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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Engraving of a crowd in top hats and bonnets on a night street under a gas lamp, faces showing worry and unease.

Sortant du Drame

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Etching of a bishop in a mitre presiding over a ceremony with kneeling figure, soldiers with halberds and clergy around an al

Coronation of Emperor Othon celebrated in San Ambrogio, Milan

Jacopo Cotta, ca. 1649

Hand-colored engraving of snow-capped Rocky Mountains above a lake, with a tipi camp and horses in the foreground.

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

James Smillie, 1866

Etching of two men resting under a large tree in a forest, with a wicker basket and walking staff beside them.

The Artist, Resting with his Guide

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1819

Engraving of a fortune teller reading coffee grounds for women seated at a garden table under trees, with a dog and servant.

The Fortune Teller on Casting the Coffee Grounds, from an Original Design at Vaux-hall Gardens

Francis Hayman, 1748-60

Engraving of three soldiers in plumed hats playing cards beside a drum under a tree, with Latin verse below.

Soldiers Playing Cards, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Engraving of peasants drinking from a jug and cup while another man sleeps sprawled on the ground at right.

Peasants Drinking, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Engraving of a seated herdsman under a tree with goats grazing beside him and a clay jug in the foreground.

Pastoral with goat herd and goats, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Etching of a seated traveler with a basket and walking staff, a dog beside him, with the sea and sky behind.

Traveler with Dog, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Engraving of dancing putti under a tree, with putti in branches and a torch-bearing goddess on clouds above.

Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpine

Francesco Rosaspina, 1805-12

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre and laurel branch among nine draped Muses in a wooded landscape.

Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus

Raphael Morghen, 1784

Black and white panoramic print of New York harbor with steamboats, sailing ships, rowboats and a city skyline.

Panoramic View of New York Taken from the North River

Robert Havell Jr., 1840

Engraved print of a mounted man in a cloak leading a cheering crowd past brick buildings, with an American flag and a dog in

Triumph of Patriotism- Washington Entering New York, 25 November 1783

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1858

Hand-colored print of the Novelty Iron Works waterfront in New York, with factory buildings, smokestacks, a barge, and worker

Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E.R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co., Iron Founders, Steam Engine and General Ma…

John Penniman, 1842-55

Engraving of a street with a blacksmith and craftsmen making stirrups while riders and horses pass by.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Stirrups, plate 9

Jan Collaert I, ca. 1600

Lithograph of two boys' heads and shoulders, the left with curly hair and a sailor collar, the right with bangs and lace coll

Portrait of the Rabe Children: Hermann, age 14 and Edmond, age 7 (recto); Proof before corrections of small faults in…

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1822

Three-panel pen drawing: a painter at an easel slowly turns into a frog among reeds and lily pads.

Echo of the Concours Galland (Echo du Concours Galland)

O. Deleiderrier, 19th century

Gray wash drawing of a cave opening with jagged rocks lit by pale blue light, with faint grid lines across the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical rock cave arch with overhanging leaves and stone steps, cut out at the centre.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Pencil design drawing of a carved mantelpiece with acanthus-leaf consoles and a central rosette, on tan paper.

Design for a Mantelpiece

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1900

Pencil landscape drawing of rocky cliffs, palm trees and a waterfall above a pool, with mountains in the distance.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris (recto); Design for a doorway (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Watercolor design of a pink stage curtain with a gold urn emblem in a laurel wreath and a banded green and yellow valance.

Design for a Stage Curtain

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil sketch of a bay with a hillside city, church tower, distant mountain, and rocky foreground walls on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris (recto); Man with Cane (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90

Snowy forest path with bare trees and two dark-coated figures standing in the center, drawn in gray and white tones.

Winter Scene with Two Men

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Lithograph of two mounted Roman herdsmen with lances driving horned cattle over rocky ground, a dog at lower left.

Bouchers de Rome

Théodore Géricault, 1817

Lithograph of two shirtless boxers facing off with raised fists while a crowd of spectators watches around the ring.

Boxers

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Lithograph of a man with a whip leading harnessed horses through a stone archway onto a cobbled street.

Entrance to the Adelphi Wharf

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Lithograph of a turbaned man seated on a rock, gazing pensively over a stormy sea under a dark sky.

I Dream of Her to the Sound of the Waves

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Etching of a lion attacking and pinning a fallen horse on rocky ground beneath a cave-like rock outcrop.

Lion Devouring a Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Lithograph of a coal wagon with a seated driver drawn by a team of horses up a rocky slope under a cloudy sky.

The Coal Waggon [sic.]

Théodore Géricault, 1821