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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

691 works

Hand-colored page with the poem Nurse's Song above a scene of children playing in a green landscape while a seated nurse watc

Songs of Innocence: Nurse's Song

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Lithograph of an elderly man in a top hat sitting on steps with a dog, beside a shop window and a street scene.

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of three men talking at a café table, one smoking a pipe, with a newspaper and glasses before them.

The ravaged poets' corner, from 'In the pub,' published in Le Charivari, January 7, 1864

Honoré Daumier, January 7, 1864

Hand-colored page with a seated mother and infant under flame-like red forms, poem text and vine borders below.

Songs of Innocence: Infant Joy

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Head of a Woman in Profile

Edgar Degas, 1879-80

Circular pen and ink drawing of figures under trees with a scroll inscription naming the four temperaments.

The Four Temperaments

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Hand-colored print of a pink-clad figure holding a winged child aloft, with a tree, sheep, and yellow sunset landscape.

Songs of Experience: Frontispiece

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Portrait of Louis-Francois Bertin, l'ainé

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Etched roundel portrait of a woman in a large pleated lace ruff and dark gown, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644.

Woman with circular lace ruff, from "Women's Heads Framed in Roundels"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Hand-colored page by William Blake showing a reclining woman and a winged angel beneath a tree, with the poem The Angel below

Songs of Experience: The Angel

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a divided fur cap and fur-trimmed coat, hand resting on his chest.

Old Man with Divided Fur Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Head of Young Man

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Hand-colored page of Blake's poems My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower and The Lilly, with a watercolor vignette of two figur

Songs of Experience: My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower, The Lilly

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Engraving of a satyr carrying a nude woman over his shoulder, with a dog below and a flowing cloth behind them.

Woman Being Carried to a Libidinous Satyr

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Etched bust portrait of a woman in a large round fur hat, lace ruff, and fur-trimmed cloak, within a circular frame.

Woman with large circular fur hat and lace ruff

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Hand-colored page with three robed figures by a barred gate in a garden, above the handwritten poem The Garden of Love.

Songs of Experience: The Garden of Love

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Drawn circular portrait of a man in a buttoned garment, framed by decorative scrollwork and inscribed lettering.

Portrait of Rinaldo Orsino, Archbishop of Florence (1474-1508)

Bernardino Capitelli, early 17th century

Circular etching of a woman wearing a large fur hat, earrings, and a lace collar, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Woman with large circular fur hat and earrings

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Hand-colored page with an old man in blue bending toward a child beside a brick wall, above the poem "London".

Songs of Experience: London

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor of a Gothic library interior with a seated reader, bookcases, a globe, and tall arched windows.

Lea Castle, View in the Library, Looking East

John Carter, ca. 1816

Circular etched portrait of a woman in a flat-crowned fur hat and patterned lace collar, signed Hollar, 1645.

Woman with stiff lace collar and flat-crowned fur hat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Illuminated page with hand-colored poem The Human Abstract above a bearded man in blue clutching his head beside a tree.

Songs of Experience: The Human Abstract

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Painted floral design with blue flowers, maroon accents and green scrolling leaves in one corner of a cream sheet.

Design for a Floral Pattern

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Study of a Lady in a Riding Habit

Phil May, late 19th-early 20th century

Hand-colored page showing a mother in pink reaching for a naked infant on a bed beneath the poem Infant Sorrow.

Songs of Experience: Infant Sorrow

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Pen and watercolor drawing of fishermen and boats on a seashore, with a small cottage and sailing ships in the distance.

Figures by the Seashore

Thomas Rowlandson, late 18th-early 19th century

Engraving of Christ as judge on a cloud, surrounded by saints and crowds of nude figures in the Last Judgment.

Christ as Judge Surrounded by Saints (upper central section of the Last Judgment)

Niccolò della Casa, 1548

Hand-colored illuminated page with poem To Tirzah above three robed figures tending a reclining nude beside green hills.

Songs of Experience: To Tirzah

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Pencil sketch of a seated woman drawing on a board while another woman leans over her shoulder.

The Drawing Lesson

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen sketch of a theatre stage with Gothic scenery and a figure painting, with a handwritten letter signed by Pugin below.

Letter with Sketch of Artist Painting Stage Scenery

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, March 1831