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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,955 works

Loose sketch of a seated mustached man with hatched strokes for his jacket and trousers on white paper.

The Doctor, from "The Pageant"

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Lithograph of two figures beside horses in a stable yard, drawn in loose dark strokes on cream paper.

The Smith's Yard, from "The International Studio"

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Lithograph of a seated woman with dark hair, face lightly modeled and body rendered in loose tonal strokes.

Firelight (Mrs. Joseph Pennell)

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man in a blue loincloth reclining on a grey table, arms behind his head.

Male Nude Lying on a Table

Monogrammist AW, 1567 (?)

Etching of a woman in a long dress and bonnet at a ship railing, looking out to sea with gulls and rigging beside her.

The Major's Daughter (from "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, June 21, 1862

The Nun in "Count Burckhardt" (from "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, September 27, 1862

Etching of a woman with long windblown hair leaning against a wall, with a stormy sky and sea behind her.

The Relief Fund in Lancashire (for "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, July 26, 1862

The Morning before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (from "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, August 16, 1862

Pencil drawing of a young man with bow and quiver seated on a rock with two dogs in a rocky wooded landscape.

Young Man with Bow and Arrow

François Jacques Fleischbein, 1832

Engraving of infant Jupiter nursed by goat Amalthea, with nymphs, a shepherd and goats in a rocky landscape.

Jupiter suckled by the goat Amalthea

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Loose pencil sketch of a standing female figure partly draped in vertical folds of cloth, with one arm raised.

Model Draping

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Sketch of two seated women chatting in a garden, with a statue on a pedestal and trees behind them.

Conversations under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

The Old Smith's Story

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Loose pencil sketch of a young woman in a hat and long coat, standing with her head bowed, on cream paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Hat (Miss Seaton) (Dorothy Seaton in a Hat)

James McNeill Whistler, 1902

Loose sketch of a seated young woman in a chair, face lit within dense diagonal shading, by James McNeill Whistler.

Portrait of a Young Woman (Miss Seaton) (Dorothy Seaton)

James McNeill Whistler, 1897, only printed posthumously

Etching of a busy Thames wharf with moored boats and sailing ships, and a seated man in the foreground.

The Old Thames: "Black Lion Wharf," an Etching

Carl Hentschel, 1895

Lithograph of a seated shoemaker at a cluttered worktable with a standing woman behind him in a dim interior.

The Shoemaker (The Shoemaker, Dieppe)

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Pen sketch of a hooded woman leaning on a wall beside a stormy, swirling sky and dark ground.

The Relief Fund in Lancashire (for "Once a Week," July 26, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, 1862

Black-and-white print of a woman in a long dress leaning on a ship railing, looking toward the sea and distant shore.

The Major's Daughter (for "Once a Week," June 21, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, 1862

Pen-and-ink print of a woman in a long gown seated at a window, looking out over a city with rooftops and clouds.

The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (for "Once a Week," August 16, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, 1862

The Nun in "Count Burckhardt" (for "Once a Week," September 27, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, 1862

Engraving of a seated woman in a long gown by a window, printed on a magazine page with verse below.

The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (from "Once a Week," August 16, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, August 16, 1862

Engraved illustration of a woman in a long dress leaning on a ship's rail beside rigging, with open sea behind her, on a prin

The Major's Daughter (from "Once a Week," June 21, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, June 21, 1862

Wood engraving of a veiled woman in a long gown standing at a window, with printed verse on the page above and below.

Count Burckhardt (from "Once a Week," September 27, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, September 27, 1862

Engraved magazine illustration of a pensive woman with long flowing hair and gown beside printed text columns, July 1862.

The Relief Fund in Lancashire (from "Once a Week," July 26, 1862)

James McNeill Whistler, July 26, 1862

Lithograph of a Chelsea fishmonger's shop front with the name Maunder on the fascia and figures at the counter.

Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea, from "Whirlwind," December 27, 1890

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Engraving of three nude women before an armored man, a sleeping figure, and Cupid with a bow in a tree above.

The Dream of Paris

Grey wash drawing of a religious scene with two women, an infant, a winged angel and a cherub inside a tall arched panel.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1761

Pencil sketch of four women seated around a table with needlework, reading and writing, lit by a candle.

Four Ladies Sitting around a Table Occupied with Needlework, Reading, and Writing (recto); Study of a Woman with Need…

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1758

Pen drawing of a classical procession with elephants, oxen, torch bearers and riders carrying laurel branches.

The Triumph of Caesar: The Elephants

Gian Marco Cavalli, ca. 1497