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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Etching of a bearded man peering from a railway boxcar doorway while an arched cat stands on a platform beside it.

Passage Through Baltimore (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of a bearded man at a writing table with a winged imp beside an inkwell, framed pictures on the wall.

Writing the Emancipation Proclamation (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink street battle with armed men, rifles raised, a fallen figure, and waterfront buildings with ship masts.

Battle in Baltimore, April 19, 1861 (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of soldiers searching a bedroom while an officer stands center and a woman grips a curtain at right.

Searching for Arms (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of a crowded street with men in top hats and uniforms, a sign reading Sickles Brigade to the Rescue, and a seate

Enlistment of Sickles' Brigade, New York (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink drawing of an interior with men gathered, a top-hatted man gesturing at a sign reading Substitutes for Sale.

Buying a Substitute in the North during the War (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen drawing of men in a rowboat crossing choppy water, one standing with a rifle, others rowing, with distant shoreline.

Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen drawing of a crowd in a city street with armed guards, a Union banner, and a monument among trees.

Election in Baltimore, November, 1862 (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of sunken ships with broken masts in choppy water beside a wooded shore, with a seagull and distant sailboats.

Stone Blockade off Charleston, South Carolina (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink print of three women spinning, weaving at a loom, and sewing in a timber-beamed interior.

Making Clothes for the Boys in the Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink etching of a rustic interior where a woman stands near an open door and a man in a hat watches a mounted rider ou

Enslaved Women Concealing their Master from a Search Party (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line engraving of drovers herding cattle and sheep past covered wagons along a wooded road.

Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of armed soldiers around a kneeling woman, a flag and smoke behind, and a cannon wheel at right.

Valiant Men "Dat Fite Mit Siegel" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink print of a ruined stone wall, collapsed timbers, a dead sheep, and a man gesturing toward a distant village.

Tracks of the Armies (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen etching of a bearded man striding forward as armed men advance behind him, with a seated woman and child on the left.

Formation of Guerrilla Bands (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of a horseman galloping past a fence as cattle scatter through a farmyard with smoke rising in the background.

Jamison's Jayhawkers (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink etching of men unloading barrels and crates from a rowboat onto a riverbank, with a rifleman and a tree climber.

Smuggling of Medicines into the South (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of townspeople and a uniformed officer gathered around bells on a wooden platform, with a town skyline behind.

Offering of Bells to be Cast into Cannon (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of mounted horsemen with a lance and pennant crossing rocky desert terrain, followed by mules and foot soldiers.

Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etched print of cavalry riders charging through a military camp past barrels, a shopfront, and tents under smoke.

General Stuart's Raid to the White House (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line drawing of cavalry riders and horses crossing a stream, with trees and a distant farmhouse in the background.

General Stuart's Return from Pennsylvania, from "Confederate War Etchings"

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen etching of figures in a stone fort gateway, with guards, a wheelbarrow, and workers in the courtyard beyond.

Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of men kneeling and gathering in prayer among tents and trees in an outdoor military camp.

Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's Camp (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of three men on a street outside a shop window advertising counterfeit Confederate notes, with a brokers office sign.

Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly Offered for Sale in the "City of Brotherly Love" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Line etching of a 19th-century street with men in top hats, a seated figure, shop windows and a sign reading Lovely Lane.

Free Negroes in the North (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen drawing of figures dancing and drumming among palms and foliage, with a kneeling figure in the foreground.

"Free Negroes in Hayti" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of a woman kneeling by a trunk in a cave-like room with a table, hanging lamp, draped cloth and a crucifix.

Cave Life in Vicksburg during the Seige (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of two men on a wooded riverbank, one looking through a telescope beside tall trees and hanging vines.

Vicksburg Canal (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Trade card showing the Washington Monument in Baltimore beside a portrait of George Abel of The Baltimore Sun.

George Abel, The Baltimore Sun, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card with a mustached man's portrait, a Baltimore American masthead, and a harbor scene with sailboats

Felix Agnus, Baltimore American, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with a portrait of John Arkins beside a rider on horseback herding cattle across grassland.

John Arkins, Denver Rocky Mountain News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Pen and ink drawing of a standing female figure with outstretched arms holding a dagger, in classical drapery.

Lucretia

Chromolithograph card with a Falls of Minnehaha waterfall scene and a portrait of bearded Lewis Baker in a suit.

Lewis Baker, St. Paul Daily Globe, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of A.H. Belo beside a scene of a rider lassoing longhorn cattle at a Texas ranch at sunset.

