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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of three men playing cards in a country alehouse, with a dog, pitcher, and walking stick beside the table.

A Game at Put in a Country Alehouse

Thomas Rowlandson, August 10, 1810

Etching of two women reclining on a blanket on grass, one with a parasol, beside a garden pool and colonnade.

On the Grass

James Tissot, 1880

Etching of a woman in a cape on stone steps, with a couple by tall columns and a church tower beyond.

The Portico of the National Gallery, London

James Tissot, 1878

Hand-colored title page with an oval cartouche, a smiling caricature face at top, crossed quill pens below, and printed lette

Title Page: Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Etched caricature of a knit-capped man leaning in to listen to a spectacled reader holding a Gazette by candlelight.

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

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of a hungry young man in a hat staring at a plum pudding in a shop window, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.

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

Thomas Rowlandson, January 20, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a hungry boy in a green coat gazing at a plum pudding in a shop window.

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

Thomas Rowlandson, January 20, 1800

Caricature of a rustic man in a hat gaping at a juggler with a card and candle on a table.

Admiration with Astonishment (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of an antiquarian with spectacles gesturing over a cracked cup held by a second man, pen and ink print, 1800.

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

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature print of a singing ballad woman, a rapt old clothesman, and a child with a basket, drawn in brown ink.

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

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

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

Pen and watercolor design for a Baroque ceiling with putti, flower garlands, scrolled stucco and a round oculus.

Design for a Ceiling

Faustino Trebbi

Pen and watercolor design of a classical interior wall with arch, Corinthian columns, balcony balustrade and a flower urn.

Design for Part of a Wall Elevation with a Balcony flanking an Arch

Faustino Trebbi

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 elderly monks chanting in wooden choir stalls while a kneeling monk bows in the dim foreground.

Monks Chanting

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

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 a river bank with ruined towers, a rowboat, rocky outcrop, and a distant town under clouds.

Old Towers on a River Bank

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

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

Etched landscape with cattle and riders on a path, a river and wooded slope, a hilltop town, and distant mountains.

Landscape after Van der Cabel

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, ca. 1773

Etching of aqueduct ruins over a river with a rocky cliff, trees, and a small boat with figures in the foreground.

Ruins of an Aqueduct

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

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

Engraving of a woman with a boar's head and onlookers, with Latin verse below, after Rubens.

Atalanta and Meleager

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1618-84

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 the Trafalgar Tavern at Greenwich, with a dining table in the foreground and men and a rowboat by the riverside.

Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich

James Tissot, 1878

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 wooded island in a river with a rowing boat, trees, a stone tower and a ruined building on a hill.

Wooded Island, plate 3 from "Ten Landscapes" (Suite de Dix Paysages)

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

Etching of a stone mill beside waterfalls and a rocky cliff, with rowing boats and figures on the water in the foreground.

The Italian Mill

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1771

Study of Eight Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Etching of a farm interior with barrels in an arched barn, a donkey, goats, chickens, and a seated family under a tree.

Interior of a Farm at Saint-Jean-de-Touslas

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1793

Etched landscape of a river with tall trees, grazing cattle, figures resting, a stone ruin and a church spire.

Landscape at Ambronay

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Etching of harvesters resting by a haystack in an open field, with horses, a man drinking, and a sleeping figure under cloudy

Harvesters Resting

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Pen and brown ink drawing of stone houses and trees on a hilltop with a sloping path and distant plain, 1866.

Roman Landscape near Rocca di Papa

Ernst Furchtegott Mohn, 1866

Pen and blue wash drawing of an ornate ewer with dragon handles, flared spout and footed base on paper.

Design for a Glass (?) Ewer

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etching of two seated figures in a window-lined room overlooking a harbor with masted ships and a standing woman at right.

Ramsgate

James Tissot, 1876

The Rubens Hat

James Tissot, 1875

Etching of a cloaked soldier with a rifle hurrying past a trench toward a classical building under bare trees.

Grand'Garde (Souvenir of the Siege of Paris)

James Tissot, 1878

Engraved print of a classical sculpted bust of a woman with braided hair in a niche, labeled Giunone on the pedestal.

Sculpted head of Juno

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Etched title page showing a bearded man drawing as a monkey grins over his shoulder beside a stone tablet with lettering.

Title Page: Monkey-Ana or Men, in Miniature

Thomas Landseer, December 1, 1827

Etched satirical print of a monkey dressed as a despot with crown, sceptre and ermine robe, flanked by attendants.

Monkey Despot, from Monkey-Ana or Men, in Miniature

Thomas Landseer, July 1828

Etching of a standing male nude with one hand at his neck, a draped cloth at his hips, against hatched background.

An "Académie": Standing Man

Carle Vanloo, 1742-43

Colored comic title page showing a man's head on a hen's body beside an egg labeled Natural History, by Henry L. Stephens.

The Hen That Hatched This Egg (Henry L. Stephens), Title Page, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Etching of a seated nude man, head resting on one hand, one leg extended, against a hatched dark background.

An "Académie": Sitting Man

Carle Vanloo, 1742-43