, Italy

Edward Lear, 1847 (?)

Etching of an elderly bearded man with a cane walking beside a young boy along a rural path with hedgerows.

A Blind Man (The Wayfarers)

Frederick Walker, 1863

Pen and ink invitation card design with two classical female figures, drapery, and text for the Moray Minstrels, 1865.

The Moray Minstrels (Design for Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis)

Frederick Walker, 1865

Hand-colored print of Washington taking the oath of office with his hand on a Bible, surrounded by officials in period dress.

The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 - At the Old City Hall, New Y…

Currier & Ives, 1876

Hand-colored print of a mounted officer raising his hat before a line of soldiers and a flag beneath a large tree.

Washington Taking Command of the American Army - At Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 3rd, 1775

Currier & Ives, 1876

Hand-colored print of two paddle steamboats racing at night on the Mississippi, smoke and sparks rising under a moon.

Midnight Race on the Mississippi

Currier & Ives, 1875

Hand-colored print of a man ringing a large bell at Independence Hall while a crowd and onlookers watch from nearby buildings

The Tocsin of Liberty-Rung by the State House Bell, (Independence Hall) Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776, "Proclaim liber…

Currier & Ives, 1876

Colored print of two uniformed men shaking hands in a formal room while onlookers in period dress watch.

The First Meeting of Washington and Lafayette - Philadelphia, August 3rd, 1777

Currier & Ives, 1876