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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,958 works

Etched street scene of a gentleman gesturing toward a woman by a brick house, with a dog and flower basket.

Frontispiece to Moliere's "Sganarelle, ou le Cocu Imaginaire" (The Imaginary Cuckold)

John Vandergucht, ca. 1732

Engraving of men in a room, one smoking a pipe, another reading a book, with a map on the wall behind them.

Frontispiece to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 1

William Hogarth, 19th century

Engraving of a bewigged man holding a swaddled baby beside a woman, with a turbaned man gesturing at a table in an interior.

Illustration to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 4

William Hogarth, 19th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig inside an ornate Rococo frame, with the inscription Jacobus Gibbs Architect

Jacobus Gibbs, Architectus

Bernard Baron, 1747

Engraving of Oxford scholars in gowns drinking in a panelled room, with a woman, a servant and a sleeping dog.

Frontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"

William Hogarth, November 1, 1807

Etching of a woman in a long skirt and bonnet walking outdoors, holding her skirt, with buildings and clouds behind her.

Woman walking and holding her skirt with her right hand, shown in three-quarters view with head turned toward the vie…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Etching of a standing man in a tricorne hat and long coat, resting one hand on a garden basin beside foliage.

Standing man with his right hand resting on a basin, shown in three-quarters view with his head turned toward the lef…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Man walking and carrying a cane in his right hand, shown in three-quarters view with his head turned away from the vi…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Etching of a standing man in 18th-century dress, hand in waistcoat, head turned left, with a tree and building behind him.

Standing man with right hand tucked into his waistcoat, shown in frontal view with his head turned toward the left, f…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Etching of a bearded pasha in a fur-trimmed robe and turban, gripping a sword at his hip, with a landscape behind him.

Pasha grasping a sword at his hip with both hands, from "Caravan of the Sultan to Mecca" (Caravane du Sultan à la Mec…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Engraved interior scene of figures in 18th-century dress, a woman and man struggling by a chair while a man in a cloak gestur

A man curled up in a chair looks toward another man who approaches him from the left in an interior setting, a woman…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraving of a man leaning toward a woman in a doorway, a seated woman gesturing beside a canopied bed in an elegant room.

A man leans toward a woman standing in a doorway at right, at left a seated woman raises both hands, a canopied bed b…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraved interior of a stately hall with a seated man on a platform, gesturing men in front, and a scribe at a desk.

A man seated in a chair on a stepped platform holds an audience, two pointing men stand in the foreground, from a ser…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraving of elegant figures in a columned hall with a vaulted ceiling, dancing couples and seated women in period dress.

Dancing couples surround four standing women in a barrel-vaulted hall, from a series of five illustrations after Jacq…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraving of a garden scene under trees: a man with raised arms at center, a boy holding a torch, and a crowd of figures in 1

A young boy holds a torch under trees in a garden, at center a man raises both arms, surrounded by male and female fi…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraved half-length portrait of a man in a turban inside an oval frame, with compass and square below.

Portrait of Andrea Palladio in half-length within an oval frame; a compass, carpenter's square, and plumb line rest o…

Bernard Picart, 1716

Three-quarter Length Woman in Profile at a Picture Gallery

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and armor, inside an octagonal frame with inscription.

Potier de Gesvre

Jean Morin, 17th century

Etching of the garden facade of the Château de Richelieu with strolling figures on terraces and gravel paths.

Veüe du Château de Richelieu du Côté du Parc

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women in 1860s gowns beside an oval mirror in a draped room.

Two Women with a Mirror, No. 868, from "La Elegancia"

Hélöise Leloir, 19th century

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women in 1860s gowns beside an oval mirror in a draped room.

Two Women with a Mirror, No. 868, from "La Elegancia"

Hélöise Leloir, 19th century

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women in a garden, one in a dark blue gown with black lace shawl, one seated on a bench.

Two Women Outdoors, No. 720, from "La Elegancia"

Hélöise Leloir, 19th century

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women and a child in an interior, one wearing a black lace cape over a blue gown.

Number 473 from "La Elegancia"

Hélöise Leloir, 19th century

Hand-colored print of a woman in a striped yellow dress, flowered hat, lace veil and purple shawl before trees and a dome.

Le Guide de L'Étranger

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women: one in a black ruffled gown, one in a blue and white striped dress, beside trees.

Modes de Mme. Antonie Lalanne, No. 791, from Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, 1848

Watercolor of two women in 1860s dresses holding hands in a gallery with framed landscape paintings behind them.

Two Women in an Art Gallery

Jules David, 1868

Hand-colored 1869 fashion plate showing five women and a child in bustled dresses in a garden with parasols.

Le Coquet, No. 22, from "Journal des Modes Spécial pour Couturières"

Laure Noël, July 1, 1869

Engraved fashion plate of six women in full-skirted 1860s dresses and bonnets, standing outdoors near trees and a railing.

Six Women Outdoors, No. 676, from "La Elegancia"

Hélöise Leloir, 1865-66

Ink and wash drawing of figures preparing and drying fish at a camp with tents, racks, and a smoky fire.

Itelmen Preparing Fish to be Dried

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1769

Engraved frieze of armor, weapons, banners and trumpets with a helmeted female warrior at center and reclining figures.

Combats et Triomphes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83