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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,936 works

Etching of a dirt road entering a walled town, with chimneys, travelers on horseback, and pack animals under clouds.

Entrance to the Suburb of Saint Marceau near Paris

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a hillside town with a stone bridge, walking figures, a city wall and a large tree in the foreground.

View of Chaillot in Paris

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etched river landscape with moored boats, rowing figures, a tower, houses and dense trees along the bank.

The River Seine at the Bend of the Mall

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a fortified city gate beside a river, with boats, horsemen, figures on the quay and a bridge in the distance.

The Entrance Gate of St. Bernard in Paris

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a water mill and stone arched bridge beside a river, with trees, cattle, figures and a hillside under clouds.

A Water Mill near St. Denis

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a walled garden by a canal with stone arches, tall trees, and small figures and a horse on the path.

The Garden of M. de Nue Outside of the Suburb of S. Marceau near Paris

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a naval battle with sailing ships in the foreground, gunsmoke rising over the fleet, and choppy sea below.

Naval Battle Scene

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of armed figures and fallen bodies in a street by a ruined wall, with the caption Ya no hay tiempo below.

Plate 19 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): There isn't time now (Ya no hay tiempo)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of stacked corpses on a mound with two standing men above them, under an open, bleak sky.

Plate 18 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Bury them and keep quiet' (Enterrar y callar)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Engraved street scene of Fulton Street and its market hall, with horse carts, barrels and pedestrians on cobblestones.

Fulton Street & Market, New York (The Bennett View of Fulton Street)

William James Bennett, 1834

Hazy brown-toned view of a New York harbour town and ships seen from a grassy hill with a large tree and grazing cows.

View of the City and Harbour of New York taken from Mount Pitt, the Seat of John R. Livingston, Esq.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1796

Engraved perspective view of New York City Hall from Wall Street, with a church spire, tree, carriage and pedestrians.

A Perspective View of the City Hall in New York, Taken from Wall Street

Cornelius Tiebout, 1791-93

Hand-coloured lithograph of Broadway in New York in 1855, showing shop fronts, carriages, omnibuses and pedestrians under a c

View of Broadway, New-York, from Exchange Alley to Morris Street, West Side

Frederick Heppenheimer, 1855

Hand-colored 1817 map of New York City with inset architectural views, a 1729 plan, and an alphabetical street guide.

The City of New York: Longworth's Explanatory Map and Plan

David Longworth, 1817

Black and white lithograph of a classical two-story bank facade with Ionic columns, a pediment, and entrance steps under clou

View of New York from the North, 1679

George Hayward, 1867

Engraved trade card of Thomas Ash's chair shop in New York, with a man and horse cart beside a sailing ship at the wharf.

Fancy & Windsor Chair Manufactory, Wholesale & Retail, Thomas Ash, No. 33 John Street, New York

Asher Brown Durand, 1817

Hand-colored caricature of a fantastical parade with exaggerated mounted soldiers and satirical banners on a cobbled street.

Grand Fantastical Parade, New-York, December 2, 1833

David Claypoole Johnston, 1833

Color lithograph of the R. M. Stivers carriage factory in New York with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians on the street.

R. M. Stivers, Manufacturers of Fine Carriages, 146-152 East 31st Street, New York

Hatch & Co., 1872-73

Colored bird's-eye view of New York City's harbor with steamboats, sailing ships, and dense rows of buildings along the river

New-York (From the Southwest)

K. Th. Westermann, ca. 1852

Hand-colored lithograph of the pilot boat Wm. J. Romer sailing on choppy green water with an American flag.

Extraordinary Express Across the Atlantic - Pilot Boat Wm. J. Romer, [commanded by] Captain McGuire, Leaving for Engl…

Nathaniel Currier, 1846

U. S. Ship North Carolina, 102 Guns

Nathaniel Currier, 1843

The Chinese Junk "Keying" [commanded by] Captain Kellett, as she appeared in New York Harbour, July 13th, 1847 --- 21…

Nathaniel Currier, 1847

Hand-colored print of a side-wheel New York ferry boat with a black smokestack, blue pilothouses, and passengers on deck.

New York Ferry Boat

Currier & Ives, ca. 1860-65

Lithograph of Lincoln's funeral procession passing Union Square, with a black draped hearse, horses, soldiers and mourning-dr

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New York, April 25th, 1865, Passing Union Square

Currier & Ives, 1865

Lithograph of the O'Connell funeral car drawn by black-draped horses past a crowd behind a park fence, New York, 1847.

The Magnificent O'Connell Funeral Car, Passing the Park in New York City, on Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, 1847

Nathaniel Currier, 1847

Etching of an old wooden corner building with tall brick chimneys, shopfronts, a gas lamp, and pedestrians on Water Street.

Old House, Corner of Peck Slip and Water Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of a wooden colonial-style house with a porch, chimneys, and bare trees in a rural setting.

Somerindyck House, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of a wooden two-story house with a front porch and chimneys, framed by bare trees and a tall evergreen.

Somerindyck House, Bloomingdale Road, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Etching of an old wooden beach house with exterior stairs at a street corner, with brick buildings, a gas lamp and pedestrian

The Old Beach House, Corner of Cedar and Greenwich Streets, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1874

Etching of a wooden farmhouse with chimneys and a porch, surrounded by bare trees and a fence, dated 1876.

The Harsen Homestead, Corner of 10th Avenue and 70th Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1876