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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraving of Pilgrims landing from a rowboat through surf onto a rocky shore under a dark stormy sky, with a crowd on the bea

The Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, 1620

Joseph Andrews, 1869

Sepia lithograph of a wagon train and mounted officers moving along a wooded road, with resting soldiers in the foreground.

The Army of the Potomac

John B. Bachelder, 1863

Engraved print of men gathered in a formal assembly room with flags on the back wall, recalling the Declaration of Independen

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

Waterman Lilly Ormsby, 1876

Woodcut of a haloed figure with a book and sword amid seven candlesticks, while a kneeling man bows before him.

The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks, from "The Apocalypse", German Edition

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Woodcut of four armed angels in the foreground holding winds, with a descending angel above and a crowd at right.

The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from "The Apocalypse", German Edition

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Woodcut of four winged angels with swords striking a crowd below, with trumpeting angels and a throne in the clouds above.

The Four Avenging Angels, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of Saint Michael and winged angels fighting a dragon above a river landscape with a town and ships.

Saint Michael and the Dragon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Etching of a large craggy rock formation with trees, a seated figure, and a thatched cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Large Rock

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Etching of a hamlet with wooden houses among rocks and pine trees, two figures by a stream, and a cloudy sky.

The Hamlet on Mountainous Ground

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Woodcut of an enthroned crowned figure among angels, with a lion and horned beasts above a crowd of robed people.

The Beast with Two Horns Like a Lamb, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1511

Woodcut of an angel with a key and chain confronting a dragon, with a walled city and hills in the background.

The Angel with the Key to Bottomless Pit

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Black and white woodcut of Christ in Limbo with nude figures, an archway, a winged demon with a trident, and broken gates.

Christ in Limbo, from "The Large Passion", edition 1511

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of an angel with a flaming sword expelling two nude figures from a tree, on a sheet with faint printed text.

The Expulsion from Paradise, from "The Small Passion", edition Venice

Albrecht Dürer, 1612

Woodcut of Christ being nailed to the cross, with soldiers, tools and mourners around him on a printed page.

Christ Nailed to The Cross, from "The Small Passion", edition Venice

Albrecht Dürer, 1612

Woodcut of Christ's body lowered from the cross, mourned by figures, with crown of thorns and tools on the ground.

The Lamentation, from "The Small Passion", edition Venice

Albrecht Dürer, 1612

Woodcut of figures on a wheel of fortune within a decorative border, with German verse above and below.

Von Ungluckes Fal, title page chapter 37 from "Sebastian Brandt, Das Narrenschrift"

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Black and white print of a heraldic coat of arms with three crowned lions' heads, a crowned lion on the helmet, and ornate sc

Coat of arms with Three Lions' Heads

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of a laurel-crowned allegorical woman leading two ornately harnessed horses, labeled Providentia and Moderatio.

The Great Triumphal Car third sheet

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of two horses in ornate harness led by two women holding laurel wreaths, with a winged figure above.

The Great Triumphal Car, eight sheet

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of two women embracing before an arched doorway, with a castle and mountains in the background and a small dog belo

The Visitation, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, early 16th century

Woodcut of Christ gesturing to a kneeling Virgin Mary beside women in headscarves, with a town and bare tree behind.

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraved Society of Cincinnati membership certificate with an eagle, allegorical figures, a flag, and ships on the sea.

Certificate of Membership in the Society of Cincinnati

Jean-Jacques Le Veau, before 1784

Engraving of British troops landing from boats and scaling a wooded cliff toward Quebec, with ships on the river.

A View of the Taking of Quebec, September 13, 1759

Bowles & Carver, [ca. 1760] reissued ca. 1793

Engraved print of the Battle of New Orleans showing rows of infantry, smoke clouds, cannons, flags, and fallen soldiers.

A Correct View of the Battle Near the City of New Orleans (January 8, 1815)

Francisco Scacki, ca. 1816

Engraved print of the Battle of Lexington showing militiamen and British soldiers fighting among trees, with fallen men and a

Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775

John Baker, 1832

Engraved battle scene of soldiers with flags and muskets on a hill, wounded men in foreground, ships and smoke in distance.

