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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hand-colored print of a mounted general pointing as soldiers in boats cross an icy river, with a Conquer or Die flag.

Washington, Crossing the Delaware-On the Evening of Dec. 25th 1776, previous to the Battle of Trenton

Currier & Ives, 1876

Lithograph of a man at a desk beside a telegraph, with a steam press, locomotive and steamboat in the scene.

The Progress of the Century - The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat

Currier & Ives, 1876

Engraving of the Virgin seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, surrounded by winged putti.

The Virgin seated in the clouds with the infant Christ, surrounded by putti, after a drawing by Reni

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1764

Hand-colored lithograph of two paddle steamboats racing on the Mississippi past a wooded cliff, one labeled Eagle.

A Race on the Mississippi

Currier & Ives, 1870

Watercolor of a mountain valley with a river, a stone cottage, seated figures and sheep under a cloudy sky.

The Honister Pass from Gatesgarth Farm, Gatesgarthdale, Lake District

Edward Dayes, 1789-1804

Engraving of Orpheus with a lyre teaching a crowd of nude and draped figures in a mountain landscape with a hut.

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life

James Barry, plate dated May 1, 1791, issued 1792

Two paddle steamboats pass at night under a full moon on Long Island Sound, with a lighthouse on an island behind them.

Steamboats Passing at Midnight - On Long Island Sound

Currier & Ives, 1868-74

Pen and brown ink drawing of a ruined brick building with a staircase, a bare tree, and a boat on a river bank.

An Inhabited Ruin on the Bank of a River

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1630-40

Pencil and wash drawing of a brown horse harnessed to a cart with a barrel, with a lamp post and distant town.

A Cart Drawn by a Brown Horse Near a Lamp Pole (recto); A Group of Mounted Officers (verso)

Johann Adam Klein, ca. 1815

Pencil drawing of a grotto in a rocky cliff by the sea, with a sailboat and a distant volcano on the horizon.

A Grotto near Sorrento, with a Distant View of the Vesuvius

Heinrich Reinhold, 1823

Ink and wash study of many figures and heads, with a classical female figure above, by James Barry, ca. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice"

James Barry, ca. 1802

Engraving of the Virgin Mary with bowed head and hands clasped in prayer, surrounded by a radiant halo.

The Virgin in prayer looking down, after Reni

François de Poilly, ca. 1640-93

Engraved oval portrait of the Virgin Mary with eyes lowered, hands joined in prayer, and a veil over her head.

The Virgin in prayer looking down, in an oval frame, after Reni

François de Poilly, 1640-93

Engraved print of the Virgin resting her head on her hand while holding the sleeping infant Christ on her lap.

The Virgin seated with her head resting on her right hand, holding the sleeping infant Christ on her lap, after Reni

Jean Boulanger, 1623-80

Engraving of the Flight into Egypt: Saint Joseph points left, the Virgin holds the sleeping infant, and an angel offers a ros

The Flight into Egypt; the Holy Family walking together, Saint Joseph pointing to the left and the Virgin carrying th…

François de Poilly, ca. 1648-81

Engraving of the Virgin holding the sleeping infant Christ in her lap, within an oval frame with a Latin inscription below.

The Virgin seated with the infant Christ sleeping in her lap, in an oval frame, after Reni

François de Poilly, ca. 1655-70

Engraving of the Virgin with clasped hands and upturned gaze, halo and clouds behind her, in an oval frame.

The Virgin in prayer, looking up with clouds behind her, in an oval frame, after Reni

François de Poilly, 1648-81

Ink and wash drawing of a crowned king on a rearing dark horse pointing at ghostly women in the background.

A king with his horse, alarmed by ghostly women

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and watercolor drawing of a centaur carrying a nude woman across water, with a hilly landscape behind them.

The Abduction of Deianira

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin, Saint Joseph, kneeling shepherds, two angels and a lamb in an octagonal frame.

The adoration of the shepherds who kneel together at right before the infant Christ, the Virgin and Saint Joseph at l…

François de Poilly, ca. 1655-93

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude standing figure with a staff, a kneeling man, and a haloed figure beside trees and water

John the Baptist and two men, with Christ

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pencil drawing of a tiered architectural frame with many narrative scenes of crowds, figures and allegorical groups beneath a

Preparatory Drawing for a Print Series on the History of Germany (Die Geschichte des deutschen Volkes in fünfzehn Bil…

Carl Heinrich Hermann, 1851-53

Pen and watercolor drawing of a winged female figure with serpent hair raising a staff amid stormy clouds, a temple beyond.

Envy from Ovid's "House of Envy" (Book II, lines 760-796) (recto); A naked woman (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude woman raising her arms as a satyr reaches toward her in a wooded landscape.

Amymone (?) with a lecherous satyr

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Engraving of the Virgin rising with outstretched arms, supported by angels and cherubs among clouds.

The assumption of the Virgin, who rises with arms outstretched, angels supporting her from below, after Reni

Carl Ernst Christoph Hess, 1792

Grey ink and wash drawing of a man with a staff shielding his eyes against a stormy sky beside trees.

Male with a staff in a storm (recto). Anatomical studies of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and wash drawing of three classical warriors with shields, a horse head, and studies of armor and a face.

Classical military subject

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded god raising a scepter on clouds beside a reclining figure in the sky.

Ceres pleading with Jove for the return of Prosperpina, from Ovid, "Metamorphoses," Book V

Thomas Carwitham, 1713-33

Pen and wash drawing of men and a boy on a shore beside a ship's sails and rigging.

Historical subject with men and a boy near a ship (recto). Anatomical study of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Watercolor and pen drawing of Corinthian columns of a Roman temple ruin, with an arched gate and oxen cart at lower right und

Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome

James Holland, 1840-45