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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,156 works

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a pointed hood, shaded with fine cross-hatching, dated 1840.

Head of a Male Pilgrim

George Hayter, 1840

Painted floral design with blue flowers, maroon accents and green scrolling leaves in one corner of a cream sheet.

Design for a Floral Pattern

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Ink and wash drawing of an Egyptian style figure forming the handle of a pointed utensil, signed Poccetti.

Design for Pointed Utensil with an Egyptian Style Figure on the Handle

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of several ornamental urns, covered bowls and amphora-shaped vases on a pale sheet.

Ornamental Designs After Antique Vases

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pencil sketch on blue paper of two winged female figures and a putto within ornamental scrollwork.

Design with Two Winged Female Figures and a Putto

Bernardino Poccetti, 1568-1612

Pen and brown ink drawing of two fragments showing a sea monster with a serpentine neck, wing, and clawed feet.

Sea Monster (in two fragments)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Grey-wash drawing of a wide river with a promenade of walkers and a carriage on the left, cliffs and trees beyond.

View of a river with a promenade

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Watercolor of a glowing white-robed woman holding flowers on a ledge, surrounded by shadowy creatures and a dark landscape.

Light and the Shades

Henry George Hine, ca. 1870

Watercolor and ink design drawing of a lidded urn on a tripod stand with female busts, garlands and paw feet.

Design for a torchere or perfume burner

Henry Holland, 1765-1806

Pencil drawing of a crowned woman with halo holding a garland, framed by scrolling ornamental foliage on a gold ground.

Woman Holding a Garland

Charles Edward Holloway, ca. 1880

Engraving of a man with a dagger attacking a nude woman on a canopy bed while a servant with a torch watches at left.

Tarquin attacking Lucretia, a servant at left witnessing the scene

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1540

Sepia mezzotint of a turbaned man in a jeweled robe with two bearded men beside him against a dark background.

Haman's Condemnation

Richard Houston, August 24, 1775

Pencil and watercolor frieze of dancers, a crouching creature, bird-headed Egyptian figures, and a cockatoo holding a pennant

Frieze of Figures and Birds

Rev. Geoffrey Liddell Johnstone, 19th century

Pen and watercolor caricature of a man in a tricorn hat conducting three braying donkeys in a hilly landscape, 1782.

John Campbell, Precentor, Conducting Three Braying Asses

Pen and watercolour sketch of an angler seated by a river with cows and ducks, under windblown trees.

"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"

John Leech, 1830-64

Pen and watercolor caricature of an old gentleman fishing through ice on a snowy bank while a small figure swings an ice pick

The Pike is a voracious fish and bites readily in the Winter months-Old Gentleman is VERY fond of fishing

John Leech, 1830-64

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seaside scene with bathing machine, riders, mermaid, and children playing on sand.

London at the Sea Side

John Leech, 1830-64

Pen and watercolor drawing of a boy on a carriage step and a girl reaching toward him beside a horse and coachman.

Boy (loq.) O don't I pity them poor Nobs in Carriages this hot weather

John Leech, 1830-64

Pen and wash elevation of a Rococo room with coffered ceiling, ornate mirror frames and a Corinthian doorway.

Design for Section of a Rococo Room, with a Coved Ceiling and Ornamented Corinthian Doorway

Thomas Lightoler, ca. 1750

Study of a Lady in a Riding Habit

Phil May, late 19th-early 20th century

Costume sketch of a figure in black tunic with yellow sash and tricorn hat with red feather, with handwritten notes.

Costume Drawing for Little John

Phil May, late 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of men in top hats and a woman with a dog in a crowded saloon beneath a chandelier.

The Hoffman House Saloon, New York

Phil May, ca. 1895

Ink and watercolor design for a watchcase and chatelaine with rococo frames, cherubs, and a mythological medallion.

Design for an Enameled Watchcase and Châtelaine with Mythological Figures

George Michael Moser, ca. 1766 (?)

Red chalk drawing of muscular nude figures with grinning demons, one horned and one with bat-like ears, on a pale sheet.

Study of Figures from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo, 1540-50

Watercolor interior with a seated mother and child, children, two men in period dress, a canopy bed and tapestried walls.

Scene with Family and Guest in Seventeenth-Century Interior

Joseph Nash, 1825-78

Etching of a columned interior with domed vault, central altar, and small figures in period dress on the floor.

S. Constanza (erroneously callled Temple of Bacchus) (Veduta interna del Sepolcro di S. Constanza, fabbricato da Cost…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etching of Saint Andrew standing barefoot on a diagonal cross, wearing a fringed cloak, with a halo above his head.

Saint Andrew

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

Lithograph of two giraffes, an attendant, and antelopes on a plain, advertising live giraffes exhibited on Broadway, 1838.

The Majestic and Graceful Giraffes, or Cameleopards, with some Rare Animals of the Gazelle Species

Edward Williams Clay, 1838

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, on Horseback

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delafosse, 1763

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall top hat and high cravat, within an oval vignette, titled Warren Hastings, Esq.

Portrait of Warren Hastings, Esq.

George Townley Stubbs, April 30, 1795