A.H. Belo, The Galveston Daily News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

James Gordon Bennett, The New York Herald, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card of George Bleistein beside the Buffalo Courier masthead, with a tree-lined Delaware Avenue street scene

George Bleistein, Buffalo Courier, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Alden J. Blethen beside a painted view of riverside mills and rushing water.

Alden J. Blethen, The Minneapolis Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card with portrait of Samuel Bowles beside a village road scene with church steeple.

Samuel Bowles, Springfield Republican, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card portrait of J.M. Bundy in a suit, flanked by Broadway street scenes with carriages and pedestrians.

J.M. Bundy, New York Mail and Express, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of W.D. Bickham beside a scene of steamboats and factories on the Miami Canal, Dayton, Ohio.

W.D. Bickham, Dayton Daily Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of George W. Childs beside an illustration of the Public Ledger Building in Philadelphia with flags

George W. Childs, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Engraving of a battle with swordsmen and shields clashing with musketeers, a fortified town burning in the background.

Attaque des Forts Avancés de Bone (Attack of the Strong Advances of Bone), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis s…

Jacques Callot, 1614-20

Chromolithograph card with a bearded man's portrait beside the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common with a church spire.

W.W. Clapp, Boston Morning Journal, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Gi…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of A.S. Colyar beside a paddle steamer being warped along a river by workers.

A.S. Colyar, The Nashville Daily American, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of bearded Edwin Cowles beside a Euclid Avenue street scene with church spires and a horse rider.

Edwin Cowles, The Cleveland Leader, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card of Charles A. Dana beside a scene of the New York Post Office with carriages.

Charles A. Dana, The New York Sun, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with a Charleston harbor view and steamboats, beside a portrait of F. W. Dawson and a News and Courier masthead.

F. W. Dawson, The Charleston News and Courier, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of M.H. de Young beside a California vineyard scene with oxen and a farmhouse.

M.H. de Young, San Francisco Chronicle, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of S.J. Flickinger in pince-nez beside the Ohio State Capitol at sunset, Columbus.

S.J. Flickinger, The Columbus Daily Ohio State Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cig…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Allan Forman in pince-nez beside an illustration of the East River Bridge and street traffic.

Allan Forman, The New York Journalist, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

G.C. Goodwin, The Salt Lake City Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Henry W. Grady beside The Atlanta Constitution masthead and a courthouse with carriages.

Henry W. Grady, The Atlanta Constitution, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Murat Halstead beside a view of Fourth Street in Cincinnati with a church spire.

Murat Halstead, The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of Joseph R. Hawley beside a view of the Main Street Bridge in Hartford over a river.

Joseph R. Hawley, The Hartford Courant, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Engraved interior scene of a fashionable couple, a servant child, a dwarf figure and crowded wall paintings.

Taste in High Life

Samuel Phillips, May 1, 1798

Engraved print of a woman in pearls and flowing gown leaning on an ornate table beside a jewelry box and draped curtain.

Sigismunda

the elder James Basire, May 5, 1790

Mezzotint of a woman in pearls leaning on a rococo table beside a casket, gazing upward with a sorrowful look.

Sigismunda

Robert John Dunkarton, February 1, 1793

Engraved print of a woman with pearls leaning on a table beside a silver urn and casket, dark background with a column.

Sigismonda (Sigismunda)

Benjamin Smith, June 4, 1795

Etching of two caricatured comic figures labeled Capitano Bonbardon and Capitano Grillo, with a crowd behind them.

Capitano Bonbardon and Capitano Grillo, plate 13 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Etching of two dancers, a woman with a tambourine and a man with a raised sword, in a street with small background figures.

Fracischina and Gian Farina, plate 17 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Engraving of the Pool of Bethesda: a robed figure gestures to sick people by an arcade while an angel hovers above.

The Pool of Bethesda (St. John, Chapter 5)

William Hogarth, February 24,1772

Engraving of the Pool of Bethesda: an angel above arches, a haloed figure among sick people with crutches, and trees framing

The Pool of Bethesda (St. John, Chapter 5)

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, ca. 1772

Engraving of a theatre audience in an elegant room watching children perform on a stage, with portrait busts on the walls.

The Indian Emperor, or, The Conquest of Mexico, Act 4, scene 4

Robert Dodd, January 1, 1792

Engraved key showing numbered costumed performers and seated audience in an elegant interior, with printed names below.

Key with List of Performers to: The Indian Emperor, or, The Conquest of Mexico, Act 4, scene 4

William Hogarth, February 1, 1791

Pen drawing of a crowded fashionable interior with seated figures, framed paintings, an arched alcove, and toys on the floor.

