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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,447 works

Daumier lithograph: an elderly woman clasps her hands as a young woman watches bouquets thrown from a crowded theater balcony

The mother of the actress, from 'Dramatic sketches,' published in Le Charivari, July 2, 1864

Honoré Daumier, July 2, 1864

Pen and ink study of a coffered ceiling with nine panels, ornamental borders and rosettes, with pencil sketches inside the pa

Study for the Ceiling of a Salon in the Hotel de Mazarin

François Joseph Belanger, 1779

Watercolor illuminated page of Blake's Laughing Song showing figures feasting under trees above poem text with bird border.

Songs of Innocence: Laughing Song

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

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

Circular etching of large trees on a riverbank with a small boat, figures, a tower at left, and distant buildings.

Landscape with Trees by the Water

Goffredo Wals, n.d.

Hand-coloured illustration of a woman in a red robe bending over a sleeping infant in a cradle, with an inscribed verse above

Songs of Innocence: A Cradle Song (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Etching of the Annunciation: a kneeling winged angel offers a lily to a haloed Virgin seated beside a fruit basket and table.

The Annunciation

Jacques Bellange

Lithograph of acrobats, stilt walkers and a ringmaster with a hoop on a stage, watched by a crowd of spectators.

Grands Sauteurs!, from "La Caricature"

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1823-60

Hand-colored page with the poem The Divine Image, framed by colorful scrollwork and small figures with vines.

Songs of Innocence: The Divine Image

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Lithograph of a cart of wounded soldiers pulled by horses, with a man in a greatcoat gesturing beside it.

Cart Loaded with Wounded Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Circular pen drawing of Christ at the cross's foot, mourned by Mary and John, with a ladder and soldiers behind.

Christ at the Foot of the Cross, Mourned by Mary and John

Nicolaas Hogenberg, early 16th century

Hand-colored page with the poem Holy Thursday, showing rows of children in procession above and figures below.

Songs of Innocence: Holy Thursday

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

Pen and gray wash stage design drawing of a conical tent, overturned wagon, cannon and grassy rocky ground.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Tent and Overturned Wagon

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Hand-colored page of Blake's Night showing poem text, a slender tree, a crescent moon and small angel figures in blue and gre

Songs of Innocence: Night

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Lithograph of soldiers and horsemen crossing a snowy Alpine pass while a man in a cocked hat points forward.

Passage through Mt. Saint-Bernard

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Etching of a rural cottage in a field with bare trees at right and a distant village under an open sky.

The Cottage

Camille Pissarro, 1879

Blake illuminated plate: orange text verses above a night landscape with a tree and haloed angel figures in watercolor.

Songs of Innocence: Night (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Etching of two bathers, one standing nude adjusting a hat and one seated figure bending to touch her foot, in loose hatched l

Two Bathers (Les Deux Baigneuses), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895

Head of a Woman in Profile

Edgar Degas, 1879-80

Hand-colored page with a woman holding an infant under a tree beside sheep, and the verse 'Spring' below in orange text.

Songs of Innocence: Spring

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Etching of two nude women seated in grass, one raising a hat, with diagonal cancellation lines across the sheet.

Les Deux Baigneuses (Cancelled impression)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895

Watercolor design drawing of an X-frame stool with blue upholstered seat and tassel fringe, set against a paneled wall.

Design for a Stool

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1870-80

Hand-colored page with a child embracing a lamb beside sheep, with two verses of text and a swirling sun above.

Songs of Innocence: Spring (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor drawing of a ruined classical colonnade with arches, fallen stones, and agave plants in the foreground.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Columned Exterior

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

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 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

Watercolor drawing of a building facade with rows of pleached trees above a gridded garden plan and handwritten notes.

Elevation and Plan of the Façade of a Building

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of three gnarled, weathered tree trunks standing on grass, with textured bark and exposed roots.

Study of Three Old Gnarled Trees

Johannes Siberechts, 1660

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