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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pencil sketch on aged paper with standing figures above and seated figures with a palm tree below.

Figure studies

Sr George Bickham, first half 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a monk embracing a robed clergyman at a dais, with monks standing along the wall and a scroll.

Scene 32: Supporters of the league pursue the Blessed Abbot to Rome; despite their calumnies his innocence is recogni…

Matthieu Elias, 1707

Watercolor frontispiece design with farmers, sheep, a cow, and a circular view of ploughing oxen in hilly countryside.

Design for a Frontispiece

Josiah Boydell, ca. 1793

Sepia drawing of soldiers scattering as a beam falls, a robed monk raises his hand, and a man lies wounded on a platform.

Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him a…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat riding a tall giraffe with a saddle, with small figures and a fence below.

The Cameleopard, or a new hobby

William Heath, 1827

Graphite drawing of a seated woman in a draped gown and head covering, gazing downward, on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Edward Burne-Jones, 1864

Watercolor of a man reclining in a study beside a laid breakfast table, with a black dog, crossed swords on the wall.

A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)

J. Buttfield, late 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a tall ornate candelabrum with lion-supported pedestal, putti, and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Design for a Monumental Candelabrum

James Byres, 1765

Drawing of robed monks carrying a bier with a draped body through a Gothic church interior toward a candlelit altar.

Feuillant monks carry the bier with the body of Jean de la Barrière

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a deathbed scene with a standing cleric, a dying man in bed, kneeling monks and a crucifix on a wall.

Scene 33: The Blessed Abbot, near death, receives the blessing of the pope, who sends for this purpose Cardinal d'Oss…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Brown wash drawing of a body on display in a church interior, with clergy, guards with halberds and a crowd.

Scene 34: To satisfy the devotion of the people, they are forced to leave the Blessed Abbot's body on display for thr…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Poster of a man with a boater hat and racket beside a seated woman in a plumed hat, with issue contents listed at right.

Philadelphia Sunday Press, May 26, 1895

George Reiter Brill, 1895

Philadelphia Sunday Press, June 9, 1895

George Reiter Brill, 1895

Pen and watercolor design of two draped women holding a child's hands in a garden, inside an octagonal blue-bordered frame.

Design for a Porcelain Platter

Leroux, 1777

Poster for the Philadelphia Sunday Press showing a woman in a blue hat with autumn leaves and green striped background.

Sunday Press, October, 1896

George Reiter Brill, 1896

Engraving of a satyr carrying a nude woman over his shoulder, with a dog below and a flowing cloth behind them.

Woman Being Carried to a Libidinous Satyr

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Poster of a red-haired woman writing with a quill beside text advertising the Philadelphia Sunday Press and a battleship Olym

Philadelphia Sunday Press, May 24th

George Reiter Brill, 1896

Etching of a herdsman leading oxen and a dog past a cottage under a moonlit, cloudy sky with dark trees.

The Weary Ploughman, or The Herdsman, or Tardus Bubulcus

Samuel Palmer, begun 1858

Etching of a ploughman with oxen in a field beside tall cypress trees, under a dramatic cloudy sky over hills.

The Early Ploughman, or The Morning Spread Upon the Mountains

Samuel Palmer, begun before 1861

Etching of a ploughman guiding oxen past tall cypress trees, under a dramatic hatched sky with birds and distant hills.

The Early Ploughman, or Morning Spread Upon the Mountains

Samuel Palmer, begun before 1861

Pen and brown wash drawing of two women talking in an interior, one seated and one standing, with figures in a distant room.

Two Women Talking

Hans Weiner, late 16th-early 17th century

Two-color poster of a hooded monk seated on books labeled Philistine, Roycroft and JDB, with burning books beside him.

The Philistine, Books to Burn

William Wallace Denslow, 1898

Drawn circular portrait of a man in a buttoned garment, framed by decorative scrollwork and inscribed lettering.

Portrait of Rinaldo Orsino, Archbishop of Florence (1474-1508)

Bernardino Capitelli, early 17th century

Poster of a figure in tricorn hat with sword beside fireworks and a flag, advertising a Philadelphia Sunday Press Washington

Philadelphia Sunday Press, July 5

George Reiter Brill, 1896

Poster for the Philadelphia Sunday Press showing a woman in a red hat and striped dress beside bare branches, with feature li

Philadelphia Sunday Press, November 15

George Reiter Brill, second half 19th century

Etching of a vaulted stone interior with arches, a shell ornament, a hanging chain, and small figures on a walkway.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Poster with two cyclists beside bicycles, a route map from Constantinople to Peking, and text promoting Across Asia on a Bicy

The Century, Across Asia on a Bicycle, May

A. W. B. Lincoln, 1894

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, hands clasped over a book, wrapped in a draped cloak.

Portrait of Samuel Palmer

Charles West Cope, 1884

Watercolor interior of a Gothic bower with stained glass windows, a seated woman in white, and a framed portrait on the wall.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, View in Bower, looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor of a Gothic library interior with a seated reader, bookcases, a globe, and tall arched windows.

Lea Castle, View in the Library, Looking East

John Carter, ca. 1816