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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Etching of two grotesque dancers in feathered caps dueling with long poles, with townspeople and buildings behind them.

Cap. Cardoni - Maramao, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1622

Wood engraving of a woman in a long gown walking past tall trees, with birds flying over a wooded landscape and a small build

Lady with the Rooks

Edward Calvert, 1829

Pencil and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated allegorical woman, a winged putto, and draped figure studies.

The Triumph of History over Time

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1771-75 (?)

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head with white highlights on tan paper, with a small figure sketched below.

Self-Portrait

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, ca. 1865

Hand-colored toy theater scene of a rocky cave with a fire, basket, and arched cave entrance from Jack the Giant Killer.

Scene 2, from Jack and the Giant Killer, Scenes for a Toy Theater

Benjamin Pollock, 1870-90

Daumier caricature of two top-hatted men at a stair railing by an office sign, one reading a circular about the Great Eastern

LES ACTIONNAIRES DU GREAT-EASTERN...., from En Italie, published in Le Charivari, November 21, 1859

Honoré Daumier, November 21, 1859

Daumier lithograph of two hunters by a fireplace in a rustic hut, with dogs and hanging game, captioned in French about the r

Eh! bien... allons-nous continuer notre chasse..., from "Croquis de Chasse"

Honoré Daumier, October 14, 1859

Engraving of Job seated among bearded companions under a lightning-streaked sky, with a city and hillside behind.

Job Reproved by His Friends

James Barry, dated 1777; issued ca. 1790

Pen drawing of a sleeping woman reclining by a pedestal while a winged Cupid aims a bow above her.

Sleeping Woman with a Cupid (Hush)

Henry Fuseli, 1780-90

Tonal print of St. James's Park lake with a large tree, strolling figures, and the Horse Guards building in the distance.

The Horse Guards &c. from St. James's Park

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842

Pen and ink caricature sketch of a bald man with a monocle and mustache, head turned, in a loose hatched style.

Self-Portrait as Monsieur Prudhomme

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, ca. 1850-60

Engraving of a feathered female figure drawing a bow atop a crocodile, with a reclining man and the word AMERICA below.

Allegory of America, from "The Four Continents"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1732

Watercolor of a steep mountain shore on a still lake, with a small village at left and trees at right under a cloudy blue sky

View of Lake Como with Monte Legnone

Francis Towne, August 27, 1781

Engraving of a seated allegorical woman with a feathered headdress, a lion and a serpent, labeled AFRICA.

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1732

Engraving of a woman with incense burner and flowers seated beside a camel, inscribed ASIA, after Preissler.

Allegory of Asia, from "The Four Continents"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1732

Hand-colored print of a man in blue grabbing another man's collar in a bedroom while a woman sits on a bed nearby.

A Cully Pillag'd

Thomas Rowlandson, October 30, 1786