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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,744 works

Etching of two women with Fox badges embracing men beside hanging meat, satirizing a 1784 political canvass by Rowlandson.

The Two Patriotic Duchesses on Their Canvass

Thomas Rowlandson, April 3, 1784

Satirical pen and ink caricature of a row of fashionably dressed figures with feathered hats and speech bubbles, by Thomas Ro

Kings Place, or a View of M [Fox's] Best Friends

Thomas Rowlandson, April 22, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of fashionable figures embracing, with a speech bubble reading Huzza for Ever, by Thomas Rowlandson,

The Devonshire, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes

Thomas Rowlandson, April 12, 1784

Etching of a woman, a dandy in a tricorn hat, and a scowling old man with a cane beside a wall marked Kings Place.

Which Way Shall I Turn Me? How Can I Decide?

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1780

Hand-colored caricature by Thomas Rowlandson with allegorical figures, scales, a crown, and speech bubbles around a pedestal.

A Touch on the Times

Thomas Rowlandson, December 29, 1788

Sepia etching of two women on a striped sofa, one playing a lute and the other holding open sheet music, both in ruffled dres

The Syrens

Thomas Rowlandson, April 10, 1787

Sepia print by Thomas Rowlandson, 1787: a woman in a plumed hat passes a gentleman and a beggar on a lamp-lit street.

Civility

Thomas Rowlandson, 1787

Engraving of men gambling with cards and coins at a tavern table, with a dog in the foreground and a man smoking a pipe.

Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded

John Keyse Sherwin, April 10, 1787

Hand-coloured print of a crowded Covent Garden Theatre interior with tiered galleries, boxes, audience and two performers on

Covent Garden Theatre

Thomas Rowlandson, July 20, 1786

Hand-colored print of a crowded curving staircase with people falling and a classical statue in a niche.

The Exhibition "Stare-Case"

Thomas Rowlandson, 1811?

Etching of a man in a wig offering an apple to a feathered-hat woman, with two other fashionable women watching.

The Golden Apple, or the Modern Paris

Thomas Rowlandson, March 2, 1785

Hand-coloured caricature of an opera singer in gold armour before an exaggerated audience and orchestra.

John Bull at the Italian Opera

Thomas Rowlandson, October 2, 1811

Satirical print of men in a drunken party around a long table, with bottles strewn on the floor and a ballot box on the mante

The Brilliants

Thomas Rowlandson, January 15, 1801

Public Characters

Thomas Rowlandson, April 1, 1801

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Ambrose, a haloed bishop in red mitre, seated at a desk writing in an open book in a study.

Saint Ambrose

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1492

Black circular roundel with white interlaced knotwork around a central shield, with foliate ornaments in the four corners.

“The Second Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with an Amazon Shield in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black-and-white ornament print with a circular interlaced knot roundel, central rectangular panel, and foliage scrolls in the

“The First Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with an Oblong Panel in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black and white print of a circular interlaced knot roundel with eight wreaths, a central shield, and leafy corner ornaments.

“The Third Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with Eight Wreaths and a Scalloped Shield in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black and white woodcut of a large circular interlaced knot pattern with decorative corner ornaments on a cream page.

“The Fifth Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with Seven Six-pointed Stars

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by mocking soldiers in a vaulted hall, with a city view at right.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1500

Woodcut print of a double-headed eagle coat of arms with a crown, flanked by winged allegorical figures and shield-bearers.

The Arms of the German Empire and the City of Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer, 1521

Grayscale drawing of a violent street crowd in front of a columned opera house with smoke and broken windows.

Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849

Charles M. Jenckes, 1896

Engraving of Vertumnus and Pomona: a disguised figure beside a reclining woman among fruit, with cupids and a fountain in a w

Vertumnus and Pomona

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765

Woodcut of the Four Horsemen riding over fallen figures, with an angel in the clouds above and a skeletal rider in front.

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1511

Woodcut of Saint John eating a book beside columns, a radiant face above, an angel descending and a sea beyond.

Saint John Devouring the Book, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Engraving of Arion playing a lyre on a dolphin in a stormy sea, with sea nymphs and a burning ship in the background.

Arion

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1763-66

Engraving of bathers under a wooden pavilion with a walled town and towers in the background, one man playing a flute.

The Bath House (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of Christ shown to a crowd of soldiers from a balcony, with a Latin inscription below.

Ecce Homo (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Gothic Revival building elevation with pointed arch windows and towers above a labeled floor plan with chapel and library.

New York University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Buildings and Other Material

Alexander Jackson Davis, 19th century

Engraving of the Trinity: God the Father holds crucified Christ, a dove above, with angels and cherub heads around them.

The Trinity (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the Betrothal of the Virgin: a high priest joins hands of a couple before a Gothic arch with onlookers.

The Betrothal of the Virgin, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, early 16th century

Engraving of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, an infant Christ in a manger, a winged angel, shepherds and a star.

Engraved copies of The Little Passion

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of two figures talking with hand gestures in a café, with a city street visible through the window.

Conversation between Mutes (Gespraech zwischen Stummen)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Pen and wash drawing of a coved ceiling design with scrolled ornament, an oval medallion, and handwritten notes.

