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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Satirical print of a feathered, tarred man held by a rope while a figure pours from a kettle beside a gallows frame.

A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practised at Boston

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830

Engraving of women in period dress signing a pledge at a tea table in an interior, with a child and dog nearby.

A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Philip Dawe, March 25, 1775

Mezzotint of caricatured men behind bars above a boat, a tree labeled Liberty Tree, cannons and soldiers at right.

The Bostonians in Distress

Philip Dawe, November 19, 1774

Satirical 1775 print of men in tricorn hats around a clerk writing at a tobacco barrel, with a Liberty sign and hanging barre

The Alternative of Williams-Burg

Philip Dawe, February 16, 1775

Etched satire of a giant man blowing labelled bubbles over a cheering crowd in a city street, with a sun face at left.

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Paul Sandwich [pseudonym], ca. 1762

Engraved satirical print War of Posts showing numbered political figures, a cannon, a devil, and a domed Constitution rotunda

War of Posts

Thomas Colley, May 1, 1782

Etched caricature of a coiled rattlesnake over a mountain landscape, with tent encampments in its coils, by James Gillray, 17

The American Rattle Snake

James Gillray, April 12, 1782

Lithograph caricature of political figures playing bagatelle on a table labeled The Union Board, with cats and rats on the fl

A Little Game of Bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little Mac the Gunboat General

John L. Magee, 1864

Engraved political caricature of a plumed costumed man facing a bearded man, with a skull, White House, and Hamlet quote.

Chicago Nominee: "I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest...Where be your gibes now?-Hamlet, Act IV [sic], Sce…

Justin H. Howard, 1864

Satirical street scene of the Bank of Maryland and insurance offices, with a winged devil above and a pig pulling a wheelbarr

Caricature of a Bank of Maryland Crisis

Crayon, ca. 1834

Stylized woman in black gown carrying a roast pig on a platter, with shamrock and geometric background; reads PROSIT 1911.

New Years Card: Cheers 1911 (Prosit)

Hans Kalmsteiner, 1910

Etching of four hanged men from a branch while feathered figures attack two European men on open ground.

The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists

William Humphrey, 1783

Hand-colored 1778 caricature of five kneeling men pleading before a feathered figure seated on tobacco barrels, with swords o

The Commissioners

Matthew Darly, April 1, 1778

Hand-colored 1781 caricature of a balance scale with an allegorical woman holding a sword opposite caricatured figures on a s

The Ballance [sic] of Power

R. S., January 17, 1781

Engraved satire from 1778 showing a hanged admiral with vulture wings, men fighting, scattered tobacco rolls, and a town with

Va de Bon Coeur; Dédié aux Milords de l'Amirauté Anglaise par un Membre de Congrès Américain

Richard Purcell, 1778

Engraved satirical print of figures in 18th-century dress scuffling over bread and wool, with speech banners, in a brick inte

Amusement for John Bull & His Cousin Paddy, or, the Gambols of the American Buffalo, in St. James's Street

John Fielding, May 1, 1783

Satirical 18th-century etching of figures tugging a woman between groups, with a Liberty flag, a George for Ever ball and spe

The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America

Thomas Colley, May 11, 1782

Woodcut of Saint Jerome in a study removing a thorn from a lion's paw, with open books and an arched window behind him.

Saint Jerome exctracting a Thorn from the Lion's Foot (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of winged allegorical figures flanking a crown and double-headed eagle coat of arms, with the label SANCTA IUSTICIA.

The Arms of the Holy Roman Empire and of the City of Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer, 1521

Engraved 1781 print with two portrait medallions of Henry Laurens and Lord George Gordon above a hieroglyphic letter.

The Reply: A Complimentory [sic] Hieroglyphic Epistle from the Honorable Henry Laurens to Lord George Gordon

Henry Laurens, 1781

Engraved 1782 political caricature with a hunting party, ships at sea, a domed temple, and cannons labeled with colonial plac

The Royal Hunt, or a Prospect of the Year 1782: The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins

George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend, February 16, 1782

Engraving of an allegorical woman among severed limbs labeled with colony names, above a scene of figures confronting each ot

The Colonies Reduced; Its Companion, designed and engraved for The Political Register

Benjamin Franklin, December 1768

Etching of a mournful procession past harbor warehouses and ships, with skulls and bales labeled Stamps from America.

