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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Engraving of children playing at low tide on a beach, with shoes on the sand, wading figures and distant ships.

Low Tide (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, August 6, 1870

Wood engraving of two men in a canoe on a marsh pond, one holding up a dead bird, with wooded hills behind.

Trapping in the Adirondacks (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, December 24, 1870

Engraving of two hunters on snowshoes aiming rifles in a winter forest as a dog leaps and a deer flees.

Deer-Stalking in the Adirondacks in Winter (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series)

Winslow Homer, January 21, 1871

Engraving of fashionable women with parasols and a man in a top hat on a beach, with bathers in the surf.

The Beach at Long Branch (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, August 21, 1869

Engraving of a woman with a fishing rod and a man in a military cap in a wicker carriage facing the sea at Newport.

Our Watering Places - The Empty Sleeve at Newport (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IX)

Winslow Homer, August 26, 1865

Wood engraving of couples dancing at a crowded Parisian ball, with top-hatted men and women in period dress watching.

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Mabille, Paris (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XI)

Winslow Homer, November 23, 1867

Engraving of a couple dancing at a Parisian casino ball, with a crowd of men in top hats watching from behind.

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Casino (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XI)

Winslow Homer, November 23, 1867

Engraving of art students and copyists at easels in a vaulted gallery with framed paintings and visitors walking.

Art-Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XII)

Winslow Homer, January 11, 1868

Etching of soldiers and cavalry marching at night along a forest road, with a burning tree and wagon.

A Night March, Plate 16 from "Life Studies of the Great Army"

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Colored lithograph of many figures in period dress skating on a frozen park pond, with a fallen skater and a Dangerous sign.

Skating in Central Park, New York

Winslow Homer, 1861

Wood engraving of soldiers firing rifles during a skirmish in an open field, with smoke rising across the landscape.

The First Maine Cavalry Skirmishing

Alfred Waud, 1845-91

Etching of four women with baskets walking along a rocky cliff edge, faces turned upward under a pale sky.

A Voice from the Cliffs

Winslow Homer, 1888

Engraving of a galleon in rough seas with a sea monster and mermaid, beside a walled harbor town under stormy clouds.

Landscape with a Ship and Jonah and the Whale

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraving of a river with a double-tiered arched bridge, sailing ships, rowboats, towers and a tall statue column.

Riverscape with a Double Bridge

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved landscape with a tall obelisk, a hilltop castle, a river with boats, a windmill, and a large tree on the left.

River Valley with Obelisk

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved river valley with a cliff castle, stone bridge, sailing ships, and a traveling couple in the foreground.

River Valley with a Traveling Couple

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved landscape with a hilltop castle, windmill, village, river boats, and falconers on horseback in the foreground.

Mountain Landscape with Falconers

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraving of a landscape with two windmills, a haloed shepherd figure with sheep in the foreground, and village houses.

Landscape with Windmills and Christ as Good Shepherd

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Pen and ink design of seven vertical arabesque panels with scrolls, urns, cherubs, and classical motifs on paper.

Design for Seven Vertical Panels of Arabesque Decoration, Farnsborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of an upper wall with heraldic eagle shields, gilded crowns, draped swags, and decorative friezes.

Design for Upper Wall Decoration, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of a radiating decorative dome interior with gilded rosettes, scrollwork panels, and winged beasts.

Design for the Interior Cupola of a Domed Chapel, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Pencil and wash design for a grand stairway with classical columns, painted panels, a seated woman and a peacock.

Ceiling and Cove Designs for Stairway, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Brown wash drawing of ornate ceiling and cove designs with classical figures, putti, garlands and architectural panels.

Ceiling and Cove Designs, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Composite drawing sheet of ornamental ceiling and cove sketches, with a painted putto and flower urn, scrolls, and tile patte

Fifteen Sketches for Ceiling and Cove Designs, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a decorated gallery wall with arched windows, blue and red panels, and floral motifs.

Plan and Elevation of Gallery, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Watercolor design of a cloudy sky inside an ornate frame with floral garlands and scrolling acanthus decoration.

Ceiling Design for the Dining Room of the Duke d'Albe, Madrid

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil drawing of ornamental ceiling friezes with foliate scrolls, floral sprays, and monogram cartouches for Fontainebleau.

Ceiling Design for the "Salle des Cerfs", Fontainebleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil design sketch of a long decorative frieze with scrollwork, rosettes and cartouches on tan paper.

Design for Ceiling Decorations, Fontainebleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorated ceiling and wall panels with a central medallion, classical busts and winged figures in gold

Ceiling Design for Bedroom of Duchesse de Newcastle, Hôtel of Madame Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor design for painted coving with acanthus scrolls, a classical figure in the spandrel, and a gilded cornice above an

Design for Coving, Hotel de Trevise

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910