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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a white collar, dark cape and star-shaped order insignia, within a decorative border.

Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe

Robert Nanteuil, 1663

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, with fleur-de-lis corners.

Anne of Austria

Robert Nanteuil, 1666

Pencil and wash drawing of a crowded columned station hall with men in top hats and women in gowns sprawled on steps.

At the Railroad Station

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 1850-59

Pencil drawing of an elegant crowd in a columned hall, women in full gowns and men in top hats.

Crowd Leaving a Theater (?)

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 19th century

Engraved portrait of a seated cardinal beside a draped curtain, with a long gallery of busts and statues behind him and a glo

Cardinal Jules Mazarin Seated Within the Gallery of his Palace

Robert Nanteuil, 1659

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig and lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath and inscriptions.

François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois

Antoine Masson, 17th century

Engraving of a huge beached sperm whale on a shore, with crowds, horsemen, barrels, sailing ships and hills behind.

Sperm whale beached near Berkhey on 3 February, 1598

Jacob Matham, 1598

Engraving of soldiers gathered under pine boughs at a camp sutler's stand, with a campfire and an officer at right.

Thanksgiving in Camp (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII)

Winslow Homer, November 29, 1862

Engraving of soldiers resting by a campfire beside a long line of covered wagons and mules during a halt.

Halt of a Wagon Train (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VIII)

Winslow Homer, February 6, 1864

Woman in plaid dress blowing a dinner horn outside an ivy-covered cottage, with field workers and a cat nearby.

The Dinner Horn (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIV)

Winslow Homer, June 11, 1870

Engraving of people at a seaside clam bake on rocky beach, with smoke rising and sailboats on the sea.

Sea-side Sketches - A Clam Bake (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, August 23, 1873

Engraving of three figures on a beach at high tide, with waves, seagulls, and ships on the horizon.

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

Winslow Homer, August 6, 1870

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 print of a seated soldier in a cap smoking a clay pipe, with army tents in the background.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Building Castles; Hard Tack; Upset His Coffee; Water Call; A Shell is Coming; Riding on a Rail;…

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a man in a wide-brimmed hat smoking a pipe while seated on a cannon, with smoke and distant figures behind.

Life in Camp, Part 2: In the Trenches; Good Bye; Fording; Extra Ration; The Field Barber; The Girl He Left Behind Him…

Winslow Homer, 1864

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 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 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

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