The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame - Stamp

Benjamin Wilson, March 18, 1766

Colored satirical print of Uncle Sam beside a Washington statue, with fireworks labeled gambling, Mormonism, and intemperance

Uncle Sam's Annual Celebration, Fire-Works of the Period, from "The Judge"

Thomas B. Worth, 1881-83

Hand-colored caricature of men riding rocking horses labeled with political causes, including Sub-Treasury and Abolition.

All on Hobbies, Gee Up, Gee Ho!

Edward Williams Clay, 1838

Hand-colored caricature of a corpse rising from a coffin as a startled man raises his arms, watched by horned devils.

A Galvanized Corpse

Henry R. Robinson, 1836

Hand-colored caricature of two uniformed men playing cribbage at a green card table, with a dog beside the chair at right.

A Game of Cribbage or Boney's Last Shuffle

George Cruikshank, June 6, 1814

Hand-colored caricature of five uniformed officers working a brick Allied Oven, with a crouched figure in blue in front.

The Allied Bakers or the Corsican Toad in the Hole

George Cruikshank, April 1, 1814

Hand-colored print of an old sculptor carving a cherub beside a seated nude model in a cluttered classical studio.

The Sculptor [Preparations for the Academy, Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus]

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1800

Hand-colored caricature of two men feasting at a seaside table under a tree, with personified food and drink figures climbing

Peace and Plenty or Good News for John Bull!!!

George Cruikshank, May 25, 1814

Hand-colored print of a crowned man in costume carrying a theatre building on his head, with red curtains and an angel above.

The Theatrical Atlas

George Cruikshank, May 7, 1814

Ink sketch of a woman in a wide dark hat, hand at her chin, with red lips, on a tan background.

Portrait of a Woman

Egon Schiele, 1910

Ink drawing of a barefoot figure in a top hat with a giant eyeball for a head, standing above a hilly landscape.

Standing on the Base Ground... I Become a Transparent Eyeball (Illustration for Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature")

Christopher Pearse Cranch, 1830-92

Pen drawing of corn, melons and a gourd with a human face, with a handwritten quote from Emerson's Nature below.

I Expand and Live in the Warm Day Like Corn and Melons (Illustration for Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature")

Christopher Pearse Cranch, 1830-92

Pen drawing of a seated man watching walking houses, a snake and a pig, with a quote from Emerson's Nature above.

Build Your Own World. So Fast Will Disagreeable Things...Vanish (Illustration for Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature")

Christopher Pearse Cranch, 1830-92

Pen and ink sketch of a man reading among stacked books and a candle, with a handwritten quotation about a bookworm below.

Instead of Man Reading We Have the Bookworm

Christopher Pearse Cranch, 1830-92

Pencil caricature of a bearded man with tufted hair, huge curling beard and overcoat, one hand on hip.

Senator Dolph of Oregon (Joseph Norman Dolph)

Thomas Nast, ca. 1894

Caricature drawing of a large-headed bearded man seated on crates aboard a boat pulled by a mermaid across waves.

Samuel P. Avery Transporting His Treasures Across the Sea

Theodore Wust, ca. 1875-80

Blue and black Christmas greeting print of a snowy forest with a lit fir tree and a hooded figure, with German text.

Merry Christmas! (Frohe Weihnachten!)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Colour print of a small tiled-roof pavilion with bell tower, cobblestone path, hedges, fruit tree and a seated figure at the

Easter Card

Otto Friedr. Carl Lendecke, 1908

Color print of a small church on a grassy hill with two seated figures, rolling green fields, and the words Frohe Ostern belo

Happy Easter! (Frohe Ostern!)

Otto Friedr. Carl Lendecke, 1908

The Old Flemish Woman (La Vieille Flamande)

Engraved rococo garden scene with a couple strolling, cupids, fountains and ornate scrollwork frames.