The Battle at Bunker's Hill (June 17, 1775)

Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede, 1840-77

Engraving of warships and rowing boats landing troops on a shore with hills and a fort, sea in foreground.

Disembarkation of the Troops at Gravesend Bay under the Command of General Collier, R.N. (August 22, 1776)

John Baily, November 30, 1814

Hand-colored print of a wounded officer reclining on a cushion while officers attend him near a striped tent, with a feathere

Mort de Montcalm [The Death of Montcalm at Quebec, September 14, 1759]

Jean Baptiste Morret, 1789

Engraved view of Boston harbor with warships and smoke rising over burning Charles Town and troops on the hill.

View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775

John Lodge, 1781-83

Hand-colored print of a dying officer supported by soldiers in red coats, with a stormy sky and distant troops.

The Death of General Wolfe at Quebec (September, 1759)

Edward Penny, October 10, 1779

Engraving of soldiers gathered around a fallen officer beneath a raised flag, with smoke and ships in the distance.

The Death of General Wolfe (September 13, 1759)

P. Somebody, after 1776

Engraving of officers shaking hands at a surrender, with soldiers, flags, a drummer and cannon, and French text below.

Sarratoga [sic] (The Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Horatio Gates, Battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777)

François Godefroy, 1784?

Engraved battle scene of soldiers and smoke near a walled fort with ships on the water, titled Fort Constitution.

Attack on Fort Constitution, October 7, 1777

Johann Martin Will, ca. 1777

Engraved battle scene with smoke, cavalry charges, a cannon, officers in the foreground and a marching column near a bare tre

Battle of Saratoga, September 19, 1777

Johann Martin Will, ca. 1777

Hand-colored lithograph of a man swinging a racket between two women on a garden terrace, with cupids overhead.

Vive la France, Balancier, Both in "Tow"

Alfred E. Baker, ca. 1840

Hand-colored print of a family in a wagon driven by a galloping horse, with Catherine Market behind them.

Mose, Lize & Little Mose Going to California

Henry R. Robinson, ca. 1849

Hand-colored caricature of three figures on a city street, one holding up a large blue coat, with printed dialogue below.

Life in New York. Blakey, I say, can't you by the powers of your Stame Engine...?

Harrison Isaacs, ca. 1831

Hand-colored caricature print of three men in top hats and coats on a waterfront, with speech balloons and a distant sailing

Three Loafers (Trois Originaux)

Alfred E. Baker, 1836-41

Hand-colored satirical lithograph showing kneeling men begging a seated figure on sacks labeled Surplus Fund, with Seventh Wa

Seventh Ward Beggars

Henry R. Robinson, 1839

Satirical lithograph of comic Punch being fitted into a lantern-panelled jacket by tailors on a city street.

The Lantern Jacket

Nagel & Weingärtner, 1852

Sepia print of a lively 1784 gathering of women and men with bottles, a dog, and feathered hats around a table.

A Sketch from Nature

William Paulet Carey, January 24, 1784

Colorful print of a puppet theater with a trumpet player in blue, two puppets, and a geometric blue and white border.

Kasperltheater

Hans Kalmsteiner, 1907

Woodcut-style print of a white-faced clown in a blue ruff raising an axe over a black dog, framed by a blue triangular border

Kasperl Theater

Hans Kalmsteiner, 1907

Print of a woven basket with red and purple pansies, yellow blossoms and green leaves on a black dotted-border background.

Basket of Flowers

Leopoldine Kolbe, 1907

Hand-colored caricature of canvassers and voters crowding a cobbler's shop, with a feathered hat and a dog in the foreground.

Wit's Last Stake, or the Cobbling Voters and Abject Canvassers

Thomas Rowlandson, April 22, 1784

Etching of two women with Fox badges embracing men beside hanging meat, satirizing a 1784 political canvass by Rowlandson.