Marriage A-la-Mode, plate IV (reverse copy)

William Hogarth, 18th-19th century

Engraved print of costumed guests at a masquerade in a candlelit room with drapery and a fireplace.

Royal Masquerade Somerset House

Thomas Cook, October 21, 1805

Etching of two comic dancers, a woman in feathered headdress and a man playing a lute, with townspeople and a building behind

Riciulina and Metzetin, plate 8 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Engraving of the Good Samaritan tending a wounded man beside a horse and dog in a rocky landscape.

The Good Samaritan (St. Luke, Ch. 10, ver. 30)

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, February 24,1772

Engraving of The Good Samaritan: a turbaned man bandages a wounded man beside a white horse and dog in a rocky landscape.

The Good Samaritan (St. Luke, Chap. 10, verse 30)

William Hogarth, February 24,1772

Engraved key showing numbered performers and audience in a theatre scene from The Beggar's Opera, with printed names below.

Key with List of Performers and Audience to: The Beggars Opera

William Hogarth, July 1, 1790

Trading card with a bearded man's portrait beside a sunset scene of palm trees and a sailboat on the Florida coast.

Charles H. Jones, Jacksonville Times Union, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card showing George Jones of The New York Times beside the Statue of Liberty at sunset, with a steamboat in the harbo

George R. Jones, The New York Times, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Albert R. Lamar, The Macon Telegraph, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card showing the Washington Monument in Richmond on the left and a portrait of Page McCarty with mustache on the right.

Page McCarty, The Richmond Daily Times, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card with portrait of J. B. McCullagh beside a view of a columned pavilion in Shaw's Garden, St. Louis.

J. B. McCullagh, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card with a portrait of John R. McLean beside a view of the Cincinnati Art School and Museum.

John R. McLean, The Cincinnati Enquirer, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card with portrait of Joseph Medill beside a view of the Tribune Building with carriages and a flag.

Joseph Medill, The Chicago Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with a domed State Capitol building in snow beside a portrait of bearded John C. New of The Indianapolis Journal.

John C. New, The Indianapolis Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card with a portrait of Mrs. E. J. Nicholson beside a New Orleans street view of the Old St. Louis Hot

Mrs. E. J. Nicholson, The New Orleans Daily Picayune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigar…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card with portrait of William Penn Nixon beside a Chicago street scene with streetcar and church spire.

William Penn Nixon, The Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card of Crosby S. Noyes beside a view of the Capitol dome and West Front, Washington, D.C.

Crosby S. Noyes, The Washington Evening Star, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of Frank R. O'Neil beside a sunset view of the St. Louis bridge with steamboats on the river.

Frank R. O'Neil, The St. Louis Missouri Republican, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card with a portrait of Oswald Ottendorfer beside a New York street scene with carriages and buildings

Oswald Ottendorfer, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card portrait of Joseph Pulitzer with pince-nez, above a Central Park river scene at sunset.

Joseph Pulitzer, The New York World, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of bearded William Purcell beside a farm scene of a hay wagon, sheaves, and a village.

William Purcell, The Rochester Union and Advertiser, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigare…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card: night view of Detroit depot with clock tower beside portrait of William E. Quinby in dark coat.

William E. Quinby, Detroit Free Press, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with a portrait of Whitelaw Reid beside a view of the red-brick Tribune Building with its clock tower and fountain

Whitelaw Reid, New York Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Richard H. Silvester beside a Capitol East Front view with crowds, Washington, D.C.

Richard H. Silvester, The Washington Post, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card with a portrait of William M. Singerly beside a view of the decorated Record Building in Philadel

William M. Singerly, The Philadelphia Record, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of a mustached man in glasses beside a painted view of Albany's river and sailboats.

John A. Sleicher, Albany Evening Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of Charles Emory Smith beside an illustration of Philadelphia's New City Hall tower.

Charles Emory Smith, The Philadelphia Press, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithographed card: portrait of Melville E. Stone beside a Chicago harbor scene with sailing ships and a steamboat.

Melville E. Stone, The Chicago Daily News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card showing Bunker Hill Monument in Boston beside a portrait of Charles H. Taylor in front of a Boston Daily Globe pag

Charles H. Taylor, The Boston Daily Globe, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with a bearded man's portrait beside a riverside ranch scene with two riders and sunset clouds.

R. T. Van Horn, Kansas City Daily Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Henry Watterson, The Louisville Courier Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Pencil sketches of a butterfly pen-holder, a shell pen-holder, a snail ring-holder and a vase on a page in a sketchbook.

Sketches of Butterfly Pen-holder, a Shell Pen-holder and Snail Ring-holder, and a Vase

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55