Le Temps de L'Apres dinée

François-Antoine Aveline, 18th century

Engraved rococo garden scene with a strolling couple, a fountain, a seated reader, children, and cherubs on ornate scrollwork

Post Meridies, from the Hours of the Day

Jean Mondon le fils, 1736-45

Ink and wash drawing of servants attacking a fallen man in a room, with a landscape visible through an opening at right.

The Servants of Absalom killing Amnon (2 Samuel 13, 28-29); verso: Sketch of a seated woman

Karel van Mander I, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and ink study of a Gothic arched window with lettering and sketched figures around it, for a book frontispiece.

Study for frontispiece for "Les Jeunes France" by Theophile Gautier

Sketches of Six Heads in Profile (caricatures?) (recto); Sketch of Head and Blank Rectangle (verso)

Loose pencil sketch of a standing figure wearing a helmet-like headdress and a draped garment against a shaded background.

Study of a Figure with Headress

Pen and ink sheet with figure studies: a female nude, a man's legs in boots, a torso, and hands, on a stained paper ground.

Studies of Female Nude, Hands, and Male Torso (recto); Landscape (verso)

Pen and brown ink drawing of a balustrade with two standing female figures holding garlands and two flowering urns.

Design for a Balustrade with Female Figures and Urns

Giulio Parigi, 16th-17th century

Pen drawing of an ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a nude man wrestling a lion, and winged figures.

Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Man (Hercules?) fighting a Lion

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Hand-colored print of the crowded Covent Garden Theatre interior, with tiered galleries, audience, and performers on stage.

Covent Garden Theatre

Thomas Rowlandson, 1792

Torn sheet with pen sketches of a column on a pedestal, handwritten notes, numerals, and Abildgaard seals.

Notes with a studies for the Column of Liberty (Frihedstøtten)

Nicolai Abildgaard, ca. 1791

Etching of a farmhouse and trees beside a canal, with a dirt road on the right and a distant church tower.

Landscape with a Farmhouse Along a Road Beside a Canal

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Pen and brown ink drawing of three ornamental vessels: a lion-masked ewer, a double-spouted urn, and a lidded lion-masked pot

Three Ornamental Vessel Designs

Giacomo Rossi, 17th century

Etching of Saint James Minor holding a carpenter's square, wearing a draped robe, against a crosshatched background.

Saint James Minor, from "Christ and the Apostles"

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-50

Etching of Christ gesturing to women on stone steps, with an obelisk and architecture behind them and two men at lower right.

Christ addressing a group of women seated and standing on steps

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1541-44

Side-elevation drawing of a phaeton carriage with large wheels, driver's seat and shafts, with a scale bar below.

Phaeton (no number)

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view design drawing of a black and blue horse-drawn sociable carriage with red-spoked wheels on a beige sheet.

Design for Sociable

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-elevation drawing of a dark carriage with red-rimmed wheels and blue floral upholstery on a cream background.

Design for Vis-à-vis

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view design drawing of a two-seat wagon with spoked wheels and a dark green body, in pen and watercolor.

Design for Two-Seat Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and watercolor design drawing of a skeleton road wagon with four spoked wheels and a small seat, shown in side view.

Design for Skeleton Road Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view watercolor design of a red-wheeled road wagon with a dark blue body and black upholstered seat.

Design for Road Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen drawing in side elevation of a canopy top wagon with large spoked wheels and handwritten notes.

Design for Canopy Top Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view colored design drawing of a black and green horse-drawn carriage with large spoked wheels on a pale background.

Design for Stanhope Phaeton

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen drawing of a side elevation of a light horse-drawn jersey wagon with spoked wheels and a canopy top.

Design for Jersey Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-elevation ink and watercolor design drawing of a horse-drawn carriage with large spoked wheels on cream paper.

Design for Trap/Shifting Seat Game Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view watercolor drawing of a black and green horse-drawn carriage with green spoked wheels and a brass lantern.

Four Wheel Dog Cart Phaeton/Game Wagon (unnumbered)

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and watercolor side-view design drawing of a slat-sided phaeton carriage with large spoked wheels on a pale ground line.

Design for Slat Side Phaeton

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view watercolor design drawing of a brown horse-drawn phaeton carriage with spoked wheels on a pale background.