The Two Patriotic Duchesses on Their Canvass

Thomas Rowlandson, April 3, 1784

Satirical pen and ink caricature of a row of fashionably dressed figures with feathered hats and speech bubbles, by Thomas Ro

Kings Place, or a View of M [Fox's] Best Friends

Thomas Rowlandson, April 22, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of fashionable figures embracing, with a speech bubble reading Huzza for Ever, by Thomas Rowlandson,

The Devonshire, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes

Thomas Rowlandson, April 12, 1784

Etching of a woman, a dandy in a tricorn hat, and a scowling old man with a cane beside a wall marked Kings Place.

Which Way Shall I Turn Me? How Can I Decide?

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1780

Hand-colored caricature by Thomas Rowlandson with allegorical figures, scales, a crown, and speech bubbles around a pedestal.

A Touch on the Times

Thomas Rowlandson, December 29, 1788

Sepia etching of two women on a striped sofa, one playing a lute and the other holding open sheet music, both in ruffled dres

The Syrens

Thomas Rowlandson, April 10, 1787

Sepia print by Thomas Rowlandson, 1787: a woman in a plumed hat passes a gentleman and a beggar on a lamp-lit street.

Civility

Thomas Rowlandson, 1787

Engraving of men gambling with cards and coins at a tavern table, with a dog in the foreground and a man smoking a pipe.

Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded

John Keyse Sherwin, April 10, 1787

Hand-coloured print of a crowded Covent Garden Theatre interior with tiered galleries, boxes, audience and two performers on

Covent Garden Theatre

Thomas Rowlandson, July 20, 1786

Hand-colored print of a crowded curving staircase with people falling and a classical statue in a niche.

The Exhibition "Stare-Case"

Thomas Rowlandson, 1811?

Etching of a man in a wig offering an apple to a feathered-hat woman, with two other fashionable women watching.

The Golden Apple, or the Modern Paris

Thomas Rowlandson, March 2, 1785

Hand-coloured caricature of an opera singer in gold armour before an exaggerated audience and orchestra.

John Bull at the Italian Opera

Thomas Rowlandson, October 2, 1811

Satirical print of men in a drunken party around a long table, with bottles strewn on the floor and a ballot box on the mante

The Brilliants

Thomas Rowlandson, January 15, 1801

Public Characters

Thomas Rowlandson, April 1, 1801

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Ambrose, a haloed bishop in red mitre, seated at a desk writing in an open book in a study.

Saint Ambrose

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1492

Black circular roundel with white interlaced knotwork around a central shield, with foliate ornaments in the four corners.

“The Second Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with an Amazon Shield in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black-and-white ornament print with a circular interlaced knot roundel, central rectangular panel, and foliage scrolls in the

“The First Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with an Oblong Panel in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black and white print of a circular interlaced knot roundel with eight wreaths, a central shield, and leafy corner ornaments.

“The Third Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with Eight Wreaths and a Scalloped Shield in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black and white woodcut of a large circular interlaced knot pattern with decorative corner ornaments on a cream page.

“The Fifth Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with Seven Six-pointed Stars

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by mocking soldiers in a vaulted hall, with a city view at right.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1500

Woodcut print of a double-headed eagle coat of arms with a crown, flanked by winged allegorical figures and shield-bearers.

The Arms of the German Empire and the City of Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer, 1521

Grayscale drawing of a violent street crowd in front of a columned opera house with smoke and broken windows.

Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849

Charles M. Jenckes, 1896

Engraving of Vertumnus and Pomona: a disguised figure beside a reclining woman among fruit, with cupids and a fountain in a w

Vertumnus and Pomona

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765

Woodcut of the Four Horsemen riding over fallen figures, with an angel in the clouds above and a skeletal rider in front.

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1511

Woodcut of Saint John eating a book beside columns, a radiant face above, an angel descending and a sea beyond.

Saint John Devouring the Book, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Engraving of Arion playing a lyre on a dolphin in a stormy sea, with sea nymphs and a burning ship in the background.

