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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,048 works

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

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