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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,069 works

Engraved plate with two candelabra designs and three staircase railing designs with ornate scrollwork, dated 1792.

Candelabra Designs and Stair Railing Designs, nos. CCCXCV-CCCXCVII and 398-400, plate 60 from "Designs for Various Or…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, April 1, 1792

Hand-colored engraved interior design plate showing a window with red drapes, classical panels, and three pink upholstered se

Interior Ornamented Wall with Window and Furniture, nos. 411-424, plate 64 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, February 15, 1792

Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435, plate 66 from "Designs for Various Ornam…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, August 30, 1792

Engraved plate of scrolling acanthus leaf ornaments and a floral spray, numbered CCCCLV to CCCCLIX, page 68.

Varieties of Leaf Ornament, nos. CCCCLV-CCCCLIX, plate 68 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, 1801

Engraved plate of an ornamental urn with a lion figure, bird, laurel medallion, and candelabra, framed by foliate borders.

Vases and Ornament, nos. CCCCLX-CCCCLXVIII, plate 69 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, 1801

Hand-coloured plate of an ornamental interior wall with panels, griffins, a console table and two pink chairs, 1801.

Interior Ornamented Wall, nos. CCCCLXIX-CCCCLXXIX, plate 70 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, 1801

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tall Gothic spired monument with pinnacles and tracery against a dark ground.

Spired Gothic Monument

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1797 (?)

Grayscale collage of cut engravings showing women, children, and rural family scenes on a tan mount.

Collage of printed elements centered on Women, Children, Family and Rural Life

Illman Brothers, 1862-63

Engraved collage of an elderly man and young woman reading at center, surrounded by rural scenes of children, animals and lan

Collage of printed elements centered on a Man and Young Woman Reading the Bible, surrounded by scenes from rural life

Illman Brothers, 1851-66

Engraved ornamental plate with a central cartouche framed by strapwork, scrollwork, and grotesque masks in an album leaf.

Rinceaux Panels, One Fontainebleau School Cartouche

Enea Vico, 16th century

Engraving of couples dancing on a village square beside a tree-sheltered horn player, with a church steeple behind.

Dance on the Village Square

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Engraved frontispiece with a kneeling woman, putti holding Latin banners, a radiant figure on a mountain, and vines.

Frontispiece of Fasti Senenses

Guillaume Vallet, 1645-1704

Pen and ink drawing of a priest with a sistrum and a wreathed companion before hieroglyph-covered obelisk and palm tree.

Procession at Memphis

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 18th century

Engraving of elegant diners in plumed hats at a banquet table, a servant with a lantern at left, and beggars seen through a d

The Banquet of the Rich Man

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Gothic Clothes Chest, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Three horizontal bands of geometric fret ornament drawn in ink with gray wash shading on cream paper.

Frets, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Ink drawing of a hatched Greek key fret border with measurement ticks above and numbered marks below, on pale paper.

Fret, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Mezzotint of the mythological Phaeton driving a chariot pulled by four galloping horses through clouds.

Phaeton

Benjamin Green, November 14, 1776

Dark allegorical print: two seated women watch a glowing vision of armored warriors and tigers, lit by a winged figure with a

The Tea-Tax-Tempest (The Oracle)

John Dixon, 1774