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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ink and watercolor side elevation of wagon number 457 with large spoked wheels and three planter boxes on top.

Wagon #457

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side elevation drawing of carriage number 484 with three blue upholstered seats, spoked wheels and watercolor ground.

Wagon #484

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Colored side-view drawing of a black excursion wagon with three blue-trimmed seats and spoked wheels, with handwritten note.

Excursion Wagon

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view colored drawing of a black excursion wagon with blue upholstery and red-rimmed spoked wheels on a ground line.

Excursion Wagon (no number)

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side elevation drawing of Express Wagon No. 420 with large spoked wheels, slatted body, and two raised seats on a ground line

Express Wagon #420

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and ink side elevation drawing of a horse-drawn drag carriage with spoked wheels and a cushioned seat.

Drag #120

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Small 1520 engraving of an angel with halo appearing to a kneeling figure beside tall trees and rocky hills.

Joachim Receiving the Promise of the Birth of the Virgin

Sebald Beham, 1520

Daumier lithograph of a horse entering a doorway as a man in a checked robe and nightcap looks on, with city rooftops beyond.

Plaisanterie que se permettent maintenant les chevaux, dans le quatier des Champs-Élysées, No. 523 from series Actual…

Honoré Daumier, March 22, 1858

Etching of a woman in a ruffled dress and fur hat holding an umbrella in a doorway, framed by curtains and a column.

Portrait of Miss L...,or A Door Must Be Either Open or Closed

James Tissot, 1876

Hand-colored print of a skeleton pouring wine for an old man beside a young woman on a sofa, with a soldier at the window.

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13)

Thomas Rowlandson, August 1, 1814

Stylized print of a large-headed figure playing violin, framed by a geometric black border with German title text.

Vaudeville Act 6: Zoltan Toeroek, Child Prodigy (Varieténummer 6: Zoltan Toeroek, Das Wünderkind)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Stylized print of several nude figures in poses within a checkerboard border, with title text at top and bottom.

Vaudeville Act 4: Bumbery Blads & Cie, Plastic Poses (Varieténummer 4: Bumbery Blads & Cie, Plastiche Posen)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Watercolor of a reclining river-god statue by a pool with figures, swans, trees and a garden trellis.

A Park with Figures at a Statue near Water

Salomon Gessner, 1775 (?)

Engraving of a chaotic battle with war elephants, armored cavalry, archers in towers, and fallen soldiers in the foreground.

The Battle Between Scipio and Hannibal at Zama

Cornelis Cort, 1550-78

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds: figures crowd around the Christ Child in a stable while angels appear overhead.

The adoration of the shepherds, various figures at night surround the Christ Child

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-60

Engraving of the Holy Kinship with the Christ Child receiving a bird from the infant John the Baptist among robed figures.

The Holy Kinship, in thecentre the Christ Child takes a bird given to him by the infant John the Baptist

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1560

Engraving of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist before a ruined brick arch, with Saint Joseph at upper right.

The Holy Family and the infant John the Baptist

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of the dead Christ lying on a draped table while the Virgin sits behind him before rocky cliffs.

Pietà, Christ stretched out on a table in a landscape, the Virgin standing behind arms open

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a plumed, fashionably dressed man holding a sword, with a castle and hills in the background.

A Frenchman, Sword in Hand

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of a seated painter in period dress working on a canvas of a cupid, with a palette and brushes beside him.

Painter at an Easel

Michel Lasne, 1620-67

Engraving of a uniformed naval officer firing a pistol at a sailor during battle, with rigging, fallen men and a barrel on de

Lewis Cass (The Gallery of Illustrious Americans)

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of two architectural ornament designs: a scroll with beaded moulding and a panel of wavy forms.

Two Designs for Ornament

Richard de Lalonde, ca. 1770

Brown ink and wash design for a ceiling with a central flying winged couple and surrounding ornamental panels.

Design for a Ceiling

Felice Giani, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a neoclassical salon wall with urns, candelabra, a bust and a console table.

Wall Elevation for a Salon

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, ca. 1780

Head of a Man

Pietro Antonio Novelli, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rococo cartouche frame with scrollwork, foliage, and a grotesque mask at the base.

Design for a frame

Jean Charles Delafosse, ca. 1750

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ beside a cross, with a walled city and hills behind them.

Pietà

Hieronymus Wierix

Engraving of the Virgin on a crescent moon with a starry crown, holding the infant Christ within a radiating halo.

Virgin on a Crescent with a Starry Crown

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Engraving of a seated woman holding a tablet and pen beside classical columns, with trees in the background.

Seated Woman Holding a Tablet

Jean Antoine de Maroulles, late 17th, mid 18th century

Engraving of a confectioner's shop with bakers, a brick oven, pastries on a counter, and women with a child at right.

