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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,455 works

Engraved panel with a central eagle flanked by two winged putti holding foliage scrolls on a dark hatched ground.

Horizontal Panel with an Eagle Flanked by Two Genii

Sebald Beham, 1544

Etching of a hilly landscape with a bird hunter, a leaning tree, a river, village buildings and hunters with dogs.

Le Chasse aux Oiseaux (The Bird Hunt), from "Paysages Gravés pour Jean de Médicis appelées aussi Paysages Dessinés a…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak addressing seated officials in a columned Roman hall, with a spearman and scribes.

Sullivan's Paul Before Felix

Dent, ca. 1800

Lithograph of decorative W letters with vignettes of Washington, an eagle, a cross grave, and a battlefield labeled Waterloo.

The letter "W": Washington, Wagram, Waterloo

Victor Adam, 1833

Engraving of robed figures gathered around a wooden cabinet, with palms, a parrot, a flowering branch and chickens.

Vision

Chez Huquier, 18th century

Etching of a cat sitting and looking at a birdcage hanging on a wall, with a distant landscape behind.

Le Chat Guettant L'Oiseau en Cage (The Cat Watching the Bird in the Cage), plate 10 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a gnarled tree with falling birds, a man with a staff at right, and rolling hills with a distant town.

Le Corbeau et ses Petits (The Raven and its Young), plate 5 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light o…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of an eagle dropping a feather over a hilly landscape with a town and sunbeams, with text below.

Un Aigle Jetant une Vieille Plume (An Eagle Dropping an Old Feather), plate 15 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cl…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a crow flying above a snail on a hill, with a shrub at right and printed Latin and French verses below.

Le Corbeau et Le Limaçon (The Raven and the Snail), plate 8 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light o…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a small bird perched on a thistle plant in a rolling landscape with a distant town, with Latin and French text.

L'Oiseau Posé sur un Chardon en Fleurs (The Bird Standing on Thistle Flower), plate 13 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumiè…

Jacques Callot, 1625-31

Trade card portrait of Red Bird, a Chippeway man in a red headband and blue blanket, with a tomahawk and pipe beside him.

Red Bird, Chippeway, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of Grey Eagle, Apache, in a red striped vest, beside a feathered headdress panel, 1888.

Grey Eagle, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Black ornamental print with symmetric grotesques, insects, birds, flowers and a winged figure on a pale ground.

Blackwork Print with a Symmetric Grotesque Pattern

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, ca. 1620

Black and white print of symmetrical blackwork ornaments, with floral garlands and a bird in rectangular panels, ca. 1620.

Blackwork Print with a Symmetrical Schweifwerk Pattern

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, ca. 1620

Black ornamental print with two rectangular panels of swags and fruit and four vertical bezel-like motifs on pale paper.

Blackwork Print with Two Horizontal Panels and Four Bezels

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, ca. 1620

Oval black-ink ornament print with birds, insects, grapes and fruits arranged symmetrically on a pale background.

Oval Blackwork Print with Birds, Insects and Fruits

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, ca. 1620

Chromolithograph trade card of True Eagle, a Missouria man in feathered headwrap and fur collar, with beadwork and staff.

True Eagle, Missouria, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of White Swan, Lower Yanktonas Sioux, with a feathered headdress, beaded vest, and fur pelt beside him.

White Swan, Lower Yanktonas Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trading card of a chub fish below a pelican perched on a rowboat among cattails on a lake.

Chub, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph card of a searobin fish below a pelican perched in a wooden boat among cattails.

Searobin, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Small 1889 trading card showing a whitebait fish labeled WHITEBAIT above perched and flying seabirds on rocks.

Whitebait, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card portrait of the Emperor of Austria in a decorated uniform with medals, 1889.

Emperor of Austria, from World's Sovereigns series (N34) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a mustached man in a dark suit before green palms, with a golden eagle and 'President of Mexic

President of Mexico, from World's Sovereigns series (N34) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Etching of a woman floating through a night sky toward an open window, with flowers blooming below her.

Abduction (plate nine from Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove)

Max Klinger, 1881

Trading card showing a green Alexandrine ring parakeet on a branch with tropical leaves and red advertising text.

Alexandrine Ring Parakeet, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a pink African flamingo standing on sand, with cacti borders and Richmond cigarette advertisin

African Flamingo, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a brown kiwi bird with a long beak beside a palm tree, titled Apteryx, 1889.

Apteryx, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a banded aracari toucan on a branch, with palms and cactus, advertising Richmond cigarettes.

The Banded Aracari Toucan, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card showing a black swan with red bill swimming among reeds at sunset, with cigarette advertising tex

Black Swan, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Illustrated trading card of a black-throated golden pheasant on a branch, framed by tropical foliage, with cigarette advertis

Black-Throated Golden Pheasant, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889