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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,156 works

Mezzotint of boxer Richard Humphreys in a fighting stance, bare-chested, fists raised, before a cloudy landscape with trees.

Richard Humphreys, the Celebrated Boxer Who Never Was Conquered

John Young, 1788

Pen and wash drawing of a Baroque fountain design with a shell niche, scrolled volutes, animal heads and a perched bird.

Fountain at the Villa Panfili, Italy

Stephen Riou, 1752

Colored design for a Gothic stained glass window with five panels of Old Testament scenes and angels above.

Design for Old Testament Window

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ca. 1870

Pen and watercolor drawing of fishermen and boats on a seashore, with a small cottage and sailing ships in the distance.

Figures by the Seashore

Thomas Rowlandson, late 18th-early 19th century

Rowlandson watercolor of a couple dining at a table with servants bringing plates, a dog beneath the cloth, and a folding scr

A Couple at Table with Servants

Thomas Rowlandson, 18th-19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a rider struggling with a rearing white horse before an inn with onlookers.

Dr. Syntax with a Balky Horse Before an Inn

Thomas Rowlandson, 18th-19th century

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man in a tricorn hat leading two oxen pulling a cart along a rough road.

Going Sick to the Rear

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1815

Watercolor of a tailor sitting cross-legged pressing cloth in a cluttered interior, with a woman carrying bread and a dog nea

The Tailor

Thomas Rowlandson, 1814

Pen and watercolor drawing of a busy barber's shop with lathered customers, wigs, dogs fighting on the floor, and a reading m

The Barber's Shop

Thomas Rowlandson, 1785-1805

Watercolor of a woman in a white dress blown by wind in a boat while men and onlookers on a dock react nearby.

Easterly Winds

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1810

Gray wash drawing of a jockey waving his cap on a galloping horse while a man watches on the right.

How to Escape Losing

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1791

Watercolor landscape of gnarled trees beside a rushing stream, with a frightened couple and a snake on a path.

Landscape with rushing stream and a couple on the bank, frightened by a snake

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775-1827

Watercolor of travelers riding and mounting donkeys at a post beneath a stone archway, with onlookers and a dog.

Pleasure of a Poste aux Anes, from Sentimental Travels

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1821

Pencil sketch of figures gathered by a river with a boat, village and trees in the background.

"The Social Day" from the "World of Miniature"

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775-1827

Busts of Two Women Wearing Fantastical Head-dresses

René Boyvin, n.d.

Engraving of Christ standing before a seated high priest at night, with torch-bearing figures, soldiers, and a city tower beh

Christ before Caiphas, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of Christ standing before a seated ruler under a canopy, with soldiers and onlookers and a city view through an arc

Christ before Pilate, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Pen and wash drawing of a draped woman leaning toward a seated male nude viewed from behind.

Woman Talking to a Seated Male Nude

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775-1827

Pencil sketch of men dining at a table in a vaulted interior with dogs on the floor and a hearth at right.

Dr. Syntax and the Superannuated Fox Hunters

Thomas Rowlandson, 1820

Pen and grey wash drawing of witches stirring a cauldron with a horned devil and demons watching while men observe at left.

Study for "A charm for democracy, reviewed, analyzed, and destroyed January 1, 1799" (recto and verso)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1799

Pen and ink caricature of agitated men around an easel with a Revolutionary Pot, with speech balloons and a map of Ireland.

An Irish Howl

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1799

Pen and ink caricature of a rider on a horse loaded with saddlebags labeled Hastings and Wrongs, with handwritten verses.

The Q A loaded with the spoils of India and Britain, March 6, 1788

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1788

Pencil sketch of a seated woman drawing on a board while another woman leans over her shoulder.

The Drawing Lesson

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Watercolor of farm workers washing potatoes in a tub beside a cart of sacks, with children, a dog and poultry nearby.

Farming scene

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor tavern scene with a serving woman, seated men at a table, and a dog on the floor.

Tavern scene

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Colored drawing of fashionable people at a crowded public breakfast in a Bath assembly room, with plumed hats and tall window

The Comforts of Bath: A Public Breakfast

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1798

Engraving of river-god Peneus reclining with daughter Daphne, a palm branch, and three nymphs carrying jars near a grotto.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of bearded river gods pouring water from urns beside a grotto, consoling a grieving figure in a rocky landscape.

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne, from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Pen and ink sketch of a busy seaport with sailing ships, rowboats, dockworkers rolling barrels, and crowds on the quay.

Seaport

Thomas Rowlandson, 1792

Pen drawing of river nymphs in reeds, a man with a fishing rod, and a cartoon GWR steam train in the background.

Father Thames and Henley Naiads (Cartoon published in Punch, February 26, 1898)

Linley Sambourne, Febuary 18, 1898