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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Side elevation drawing of Express Wagon No. 420 with large spoked wheels, slatted body, and two raised seats on a ground line

Express Wagon #420

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and ink side elevation drawing of a horse-drawn drag carriage with spoked wheels and a cushioned seat.

Drag #120

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Watercolor of a reclining river-god statue by a pool with figures, swans, trees and a garden trellis.

A Park with Figures at a Statue near Water

Salomon Gessner, 1775 (?)

Ink and wash drawing of two architectural brackets, one with a spiral scroll and one with a carved tapering console.

Two Views of a Bracket

Richard de Lalonde, ca. 1780

Ink and wash drawing of two architectural ornament designs: a scroll with beaded moulding and a panel of wavy forms.

Two Designs for Ornament

Richard de Lalonde, ca. 1770

Brown ink and wash design for a ceiling with a central flying winged couple and surrounding ornamental panels.

Design for a Ceiling

Felice Giani, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a neoclassical salon wall with urns, candelabra, a bust and a console table.

Wall Elevation for a Salon

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, ca. 1780

Head of a Man

Pietro Antonio Novelli, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rococo cartouche frame with scrollwork, foliage, and a grotesque mask at the base.

Design for a frame

Jean Charles Delafosse, ca. 1750

Grey wash allegorical drawing with a draped woman, scientific instruments, a globe and a floating nude figure in clouds.

Design for the Title Page of "Acta Germanica"

Jan Goeree, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink perspective drawing of a receding row of classical Doric columns under a projecting entablature.

Study for a Colonnade in Perspective

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, ca. 1530

Brown ink drawing of five neoclassical urns and vases with lids, handles, and reliefs of a Medusa head, eagle, and serpent.

Study of Five Vases or Urns

Felice Giani, ca. 1790-1800

Sepia drawing of a Romanesque church facade with arcaded galleries, a round window, and portals, with figures in a cobbled sq

View of the Façade of the Cathedral of San Michele, Pavia

Giulio Aluisetti, 1820s

Grey wash drawing of Piacenza's Palazzo Pubblico with pointed arches, crenellations, two equestrian statues and figures in a

View of the Palazzo Pubblico (Palazzo Comunale), Piacenza

Giulio Aluisetti, 1820s

Watercolor of a vaulted stone prison courtyard with a chained man seated in the foreground beside a column.

Man Seated in Prison

Victor-Jean Nicolle, 1781

Pencil drawing of a grave monument with a cross bearing a central monogram medallion on a stepped pedestal.

Grave Monument with Cross, No. 731

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink elevation drawings of two grave monument designs on lined paper, one with a carved emblem, with dimensions and scale note

Grave Monument Design (Two Elevations)

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument inscribed CAMERON on its base, labeled No. 16, with faint landscape hatching behi

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 16

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument with a monogram medallion on a stepped pedestal, labeled No. 34.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 34

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument on a stepped pedestal, labeled No. 84 in the upper left corner.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 84

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink elevation drawing of a tall obelisk grave monument with a stepped base and pyramidal tip on cream paper.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 901 / 920

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and pencil drawing of a draped obelisk grave monument with stepped base inscribed HOLME, numbered 933.

Draped Obelisk Grave Monument for "Holme", No. 933 (recto); Sketch of a grave (verso)

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a tall obelisk grave monument on a stepped pedestal with decorative bands.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 1322

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Watercolor drawing of a stone grave monument with a finial urn, stepped base and dark inset panels, flanked by shrubs.

Grave Monument with Vase, No. 1343

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pen-and-ink drawing of a tiered stone grave monument with a cross and IHS monogram, labeled No. 745, on grass.

Grave Monument with Cross, No. 745

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and wash drawing of a stone grave monument with a stepped base, dark panels and a vase finial on grass.

Grave Monument, Pillar Topped with a Vase, No. 911

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Watercolor design of a stepped pedestal with a numeral 7 supporting a standing soldier with rifle, under a pointed arch.

Pedestal Design for the Seventh Regiment Memorial in Central Park

Jacob Wrey Mould, ca. 1868

Grey wash drawing of rocky cliffs, circular rock-cut basins in the foreground, a ruined wall and a robed figure with a staff.

The Altar of Baal

Harry Fenn, 1885

Ink and wash drawing of a half-timbered clubhouse beside a bowling green, with a flagpole, poplars and figures on the lawn.

The Athletic Club at Bowling Green

Harry Fenn, ca. 1900

Pencil sketches of a memorial library: several elevations, a clock tower facade, and a labeled floor plan on aged paper.

Design Sketches for a Memorial Library (recto and verso) (possibly the Winn Memorial Library, Woburn, Massachusetts)

Henry Hobson Richardson, ca. 1876