Quarter Plan for a Coved Ceiling

Antenore Ridolfi, ca. 1561

Stylized print of a woman in a feathered hat talking with a silhouetted man smoking on a cobblestone street at night.

Nightly Conversations (Naechtliches Gespraech)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey into a city while a crowd waves palm fronds beneath a palm tree.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the deposition of Christ with mourning women, bearded men lowering the body, and a crown of thorns in the foregr

The Deposition, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of the seated Man of Sorrows with a crown of thorns and radiating halo, with Latin title above.

The Man of Sorrows Seated, title page of "The Small Passion" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Drawing of classical statues, busts, framed paintings, and oval portrait medallions with cherubs and a lion head.

Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1769

Engraved sheet of nine comic vignettes showing animals, townsfolk, a library and a sickroom, with captions below each scene.

Lock on the Understanding, Heavy Wet, etc.

David Claypoole Johnston, 1832

Hand-colored caricature of P. T. Barnum's head on a black beetle's body, captioned HUM-BUG, from 1851.

Hum-Bug (P. T. Barnum), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Political cartoon of a caricatured man riding two horses labeled PEACE and WAR, with satirical speech bubbles, 1864.

Little Mac, in His Great Two Horse Act, in the Presendential Canvass of 1864

Justin H. Howard, 1864

Black and white caricature of five men's heads in oval frames around a laurel wreath, labeled Blunder, Wrong, Copper, Sore an

Heads of the Democracy

Currier & Ives, 1864

Lithograph of two Jesuit priests in tricorn hats whispering, framed by serpents, with verse text in English and German below.

The Jesuits' Lament

Francis Raab, before 1854

Etching of a seated nude man with clasped hands in front of a hatched curtain, resting on a wooden bench.

Nude Man Seated before a Curtain

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1646

Engraving of nude women bathing at a grotto waterfall, a hunter at upper right, stag and hounds in the distant woods.

Diana Surprised by Actaeon

Aegidius Sadeler, 1586-1629

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped allegorical woman in a niche, flanked by caryatid figures under an ornate architectural

Female Allegorical Figure of Benignitas (Goodness), with Attributes of Abundance Standing in a Niche (recto); Archite…

Giorgio Vasari, 1550-70

Etched caricature of five exaggerated figures, one holding a pole topped by a cap labeled LIBERTY, titled The Present State o

The Present State of Great Britain

James Phillips, 1779

Mezzotint of men tarring and feathering a figure beside a tar pot labeled Tea, with a Liberty Tree and ship masts behind.

The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering

Philip Dawe, October 31, 1774

Mezzotint of a barber lathering a seated man in a shop with wigs and portraits, with onlookers and a caption below.

The Patriotick Barber of New York, or the Captain in the Suds

Philip Dawe, February 14, 1775

Lithograph of men tarring and feathering a victim under a Liberty Tree beside ships, with a tea jug being poured over him.

The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830

Satirical print of a feathered, tarred man held by a rope while a figure pours from a kettle beside a gallows frame.

A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practised at Boston

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830

Engraving of women in period dress signing a pledge at a tea table in an interior, with a child and dog nearby.

A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Philip Dawe, March 25, 1775

Mezzotint of caricatured men behind bars above a boat, a tree labeled Liberty Tree, cannons and soldiers at right.

The Bostonians in Distress

Philip Dawe, November 19, 1774

Satirical 1775 print of men in tricorn hats around a clerk writing at a tobacco barrel, with a Liberty sign and hanging barre

The Alternative of Williams-Burg

Philip Dawe, February 16, 1775

Etched satire of a giant man blowing labelled bubbles over a cheering crowd in a city street, with a sun face at left.

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Paul Sandwich [pseudonym], ca. 1762

Engraved satirical print War of Posts showing numbered political figures, a cannon, a devil, and a domed Constitution rotunda

War of Posts

Thomas Colley, May 1, 1782

Etched caricature of a coiled rattlesnake over a mountain landscape, with tent encampments in its coils, by James Gillray, 17

The American Rattle Snake

James Gillray, April 12, 1782

Lithograph caricature of political figures playing bagatelle on a table labeled The Union Board, with cats and rats on the fl

A Little Game of Bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little Mac the Gunboat General

John L. Magee, 1864

Engraved political caricature of a plumed costumed man facing a bearded man, with a skull, White House, and Hamlet quote.

Chicago Nominee: "I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest...Where be your gibes now?-Hamlet, Act IV [sic], Sce…

Justin H. Howard, 1864

Satirical street scene of the Bank of Maryland and insurance offices, with a winged devil above and a pig pulling a wheelbarr

Caricature of a Bank of Maryland Crisis

Crayon, ca. 1834

Stylized woman in black gown carrying a roast pig on a platter, with shamrock and geometric background; reads PROSIT 1911.

New Years Card: Cheers 1911 (Prosit)

Hans Kalmsteiner, 1910

Etching of four hanged men from a branch while feathered figures attack two European men on open ground.

The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists

William Humphrey, 1783

Hand-colored 1778 caricature of five kneeling men pleading before a feathered figure seated on tobacco barrels, with swords o

The Commissioners

Matthew Darly, April 1, 1778