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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,938 works

Etching of a reclining odalisque on a divan beside a hookah, with a glowing arched window in a harem interior.

Odalisque reclining in a harem, from "Titres de Romance"

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Etching of three women and a girl on a rural path with cows and a dog, under a hilly landscape with trees.

Les Demoiselles de village

Félix Bracquemond, 1867

Etching of sheep behind a wooden rail fence with a dark dog lying in the grass in the foreground.

Moutons Parqués

Félix Bracquemond, 1856

Etching of a lake edge with large trees, a leaning birch, cows near the water, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Le Lac

Félix Bracquemond, 1861

Etching of a hanging hare on a stone ledge, with rabbits in a field beneath a sunburst sky and distant trees.

Jeannot Lapin

Félix Bracquemond, 1891

Hand-colored print of a crowded Regency evening party with dancers, card players and a chandelier in a gilded salon.

An Evening Party

George Cruikshank, February 3, 1826

Hand-colored caricature of two wigged men playing cards across a small round table, one shouting and one scowling.

All Fours

Thomas Rowlandson, first published March 14, 1783 [a later reissue?]

Etching of geese in a meadow under dramatic storm clouds with diagonal rays of light breaking through above trees.

La Nuée d'orage

Félix Bracquemond, 1882-84

Engraved ornament sheet with a satyr and a female figure supporting braziers, surrounded by scrolls, masks and garlands.

Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie

Alexis Loir, 1660-1713

Pastel watercolor design for a ceiling with floral garlands, ivy, scrollwork and a central medallion framed by ornamental bor

Ceiling design for a house on the rue Velezai

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Sheet of many ornamental design fragments including cherubs, scrollwork, a heraldic crest, floral medallions and an architect

Seventeen Ornamental Designs for the Pless House or Chateau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Painted design for an octagonal ceiling with stucco scrolls, flower garlands, red drapery, cherubs and a sky opening.

Design for Octagonal Ceiling in the Pless House, Berlin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown wash drawing of an oval ceiling design with scattered putti and cherubs among clouds, over faint grid lines.

Design for an Oval Ceiling, probably for Pless Residence

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Painted lunette design with cherubs, flower garlands, a parrot, gilded drapery and a potted plant beneath an arch.

Design for the Decoration of a Lunette on the Staircase, Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Design drawing of a painted coffered ceiling with red, mauve and grey panels, black strapwork and gold foliate scrolls.

Design for the Decoration of the Ceiling in the Vestibule (Ier étage), Hôtel de S. A. le Prince de P... [Pless?}, Berlin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Painted design for a coffered ceiling with interlaced strapwork and rosettes in green, yellow, and white on terracotta.

Design for Ceiling Decoration in the Dining Room, Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Colored design drawing of a coffered ceiling with interlaced gold, red and blue ornament and a decorative border.

Design for Ceiling Decoration in the Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design for a ceiling cove with scrolled frieze, lattice band, molding, and trailing pink roses.

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling Cove in the Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorated dome with ornamental panels, scrollwork, and a sky opening in the upper right.

Design for a decorated dome in the Peruviez residence, Belgium

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Design drawing of a decorated ceiling with a soft blue sky, cloud forms, and a dark frame of gilded scrollwork and flowers.

Design for a decorated ceiling in a house on the rue Matignon

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Design drawing of a dark paneled dining room wall with an arched niche flanked by painted garden landscapes and floral urns.

Design for the decoration of the dining room, 20 rue Matignon

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Ink and wash design for an ornate Opéra Comique ceiling with arches, medallions and allegorical figures, ca. 1845.

Design for the decoration of the ceiling in the Opéra Comique, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1845

Sheet of decorative design studies with stained glass panels, ornamental friezes, ceiling patterns and a classical figure gro

Ten designs for the decoration of the Opéra Comique, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design for an arched ceiling with ochre moldings, pink and green patterned field, and ornate scrolled medallions.

Design for ceiling decoration in a house on the Boulevard Haussmann

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Design study of an ornate ceiling corner with cream scrollwork, a painted oval of pink roses, and floral garlands.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling in the house of Baron Malet, Jouy-en-Josas (Seine et Gise)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of cream strapwork framing pink and ochre scrolling foliage, a decorative panel for a stairway.

Design for the decoration of the stairway in the Chateau d'Ognon of M. de Machy (Oise, France)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design drawing of a staircase fragment with scrolling foliage and a gilded urn in a laurel wreath medallion.

Design for the decoration of the stairway in the Château d'Ognon of M. deMachy (Oise, France)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Collage of ornamental design studies with scrollwork, putti, a crowned female bust, and a lion paw sketch.

Ten designs for the decoration of houses, including at least one for the stairway of the Chateau d'Ognon of M. deMach…

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design elevation of a church altar table with gilded crucifix, pink columns, heraldic shields and floral panels.

Design for an altar table surmounted by a crucifixion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a ceiling border with scrolling motifs, dark floral rosettes and layered bands in pink, brown and blue.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century