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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,355 works

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

Watercolor drawing of dead deer, hares and a fox beneath a sign reading The British Sportsman, with a rifle leaning on a wall

Design for the Frontispiece of "The British Sportsman"

Samuel Howitt, late 18th-early 19th century

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

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a gothic gatehouse elevation with a central arch and towers, with a floor plan below.

Entrance to Barlboro' Hall

William Hurst, ca. 1820

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

Architectural sketch design with ground plan, bedroom plan and elevations for a smithy and two cottages, in watercolor and in

Design for a Smithy and Two Cottages

Charles Edward Mallows, late 19th-early 20th century

Watercolor design drawing of a gold tall church lamp stand with branching arms, scrollwork and glass shades on a tripod base.

Design for Church Lamp Stand

B. Mansfield, 1889

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

Pencil design drawing of an ornate door knocker with a flame finial and scrolled base, with a section detail and handwritten

Design for Door Knocker, for "The Builder's Journal"

Eleanor Mercer, 1886-96

Ink drawing of a symmetrical country house elevation with a columned portico, with a floor plan and scale bar below.

Plan and Elevation of Country House

Robert Morris, early to mid-18th century

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 (?)

Pen drawing of a classical entablature and column section with egg-and-dart moldings, dentils, and a rosette on tan paper.

Design for Entablature

Robert Mylne the younger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Etching of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe, standing barefoot and leaning on a long halberd.

Saint Jude (or Saint Matthias)

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

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

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

Pen and ink architectural elevation of a classical building facade with arched doorway, pilasters, and a pedimented niche.

Elevation of Giulio Romano's House (recto); the Ruins from the Caelius Aqueduct and Temple of Claudius in Rome (verso)

Giovanni Battista Naldini, ca. 1557

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

Watercolor drawing of a carved oak fireplace with niches, columns and a central shield in the Jerusalem Chamber, 1838.

Oak Carving from Fireplace in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster

Charles James Richardson, 1838

Watercolor drawing of an ornate carved oak fireplace with scrolled pediment, ball finial, and arched central panel.

Oak Carving from Fireplace in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster

Charles James Richardson, 1820-71

Watercolor design of a carved oak fireplace frame with a pediment, arched niche and scrolled brackets.

Design for Oak Carving, from the Fireplace, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster

Charles James Richardson, 1820-71

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

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate theatre interior with a decorated dome, tiered balconies, curtained boxes and a stage.

Interior of a Theatre

David Roberts, 1796-1864

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

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 mounted cavalrymen raising curved sabres, one holding a pink standard, against a cloudy sky.

Unused study for a plate to "Hungarian and Highland Broadsword Exercise" Feb. 12, 1799

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1799

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

Engraving of nude Apollo shooting an arrow at a winged serpent, with muses and Cupids in the sky above.

Apollo standing at left shooting a python with an arrow, above to the left are the muses and at right on a cloud Cupi…

Master of the Die, 1530-60