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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,069 works

Lithograph of a stout man in a cravat raising his fist while leaving a doorway down a stone staircase.

Exit, or Lord the Gob (Sortie, ou Milord-la Gob)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1820-22

Lithograph of a stout man in a top hat and long coat standing in a doorway, with a crowded room behind him.

Entry, or Lord Fat Cheeks (Entrée, ou Milord-Gorju)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1820-22

Daumier lithograph of two figures battling a sudden gust of wind on a city street, a top hat flying off beside a brick wall.

Un Coup de Vent non Prédit par Mathieu (de la Drôme), plate 1 from "Croquis d'Hiver"

Honoré Daumier, December 3, 1864

Lithograph of two men in top hats battling a sudden gust of wind on a city street, one hat flying off, by Daumier.

Un Coup de Vent non Prédit par Mathieu (de la Drôme), Plate 1 of "Croquis d'Hiver"

Honoré Daumier, December 3, 1864

Engraving of David playing a harp before the seated king Saul at a table, with an arched hall and landscape view.

David playing the harp before Saul

Christoph Bockstorffer, 1531

Page from Journal Pour Rire, 1850, with a banquet caricature, four satirical faces, and columns of printed text.

Le Journal Pour Rire, Journal d'Images, Journal Comique, Critique, Satirique et Moqueur

Charles Philipon, August 23, 1850

Black and white print of a procession with a mounted rider, a dog, couples, and armed lansquenets in period dress.

Lansquenets and ladies

Christoph Bockstorffer, 1531

Engraved frieze of children in a procession with musicians, shields, a banner, and a heraldic shield at right.

Frieze with children

Christoph Bockstorffer, 1531

A Man Grieving

Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1634

Hand-colored print of an officer in a plumed hat holding a rearing dark horse by its reins while on a rearing gray horse.

A Dismounted Horse Reined in by an Officer

Carle Vernet, 1770-1836

Engraved arched ornament with acanthus scrolls, vine leaves, grapes and a central lily on a cream sheet.

Arched framing element for banknote, with acanthus and vine leaves, lily and grapes

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraving of two miners working in a tunnel, one raising a pick and one striking rock beside a wheelbarrow of ore.

Banknote vignette showing two men working in a mine

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraving of three woodsmen felling trees in a forest clearing, with oxen and tree stumps in the background.

Banknote vignette showing woodsmen felling trees in a snowy forest

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraving of three workmen building a brick wall on a scaffold, with a mortar tub and church spire behind them.

Banknote vignette showing three men on a scaffold laying a brick wall

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved vignette of a seated helmeted woman with spear and shield, with ships and a temple in the background.

Banknote vignette with Allegory of America

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

Engraved vignette of a couple in a field beside haymakers loading hay onto a horse-drawn cart, with cottages behind.

Banknote vignette with haymakers symbolizing rural industry

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraving of a multigenerational family outdoors by a cottage, with children, adults, an elderly couple and a distant ship.

Banknote vignette with figures of different ages, representing the stages of life

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved vignette of a woman working at an anvil in a forge, with a second figure and a locomotive in the background.

Banknote vignette with a blacksmith and forge

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraving of two seated women beside an ornate column topped by an eagle, with a harbor city and steamboat behind them.

Banknote vignette with female figures representing Liberty and Justice

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved garden scene: a seated woman reads beside a child, a girl runs past a dog toward a man with a rake.

Banknote vignette with a family in a garden

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved banknote motif with a large numeral 5 above an oval portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, labeled Thayendanege

Banknote motifs: the number 5 and a portrait of Thayendanegea

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved banknote design with a girl's head in a circular medallion, star-studded hair band, and rosette patterned border.

Banknote motif with a girl's head derived from Leonardo da Vinci against a patterned band

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Horizontal band of repeating engraved geometric rosette ornaments on a pale paper sheet.

Banknote motif: band of lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Horizontal band of fine lace-like lathe work ornament with repeating star medallions and scalloped borders, printed on a pale

Banknote motif: band of lace-like lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Two horizontal bands of black engraved lathe-work ornament printed on a pale sheet.

Banknote motifs: two bands of lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved sheet with two interlaced U.S. monograms and a vertical band of repeating lathe work ornament, cracked and toned.

Banknote motifs: band of lathe work ornament and two monograms using the letters U.S.

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Two bands of intricate lace-like lathe-work ornament printed in light lines on a dark ground, with scalloped edges.

Banknote motifs: two bands of lace-like lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Horizontal band of dark ground with fine white lace-like lathe work ornament, star rosettes and scalloped edges on paper.

Banknote motifs: band of lace-like lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Oval panel of fine engraved lathe-work ornament with scalloped edges and symmetrical rosette patterns on pale paper.

Banknote motifs: panel of lathe work ornament with rounded ends, with a repeating floral pattern

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42