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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Brown wash drawing of a crowded gambling room, with a woman in a pale blue gown standing among seated men.

Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden

Gustave Doré, 1862

Pen and ink with grey wash drawing of a hooded woman sheltering a child, with a boat and trees in a landscape.

Woman sheltering a child in a landscape

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Red chalk drawing of a gnarled tree with a knotted trunk, spreading branches and leafy crown on pale paper.

Study of a Tree in the Luxembourg Gardens

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1773

Pen and watercolor design for an alcove with four columns, pink draped canopy, garlands, and two classical busts.

Design for an Alcove

Giuseppe Valeriani, ca. 1740-60

Watercolor of a burning ship at sea, with crew escaping in a boat and swimmers in rough water under a dark sky.

Fire at sea

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, 1820-46

Red chalk drawing of a balding man in an oval medallion framed by cherubs, garlands and a blank scrolled cartouche.

Oval Portrait of a Man in an Elaborate Frame with a Cartouche

Antonino Grano, ca. 1724

Brown wash drawing of an octagonal interior with columns, statues in niches, and a coffered dome.

Interior of an Octagonal Room (Stage Design?)

Tranquillo Orsi, ca. 1790-1830

Graphite drawing of a seated mother with curled hair holding a toddler in a white ruffled dress, on tan paper.

Portrait of a mother and child

John Linnell, 1823

Watercolor of a woodland clearing with stacked planks, felled logs, a wooden shed and tall trees under green foliage.

Clearing with a lumber mill

John Middleton, 1847 (?)

Watercolor design of a classical chimney piece with Venus in a shell, dolphins, two figures, and lion masks.

Design for a Chimney piece decorated with figures of Venus and Cupid

Emil Wolff, ca. 1835-50

Watercolor design of a painted wall dado and cornice with scrolling foliage, winged figures, and a central oval medallion.

Design for the Decoration of a Cornice and Dado with Neoclassical Motifs

Guiseppe Mannocchi, ca. 1760-1782

Lithograph of a startled butcher with outstretched arms beside a woman in a full skirt, with hanging meat in a shop interior.

Nous voilà libres... qu'est-ce que nous allons devenir?, from "Actualités"

Honoré Daumier, March 16, 1858

Ink and wash design for an epitaph with kneeling figures, an IHS monogram, winged putti, garlands and heraldic shields on red

Design for the Epitaph of the 't Seraets-Van Etten family

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, ca. 1650-75

Pen and brown wash drawing of an epitaph design with two cherubs, a central putto, a female term holding a skull, and a laure

Design for an Epitaph with a Variant, flanked by Terms and surmounted by statues of Cherubs

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling saint in a grotto with a skull, open book, hourglass and crucifix.

Saint Francis Kneeling in a Grotto, holding a Book and a Skull

Nicolaas van der Horst, 1627 or before

Pen and brown wash drawing of a covered wagon with spoked wheels and a canvas tilt tied with cords.

Study of a Covered Wagon

Isaac van Ostade, ca. 1646-49

Pen and brown ink drawing of a horse lying on its side with legs extended and head resting on the ground.

A Horse Lying on its Side

Sinibaldo Scorza, 1620s

Ink drawing of three nude male figures with frilled stockings and curly hair, inside a double-ruled border, signed Aubrey Bea

The Lacedemonian Ambassadors, for "The Lysistrata of Aristophanes"

Aubrey Beardsley, ca. 1926

Ink drawing of a stooped old man in a dark cloak peering at a figure in a pale robe and feathered headdress.

The Examination of the Herald, for "The Lysistrata of Aristophanes"

Aubrey Beardsley, ca. 1926

Engraving of two figure studies: a man with long curly hair raising his hands, and a reclining woman with closed eyes and a h

Figures from Annibale Carracci's "The Deposition"

Alexandre Chaponnier, 1791-1801

Hand-colored toy theater scene of a winding blue path with yellow and red arches through rocky cliffs, from Jack and the Gian

Scene 1, from Jack and the Giant Killer, Scenes for a Toy Theater

Benjamin Pollock, 1870-90

Poster of a stagecoach and team of horses on a hill at dusk, with magazine text for The Century's January issue.

The Century, New Year's Number, January

Frederic Remington, 1902

Hand-colored toy theater print showing Jack, Harlequin, a clown, Columbine and other characters around a sleeping giant.

Characters and Scenes, from Jack and the Giant Killer, Plate 1 for a Toy Theater

Benjamin Pollock, 1870-90

Standing Male Nude

Agostino Ciampelli

Etching of two grotesque dancers in plumed costumes facing each other, with a crowd and buildings in the background.

Pasquariello Truonno - Meo Squaquara, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1622

Etching of two masked dancers, Razullo playing guitar and Cucurucu posing, in a town square with a crowd and stage behind.

Razullo - Cucurucu, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1622

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated among apostles looking up at a dove with rays of light above.

The Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit)

Cesare Nebbia, ca. 1576

Hand-colored caricature of a French dentist and patients with exaggerated open mouths displaying artificial teeth, by Thomas

A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of His Artificial Teeth and False Palates

Thomas Rowlandson, February 26, 1811

Two children huddle on a church floor around a glowing candle in a dim interior with an arched window.

Children Holding a Candle in a Church

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1818

Lithograph of a turreted castle with a tall tower, a hay cart on a dirt road, and a stone wall under a cloudy sky.

Pesteil Castle in Polminhac

Eugène Isabey, 1832