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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a woman in a plumed hat and ruffled collar, face turned to the left.

Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

Thomas Lawrence, 1790

Engraved portrait of a man in period dress with a Latin inscription below and a small religious panel above his shoulder.

Roger van der Weyden the Younger, from "Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium..."

Hendrick Hondius, ca. 1610

Print of a figure in a plumed hat lifting a drape to reveal a large Egyptian-style statue beside lotus flowers.

Sodom's Modesty

Félicien Rops, 1888

Engraving of barefoot men, sacks, mules and armoured soldiers in a biblical scene of Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack.

Joseph's cup found in Benjamin's sack from the biblical story of Joseph (Genesis 44); a scene with soldiers, mules an…

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, ca. 1520-25

Mezzotint of two men in period dress in a furnished interior with a fireplace, hanging weapons and a wall map.

Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garratt

Johann Gottfried Haid, 1765

Painted coastal scene of a stormy bay with a steamship, a white cottage, and a group of figures on a grassy slope.

Valentia, Ireland: From the Harbor, opposite Knight's-town, at the period of laying the Cable of 1857

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a rustic timber mess room with men gathered around a brick fireplace and a small white dog on the floor.

Telegraph House, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Interior View of the Mess Room, 1858

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Workers move coiled telegraph cable on carts and winch it on a green frame inside a workshop with an open doorway.

The Reels of Gutta-percha Covered Conducting Wire Conveyed into Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of workers coiling cable in a large circular tank beneath pulleys and rigging in an industrial hall.

Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich,…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of men in top hats watching workers coil cable inside a dim iron ship hull lit by lanterns.

Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on M…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Decorative title page with sailors hauling ropes on a ship deck and a violinist on a capstan, framed by shell motifs.

The Great Eastern Weighing Anchor Off the Maplin Sands at the Nore, July 15, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of sailors splicing a rope on a ship deck beside a cannon, watched by gentlemen in suits and hats.

Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of sailors working on a steamship deck near a cable trough, with rigging and a sunset sea behind them.

View, Looking Aft, from the Port Paddle Box of the Great Eastern, Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc.

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of workers laying cable inside a ship's tank, with a wooden framework at the center and lamplight glowing behind.

Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern: The Cable Passing Out

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Men on a ship deck examine a coiled cable hauled from the Atlantic, with a helmsman and rigging visible behind them.

Searching for the Fault after Hauling Back the Cable from the Bottom of the Atlantic, July 31st, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Sailors hauling rope on a ship deck beside a large capstan, with rigging and sea visible beyond the rail.

Getting Out One of the Large Buoys for Launching, August 2nd, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Men work at a forge and anvil on a ship's deck at night under hanging lanterns and rigging.

The Forge on Deck, Night of August 9th: Preparing the Iron Plating for Capstan

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a ship's forward deck with crew and grappling hooks, and a steamer on the sea in the distance.

Forward Deck of the Great Eastern Cleared for the First Attempt to Grapple for the Lost Cable, August 11th, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Workers pull cables inside a dim iron chamber around a central timber scaffold beneath an overhead opening.

View of the Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of sailors and men gathered on a steamship deck around a notice board, with rigging and signal flags overhead.

News Received Through the Atlantic Cable From All Parts of the World, etc.

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Etching of a seated woman seen from behind, surrounded by sketched fantastical creatures, a nude, a dog and inscriptions.

The Last Maja

Félicien Rops, second half 19th century

Figure Studies, from "Drawing Book"

Frederick Bloemaert, 1650-56

Watercolor capriccio of Roman ruins with a monumental arch, columns, a rearing horse, and a distant triumphal arch.

Architectural Capriccio with a Monumental Arch

Jean Nicolas Servandoni, 18th century

Drawn cover design for the Illustrirte Zeitung with a winged allegorical figure, the year 1860, and a pilgrim in a forest sce

Cover design for the "Illustrirte Zeitung"

Johann Caspar Nepomuk Scheuren, 1860

Two Studies of Bearded Men; verso: Studies after Antique Sculpture

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of several draped female figures and a reclining male figure, with smaller figure studies in the margins

Studies of draped female and male figures; verso: Studies of draped female figures

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a haloed priest preaching to kneeling men, women, children and a dog beside classical ruins.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola Preaching

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, before 1761

Ink drawing of figures gathered at a tomb entrance under trees, with a wide hillside landscape and inscribed gravestones.

The Raising of Lazarus

Matthias Deigle, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a mountainous landscape with waterfalls, trees, and a reclining man in the foreground.

Reclining Man in a Mountainous Landscape with Waterfalls

Johann Georg von Dillis, 18th-early 19th century

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman holding an infant, with a donkey's head and a standing figure in the background.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Anton Raphael Mengs, mid-18th-late 18th century