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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Etching of a woman, a boy and a bearded man on a timber waterfront platform, with ships and a rowboat on the water.

The Three Crows Inn, Gravesend

James Tissot, 1877

Etching of a curly-haired man holding banknotes while a young boy looks up at him, a satirical print titled Joy with Tranquil

Joy with Tranquility (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of a laughing man pointing at a cat in a bonnet and cape seated on a table beside a candle.

Laughter (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a pink cap crying out as a servant pours hot water from a kettle.

Acute Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a shouting man and a scolding woman in a frilled cap, with a raised cudgel above.

Simple Bodily Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of an elderly woman in a floral hat holding a small dog, beside a man with curly hair, both with downcast expressi

Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Pen drawing of a weeping man with tears on his cheeks, comforted by a young woman in a bonnet beside him.

Weeping (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a sharp-faced man in a blue coat reaching toward a bearded beggar holding a hat, titled Compassion

Compassion (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a haughty elderly woman in a feathered hat looking down her nose at a startled young man.

Scorn (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a startled elderly woman in a white cap recoiling as a boy holds up a small mouse.

Horror (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of a terrified countryman recoiling from a grinning ghost in a pointed cap, drawn in pen and ink.

Terrour or Fright (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of an older mistress in a bonnet shouting and shaking a fist at a startled maid.

Anger (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a jealous man holding a candle over a sleeping woman behind a pink bed curtain.

Hatred or Jealousy (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Etching of a caricatured old maid in a flowered bonnet and a grimacing bachelor in a ruffled wig, illustrating Despair.

Despair (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, February 21, 1800

Hand-coloured print of Death with a dart entering a cluttered bedroom where an old man reads in bed by candlelight.

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (The English Dance of Death, plate 2)

Thomas Rowlandson, April 1, 1814

Engraving of a melancholic seated man in an interior with a dog and cane, with a village scene visible through an open door.

Dolor (Sorrow)

Raphaël Sadeler, Antwerp 1560-1628 Venice?

Etching of a forest path with tall trees, travelers on horseback, a donkey, and a cart moving into the distance.

Entrance to the Forest of Fontainebleau

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1764

Etching of four studied heads: a downcast young woman, a bearded man in a fur cap, an old man in a cloak, and an old woman in

Study of Four Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Etching of coopers working among wooden barrels in a dim vaulted stone cellar, with a ladder and a pitcher visible.

The Coopers

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, late 19th century reproduction of 1790 original

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman gesturing to a winged Cupid hiding his face in a wooded grove with putti.

Cupid's ruse

Hans Veit Friedrich Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1792

Etching of a goatherd leading a goat past a lake, with a tall tree on the left and a cliff with a castle in the distance.

Goatherd, from "Ten Landscapes" (Suite de Dix Paysages)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

Brown wash caricature drawing of a man with curly hair, large nose, and striped collar, signed Horace Vernet.

Caricature of Charles-Henri Plantade (?)

Horace Vernet, 19th century

Etching of a brick archway with a standing man in white turban and two seated men smoking in a dim guardhouse.

Arnaut Guardhouse in Cairo

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1868

Etching of a rocky landscape with a gnarled tree, a woman washing at a stream, and a man on a donkey on the left.

Title Page, from "Ten Landscapes" (Suite de Dix Paysages)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

Etching of a goatherd with a goat beside a river, a tall tree on the left and a cliff with a building in the distance.

Goatherd

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

Etching of a river landscape with trees, mountains, and herdsmen leading cattle through shallow water.

Landscape after Fouquières

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of a gnarled tree with new leaves over grazing cows, a sheep, and seated figures in a pasture.

Spring, after a drawing made at Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Etching of a thatched cottage beside a forest path with tall trees and small figures, including a rider on horseback.

Cottage at the Entrance to a Forest

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of costumed street musicians on a platform before a stone archway, with a crowd of townspeople gathered below.

The Little Charlatans

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1773

Study of Eight Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795