The Confectioner

Abraham Bosse, 1632-35

Etching of a 17th-century interior with a clerk at a desk, visitors in period dress, and a servant with a basket of apples.

Employment Bureau

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Hand-colored lithograph of street dancers and onlookers in top hats beside a barrel, with a man holding eels on a city street

Dancing for Eels

James Brown, 1848

Engraving of an old man embracing a young man under a vine pergola, with a winged angel and dog nearby, 1829.

Tobias Takes Leave of his Father

Ferdinand Anton Krüger, 1829

Engraved oval portrait of a bewigged man in ceremonial robe and chain collar, with an inscription cartouche below.

Portrait of François I

Johann Christoph von Reinsperger, 1744

Engraving of a plumed drummer in period dress holding a large drum, with a coastline and ships behind him.

The Drummer

Michel Lasne, 1620-1667

Engraving of a painter at an easel in a studio, with a standing gentleman, a boy holding drawings, and framed artworks on the

The Painter

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1642

Engraving of women dining at a long table in a furnished room with a fireplace, a servant, children and dogs.

Wives at Table During the Absence of their Husbands

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and a long curled wig, with a coat of arms below on a pedestal.

Portrait of François I

Gilles Jacques Petit, ca. 1745

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with a tiara and lace collar, with a decorative inscription panel below.

Portrait of Marie-Thérèse

Johann Christoph von Reinsperger, 1747

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and frock coat, with a printed caption naming Théodore Tronchin.

Portrait of Théodore Tronchin

René Gaillard, 1782

Oval engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace collar and ruffled bodice, captioned Anne-Henriette de France.

Portrait of Mme. Anne-Henriette de France

François-Xavier Vispré, 1750

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a long beard, shaded against a light background.

Self-Portrait with a Long Beard

Joseph Henri Deville, 1845

Portrait of Charles Chais

Jacob Houbraken, 1765

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man in a lace cap, framed by an inscription and a Latin verse below.

Portrait of Jacques Pernetti

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and white collar bands, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Portrait of René Herault

Pierre Dupin, n.d.

Portrait of Louis XV

Gilles Jacques Petit, 18th century

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a tall fur hat and robe, with printed caption Gio. Stefano Liotard, Pittore.

Self-portrait in a Turkish Outfit

Carlo Gregori, 18th century

Mezzotint portrait of Henry Fox in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, seated within a carved stone niche.

The Right Honorable Henry Fox, Esr

James MacArdell, 1756

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a turban and robe, with a printed caption naming I.E. Liotard below.

Self-portrait in a Turkish Outfit

Johann Caspar Füssli the Elder, 18th century

Engraving of a barefoot shepherdess holding a spindle beside a tree, with sheep, lambs and a seated boy nearby.

La Bergère Laborieuse

François Boucher, 18th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and clerical robe, with printed name Jean Alphonse Turrettini below.

Portrait of Jean Alphonse Turrettini

Jean Michel Liotard, 18th century

Engraved sheet with eight oval portraits of men in period dress, numbered and captioned beneath each image.

Eight Portraits

Hubert, n.d.

Engraving of a nude woman with long hair stepping beside a stream, framed by dense trees and foliage.

Musidora

Asher Brown Durand, 1825

Engraved landscape of a river with rocky shore, a large pine tree, rowboats, a sailboat, and hills beyond.

Weekhawken

Asher Brown Durand, 1833

Engraving of a woman with a fan and a man reading by lamplight in an ornate interior.

The Wife

Asher Brown Durand, 1829-1830

Grey wash allegorical drawing with a draped woman, scientific instruments, a globe and a floating nude figure in clouds.

Design for the Title Page of "Acta Germanica"

Jan Goeree, late 17th-early 18th century

Sepia print of an old scholar reading by lamplight in a cluttered study, with a cat among scattered books.

Helluones librorum (Bookworms)

Joshua Kirby Baldrey, November 10, 1786

Engraved print of a printing workshop with two men at a press and a worker at type cases, framed by ornate scrollwork.

Vitam Mortuis Reddo (I Restore Life to the Dead)

Bernard Picart, 1721

Engraving of a schoolmaster with a switch seated beside boys at work and children playing in a timber-ceilinged classroom.

The School Master

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a family with hands folded in prayer at a long dinner table, with a servant at left and a garden view beyond.

The Benediction at Table

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of a standing woman holding a dagger, with classical architecture and small figures in the background.

Arrie

Gilles Rousselet, 1647

Pen and ink perspective drawing of a receding row of classical Doric columns under a projecting entablature.

Study for a Colonnade in Perspective

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, ca. 1530

Daumier lithograph of crowded theater gallery spectators leaning into an animated literary argument over a balcony railing.

A Literary Discussion in the Second Tier, from "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, February 27, 1864

Caricature lithograph of an elderly man presenting a laurel wreath to women seated in an ornate hall with busts.

Academy of Women, from "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, August 2, 1843