Design for Dos-à-dos Phaeton

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-elevation drawing of a black horse-drawn carriage with green spoked wheels and a lantern, tinted with watercolor.

Design for Game Wagon/Dos-à-dos Phaeton

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-elevation design drawing of a black and navy carriage with red spoked wheels, folding hood, and lamps.

Design for Britzka

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-elevation drawing of a black and red landau carriage with red spoked wheels and a folding top.

Design for Landau

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pencil sketch in side view of a horse-drawn closed carriage with large spoked wheels and a front lamp.

Design for Dormeuse

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view watercolor design of a black ten-seat drag carriage with red pinstriping and spoked wheels, labeled No. 323.

Design for Ten Seat Drag, no. 323

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view design drawing of a black horse-drawn carriage with spoked wheels and gold accents, labeled #784.

Drag #784

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view watercolor design of a black horse-drawn drag carriage with red wheels and blue upholstery, numbered 807.

Drag #807

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Ink and wash side-elevation drawing of a horse-drawn drag carriage with spoked wheels, numbered 747.

Drag #747

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Ink and watercolor side elevation of wagon number 457 with large spoked wheels and three planter boxes on top.

Wagon #457

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side elevation drawing of carriage number 484 with three blue upholstered seats, spoked wheels and watercolor ground.

Wagon #484

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Colored side-view drawing of a black excursion wagon with three blue-trimmed seats and spoked wheels, with handwritten note.

Excursion Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view colored drawing of a black excursion wagon with blue upholstery and red-rimmed spoked wheels on a ground line.

Excursion Wagon (no number)

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side elevation drawing of Express Wagon No. 420 with large spoked wheels, slatted body, and two raised seats on a ground line

Express Wagon #420

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and ink side elevation drawing of a horse-drawn drag carriage with spoked wheels and a cushioned seat.

Drag #120

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Small 1520 engraving of an angel with halo appearing to a kneeling figure beside tall trees and rocky hills.

Joachim Receiving the Promise of the Birth of the Virgin

Sebald Beham, 1520

Daumier lithograph of a horse entering a doorway as a man in a checked robe and nightcap looks on, with city rooftops beyond.

Plaisanterie que se permettent maintenant les chevaux, dans le quatier des Champs-Élysées, No. 523 from series Actual…

Honoré Daumier, March 22, 1858

Etching of a woman in a ruffled dress and fur hat holding an umbrella in a doorway, framed by curtains and a column.

Portrait of Miss L...,or A Door Must Be Either Open or Closed

James Tissot, 1876

Hand-colored print of a skeleton pouring wine for an old man beside a young woman on a sofa, with a soldier at the window.

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13)

Thomas Rowlandson, August 1, 1814

Stylized print of a large-headed figure playing violin, framed by a geometric black border with German title text.

Vaudeville Act 6: Zoltan Toeroek, Child Prodigy (Varieténummer 6: Zoltan Toeroek, Das Wünderkind)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Stylized print of several nude figures in poses within a checkerboard border, with title text at top and bottom.

Vaudeville Act 4: Bumbery Blads & Cie, Plastic Poses (Varieténummer 4: Bumbery Blads & Cie, Plastiche Posen)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Watercolor of a reclining river-god statue by a pool with figures, swans, trees and a garden trellis.

A Park with Figures at a Statue near Water

Salomon Gessner, 1775 (?)

Engraving of a chaotic battle with war elephants, armored cavalry, archers in towers, and fallen soldiers in the foreground.

The Battle Between Scipio and Hannibal at Zama

Cornelis Cort, 1550-78

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds: figures crowd around the Christ Child in a stable while angels appear overhead.

The adoration of the shepherds, various figures at night surround the Christ Child

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-60

Engraving of the Holy Kinship with the Christ Child receiving a bird from the infant John the Baptist among robed figures.

The Holy Kinship, in thecentre the Christ Child takes a bird given to him by the infant John the Baptist

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1560

Engraving of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist before a ruined brick arch, with Saint Joseph at upper right.

The Holy Family and the infant John the Baptist

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of the dead Christ lying on a draped table while the Virgin sits behind him before rocky cliffs.

Pietà, Christ stretched out on a table in a landscape, the Virgin standing behind arms open

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76