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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,957 works

Engraving of a skeleton drummer leading a fashionably dressed couple past a lion, with a town in the distance.

Couple and Death with a Drum, from "The Dance of Death"

Etched print of a coppersmith from Auvergne in a tall hat and apron, carrying a copper pot on his back and a pan in hand.

Coppersmith from Auvergne

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of a woman seen from behind in a headscarf and draped cloak, carrying a bundle on her shoulder.

A Woman from the Mountains

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of a woman in a headscarf holding a tray of apples, with hatched shading and a cast shadow on the ground.

Apple Seller

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1746

Etched print of a street peddler in a tricorn hat carrying a wicker basket of ladles and cookware on his arm.

Cookware Peddler

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1746

Etched print of a well cleaner in a tricorn hat holding a pole with rope and hook, standing beside a stone well.

Well Cleaner

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1746

Etched print of a standing cooper in a knitted cap, carrying curved wooden hoops over his shoulder and holding a small wooden

Cooper

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1742

Etching of a water carrier in a tricorn hat and long coat, walking away with two buckets hung from a yoke on a street.

Water Carrier

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1742

Etching of a young street peddler in a tricorn hat holding up striped lace ribbons, with the caption Mes beaux Lacets below.

Laces Peddler

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1738

Etching of a blind man with a staff and cup, cloaked and hatted, with a companion peering from behind him.

A Blind Man from the Quinze-Vingts Hospital

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1738

Etching of a woman in headscarf and apron carrying a small tray, seen from behind, looking to the left.

Reseller

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

A Woman from Savoy

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1742

Engraving of a street vendor in a tricorn hat carrying a wicker basket and a small jug, standing before a stone wall.

Ink Seller

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1746

Etching of a standing street peddler in a turban and layered robes, holding a bundle of cloth under one arm.

Peddler of Old Hats

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1742

Etching of a street vendor in a tricorn hat carrying a bellows and a sack over his back, with French caption below.

Repairer of Seals and Bellows

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1738

Etching of a woman in a hood turning a barrel organ strapped to her shoulder, with a wooden box on top.

Organ Grinder

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of a man in a hat climbing a ladder to post an AVIS notice on a wall, with a bucket and brush below.

The Sign Poster

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1742

Engraved vignette of a bearded god on a cloud with putti, surrounded by ancient coins, spears, a shield and laurel garlands.

Vignette with Hephaestus and Putti

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1779

Hand-colored print of visitors in Victorian dress in a Gothic-style Mediaeval Court with red hangings and display cases.

Mediaeval Court: The Great Exhibition of 1851

Joseph Nash, 1854

Chalk portrait drawing on blue paper of a man in a soft cap, turned three-quarters, with white and red chalk highlights.

Portrait of Jonathan Richardson, Jr., the artist's son

Jonathan Richardson Sr., 1729

Watercolor of woodcutters felling and stacking logs in a forest, with a river valley visible through the trees.

Woodcutters at Park Place, Henley, the river Thames beyond

William Havell, ca. 1826

Engraved city street scene with a central statue, fountain, crowds, soldiers firing muskets, and a sign reading Conspiracy De

The Times, Plate 2

William Hogarth, May 29, 1790

Engraving of a crowded city street with firefighters battling burning buildings, onlookers, and shop signs.

The Times, Plate 1

William Hogarth, September 7, 1762

Engraved frontispiece with a monk leading a donkey carrying two riders past a city skyline with church domes.

Frontispiece to "The Jacobite's Journal"

Richard Livesay, November 27, 1781

Engraved interior with men in academic gowns drinking at a table, a dog asleep on the floor, and a servant in a doorway.

Frontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"

Gerard Vandergucht, April 1730

Engraving of men smoking pipes in a room while a standing man reads a book beside a hanging picture.

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, April 1760

Etching of men playing flutes in a room while a standing man reads sheet music beside a seated listener.

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,

William Hogarth, April 1760

Engraved interior scene of a man holding a swaddled infant, a woman watching, and a man gesturing beside a table with a bowl.

"Tristram Shandy," Volume 4, page 112

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, January 1761

Engraving of a woman in a gown facing two attendants in a columned hall with a tiled floor and drapery.

Gulliver Presented to the Queen of Babilary, Frontispiece to "The Travels of Mr. John Gulliver"

Gerard Vandergucht, February 1730

Engraved interior of a paneled room with wigged men, a standing woman, and a candlelit table, labeled Act 5, Scene 5.

Frontispiece to Moliere's "L'Avare" (The Miser)

John Vandergucht, 1732