Arion

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1763-66

Engraving of bathers under a wooden pavilion with a walled town and towers in the background, one man playing a flute.

The Bath House (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of Christ shown to a crowd of soldiers from a balcony, with a Latin inscription below.

Ecce Homo (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Gothic Revival building elevation with pointed arch windows and towers above a labeled floor plan with chapel and library.

New York University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Buildings and Other Material

Alexander Jackson Davis, 19th century

Engraving of the Trinity: God the Father holds crucified Christ, a dove above, with angels and cherub heads around them.

The Trinity (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the Betrothal of the Virgin: a high priest joins hands of a couple before a Gothic arch with onlookers.

The Betrothal of the Virgin, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, early 16th century

Engraving of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, an infant Christ in a manger, a winged angel, shepherds and a star.

Engraved copies of The Little Passion

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of two figures talking with hand gestures in a café, with a city street visible through the window.

Conversation between Mutes (Gespraech zwischen Stummen)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Pen and wash drawing of a coved ceiling design with scrolled ornament, an oval medallion, and handwritten notes.

Quarter Plan for a Coved Ceiling

Antenore Ridolfi, ca. 1561

Stylized print of a woman in a feathered hat talking with a silhouetted man smoking on a cobblestone street at night.

Nightly Conversations (Naechtliches Gespraech)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey into a city while a crowd waves palm fronds beneath a palm tree.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the deposition of Christ with mourning women, bearded men lowering the body, and a crown of thorns in the foregr

The Deposition, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of the seated Man of Sorrows with a crown of thorns and radiating halo, with Latin title above.

The Man of Sorrows Seated, title page of "The Small Passion" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Drawing of classical statues, busts, framed paintings, and oval portrait medallions with cherubs and a lion head.

Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1769

Engraved sheet of nine comic vignettes showing animals, townsfolk, a library and a sickroom, with captions below each scene.

Lock on the Understanding, Heavy Wet, etc.

David Claypoole Johnston, 1832

Hand-colored caricature of P. T. Barnum's head on a black beetle's body, captioned HUM-BUG, from 1851.

Hum-Bug (P. T. Barnum), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Political cartoon of a caricatured man riding two horses labeled PEACE and WAR, with satirical speech bubbles, 1864.

Little Mac, in His Great Two Horse Act, in the Presendential Canvass of 1864

Justin H. Howard, 1864

Black and white caricature of five men's heads in oval frames around a laurel wreath, labeled Blunder, Wrong, Copper, Sore an

Heads of the Democracy

Currier & Ives, 1864

Lithograph of two Jesuit priests in tricorn hats whispering, framed by serpents, with verse text in English and German below.

The Jesuits' Lament

Francis Raab, before 1854

Etching of a seated nude man with clasped hands in front of a hatched curtain, resting on a wooden bench.

Nude Man Seated before a Curtain

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1646

Engraving of nude women bathing at a grotto waterfall, a hunter at upper right, stag and hounds in the distant woods.

Diana Surprised by Actaeon

Aegidius Sadeler, 1586-1629

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped allegorical woman in a niche, flanked by caryatid figures under an ornate architectural

Female Allegorical Figure of Benignitas (Goodness), with Attributes of Abundance Standing in a Niche (recto); Archite…

Giorgio Vasari, 1550-70

Etched caricature of five exaggerated figures, one holding a pole topped by a cap labeled LIBERTY, titled The Present State o

The Present State of Great Britain

James Phillips, 1779

Mezzotint of men tarring and feathering a figure beside a tar pot labeled Tea, with a Liberty Tree and ship masts behind.

The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering

Philip Dawe, October 31, 1774

Mezzotint of a barber lathering a seated man in a shop with wigs and portraits, with onlookers and a caption below.

The Patriotick Barber of New York, or the Captain in the Suds

Philip Dawe, February 14, 1775

Lithograph of men tarring and feathering a victim under a Liberty Tree beside ships, with a tea jug being poured over him.

The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830