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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,292 works

Wood engraving of women and children on a rocky shore by boats, with sailing ships on the sea under cloudy skies.

"Dad's Coming!" (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, November 1, 1873

Engraving of a crowded 1850s Boston street corner with pedestrians, a horse carriage, a street organ player and shop fronts.

Corner of Winter, Washington and Summer Streets, Boston (Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, Vol. XII)

Winslow Homer, June 13, 1857

Watercolor of an elderly bearded man in armor raising a golden goblet on a castle ledge above a moonlit river valley.

Illustration for Goethe

Leopold Schulz, 1842

Watercolor panorama of a calm sea with a sailboat, low islands, distant mountains and sandy hills under a pale sky.

Panorama View on the Islands of Delos

Johann Michael Wittmer II, early 19th-late 19th century

Etching of a harbor basin with tall sailing ships, rowboats with figures, and a distant tower under an overcast sky.

Commercial Basin, from "L'Artiste"

Auguste Ballin, 1867-71

Pale watercolor of a stone bridge over a river, with boats, riverside wharves and a distant city skyline under cloudy sky.

Westminster Bridge, the Surrey side

Samuel Scott, ca. 1750

Circular engraving of Circe raising a cup beside Ulysses' companions in a boat, with monstrous figures near her.

Circe drinking from a cup with the companions of Ulysses in a boat at left, a circular composition

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Hand-colored caricature of a diving suit figure hauling a 10 per cent barrel from the sea beside a boat labeled The Experimen

A Diving Machine on a New Construction

Thomas Rowlandson, May 31, 1806

Hand-colored print of uniformed officers toasting with wine glasses at a table in a ship's cabin, with a servant at right.

A Snug Cabin, or Port Admiral

Thomas Rowlandson, June 21, 1808

Etching of a stormy Sussex coast with fishermen beside a windswept tree, a tossed sailboat, and a thatched cottage.

A View on the Coast of Sussex

Thomas Rowlandson, October 1, 1785

Etching of sailing ships battling choppy waves under a stormy sky, with cliffs on the left and gulls overhead.

L'Air, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a ship burning with thick black smoke on the left, with sailing ships on calm sea in the distance.

Le Feu, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Engraving of many small scenes showing animals in human roles, a central map, ships at sea, and Italian captions.

The World Turned Upside Down (Il Mondo alla Riversa)

Nicolò Nelli, 1552-79

Engraved vignette of three putti with a sailboat, wheat sheaves, a basket, and a winged figure above.

Banknote vignette with three putti symbolizing trade and agriculture

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved vignette of three putti with a flag, wheat sheaves, an anchor, and a sailing ship, with sheep in the foreground.

Banknote vignette with three putti as a shepherd, a farmer, and a sailor

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraving of a seated woman with a caduceus beside a sailing ship on rough waves, with a stone pedestal at right.

Banknote vignette with female figure representing marine commerce

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Etching of a woman standing in a boat with a child and a cormorant, beside a thatched pavilion and palm trees on a river bank

Cormorant Fishing

Gabriel Huquier, ca. 1742

Engraving of a man and woman standing in a rowboat at shore, with a dog on the rocks and a cloudy sky.

Greek Lovers

Asher Brown Durand, 1825

Etching of women and a man on a ship's gallery deck with scrolled railings, overlooking a harbor with masted ships.

The Gallery of H.M.S. Calcutta (Souvenir of a Ball on Shipboard) (La galerie du "Calcutta" (Souvenir d'un bal à bord)

James Tissot, 1876

Engraved landscape of the Delaware Water Gap with a river between wooded hills, framing trees, and small figures on the bank.

Delaware Water Gap

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Etching of Telemachus in armor arriving on a wooded shore where draped nymphs gather, with a ship and an older man with a sta

Arrival of Telemachus at the Island of Calypso

Antoine-Jean Duclos

Etching of a river bank with ruined towers, a rowboat, rocky outcrop, and a distant town under clouds.

Old Towers on a River Bank

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

Etching of a wooded island in a river with a rowing boat, trees, a stone tower and a ruined building on a hill.

Wooded Island, plate 3 from "Ten Landscapes" (Suite de Dix Paysages)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

Etching of a stone mill beside waterfalls and a rocky cliff, with rowing boats and figures on the water in the foreground.

The Italian Mill

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1771

Etching of two seated figures in a window-lined room overlooking a harbor with masted ships and a standing woman at right.

Ramsgate

James Tissot, 1876

Etching of a crowded river scene with boats, a canopied pavilion, a rider on horseback, and a fortified hill behind.

Pope Pius VII on the Saône

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1805

Pen and ink drawing of a rocky estuary with sailing ships, rowboats, and fortified hill towns under a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Estuary with Ships and Hill Towns

Hendrik van Cleve, 1585

Etching of a river landscape with a castle on a rocky cliff, a stone bridge, a mill, and figures in a boat.

View of the Convent of the Barefooted Carmelites

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Etched landscape of a river ferry with cattle and figures, ruined columns at right, and a hilltop building at left.

River Crossing

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Pen and brown wash drawing of Castel Sant'Angelo and a stone bridge over the Tiber with boats below.

Ponte and Castell Saint'Angelo

Stefano Della Bella, 1633-64