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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,069 works

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-trimmed coat, seated at a table with a quill, books and papers.

Cornelis Claesz Anslo, Preacher

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching of a man with long hair and a cap, leaning on a desk beside an inkwell, wearing a lace collar and cross on chain.

Man at Desk, Wearing Cross and Chain

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Etching of a robed figure standing in a rocky cave with kneeling and seated onlookers, a distant town visible through the arc

The Raising of Lazarus: The Smaller Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style square pianoforte with a side elevation.

Design for Square Pianoforte, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate Grecian-style square pianoforte with an elevation view beside it.

Design for Square Pianoforte, Grecian Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pencil drawing of a horizontal ornamental panel with swirling acanthus scrolls and leaves within ruled borders.

Designs for borders and corners, acanthus

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Engraving of Delilah in a lace-trimmed gown cutting the hair of the sleeping Samson, with a Latin inscription below.

Delilah Cutting Samson's Hair

Etching of three caricatured figures eating from a bowl labeled John Bull's Blood at a feast, under a stone archway.

Monstrous Craws at a New Coalition Feast

James Gillray, May 29, 1787

Hand-colored caricature of Alecto and a train of figures, with a recruiting sergeant drumming and enlisting John Bull, by Jam

Alecto and Her Train, at the Gate of Pandaemonium:-or-The Recruiting Sarjeant Enlisting John Bull, Into the Revolutio…

James Gillray, July 4, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of a thin man beside a huge round woman balanced on a wheeled wooden plane, 1792.

A Sphere, Projecting Against a Plane

James Gillray, January 3, 1792

Etching of a sleeping herdsman by a tree with a cow, a goose and a seated child in a shaded wooded landscape.

The Sleeping Herdsman

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1644

Dark night etching of a man holding a lantern beside a woman cradling a sleeping child, in a shadowed landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece (reverse copy)

Francesco Novelli, late 18th-mid-19th century

Etching of a bearded old man in a turban gesturing to a boy carrying wood, with a pot and trees beside them.

Abraham and Isaac (reverse copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Old Man in Meditation, Leaning on a Book

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Etched oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in fur-trimmed robe and ruff, resting a hand on a book, against draped curtain

Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher (reverse copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etching of a seated nude man and a standing figure in an interior, with a woman and baby faintly visible by a hearth.

Nude Man Seated and Another Standing, with a Woman and a Baby Lightly Etched in Background

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1646

Etching of a bearded man in a broad-brimmed hat and dark cloak, leaning on a carved balustrade against a shadowed arch.

Ephraim Bonus, Jewish Physician

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etched portrait of a seated man in a tall hat and cloak beside a table with papers, in front of a large canvas.

Jan Asselijn, Painter (Krabbetje)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1647

Etched portrait of a seated man in a tall hat and dark cloak, resting his hand on a book.

Jan Asselijn, Painter (Krabbetje)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1646

Hand-colored print of a figure seen from behind in a red coat, powdered wig and buckled shoes on a stone pedestal.

From Sir William Hamilton's Collection

James Gillray, May 8, 1801

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray, 1802, showing a seated ruler, a corpulent figure in yellow, and bowing courtiers.

Introduction of Citizen Volpone & His Suite, at Paris.-Vide, The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters

James Gillray, November 15, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a mounted officer leading chained, ragged volunteers, with some riding a donkey and a cart.

French Volunteers Marching to the Conquest of Great Britain

James Gillray, October 25, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a plumed figure baking gilded kings in a brick oven, with crowns and coins scattered on the floor.

Tiddy-Doll, the Great French-Gingerbread-Baker; Drawing Out a New Batch of Kings, His Man Hopping Talley, Mixing Up t…

James Gillray, January 23, 1806

Etching of a harlequin figure whirling sparks on stage as astonished spectators react, with a Pic Nic Theatre playbill nearby

Blowing-up the Pic-Nic's;-or-Harlequin Quixote Attacking the Puppets, vide Tottenham Street Pantomime

James Gillray, April 2, 1802

Hand-coloured caricature of a wigged man in lilac coat leaning over a chest of money, with a speech bubble above him.

The Bottomless-Pitt

James Gillray, March 16, 1792

Hand-colored 1802 caricature of an older woman in a gilded carriage holding flowers, with a verse below.

A Bouquet of the Last Century

James Gillray, February 1, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a stout singing woman in a feathered headdress and white gown, arm outstretched, mouth open.

A Bravura Air. Mandane

James Gillray, December 22, 1801

Hand-coloured satirical print of a rowing boat pursued by a whale with caricatured faces, ships and burning towns behind.

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little…

James Gillray, October 1, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a seated man in a blue coat listening to a singing woman with a feathered hat holding sheet music.

The Bulstrode Siren

James Gillray, April 14, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a top hat holding a torch before a burning building, with bottles at his feet.

Counsellor O.P.-Defender of our Theatric Liberties

James Gillray, December 5, 1809