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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Etching of a plump gentleman with a parasol riding in a wheeled chair while a thin servant pulls him along.

Luxury

Thomas Rowlandson, [1781] reissued 1786-95

Pen-and-ink print of a turbaned man embracing a reclining woman beside a smoking hookah and draped fabric.

Love in the East

Thomas Rowlandson, 1787

Pen and ink sketch of a muscular river god holding a child, with draped cloth and a vessel beside them.

River God with Child

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-88

Etching of fishermen and two women on a rocky shore beside a moored sailing boat under a cloudy sky.

Fishermen by the Shore - Coastal Scene with a Man Sitting on Rocks and Smoking a Pipe, Next to a Standing Young Woman…

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786

Tobacco card showing the Nebraska flag with a blacksmith emblem, motto ribbon, pastoral farm scene and Allen & Ginter adverti

Nebraska, from Flags of the States and Territories (N11) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Etching of a wounded warrior in armor leaning on a rock by a stream, with soldiers and spears in the background.

Retiring Wounded from Battle, from "Banditti Variously Employed"

Robert Blyth, November 15, 1779

Chromolithograph of a woman in patterned robes holding a lychee, with more lychees on a tray before her.

Chinese Lychee, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Chromolithograph trading card of a figure in a striped headdress holding a stringed instrument beside a branch with red fruit

Lotus, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Chromolithograph card of a woman in red headdress reaching toward a mangosteen fruit branch, labeled Mangosteen.

Mangosteen, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Chromolithograph of a woman in a pink head wrap picking olives from a branch, part of an 1891 Allen & Ginter cigarette card.

Olive, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Etching of two figures in a doorway with a foliage-decorated stone arch, one gesturing outward, on a cobbled courtyard.

The Coke and Perkin (The Cook's Tale, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales)

Francis Chesham, late 18th century

Etching of a seated woman with a fruit basket beside a turbaned man examining a shield with skulls at an archway.

Banditti at Market

Robert Blyth, June 10, 1805

Etching of a helmeted woman with a spear beside a seated bearded captive, with turbaned soldiers behind a stone wall.

Conversing with a Captive, from "Banditti Variously Employed"

Robert Blyth, November 15, 1779

Etching of two men in period dress with a sword, helmet, and banner, one pointing ahead, amid shrubs and smoke.

Going Out in the Morning, from "Banditti Variously Employed"

Robert Blyth, 1779

Etching of a seated woman with a girl and infant in a basket, a standing man with a crook, and weapons hung on a wall.

Enjoying Domestic Happiness, from "Banditti Variously Employed"

Robert Blyth, November 15, 1779

Etching of a warrior raising a sword to strike a fallen enemy beside spears and shields under trees and smoke.

Killing an Enemy, from "Banditti Variously Employed"

Robert Blyth, November 15, 1779

Etching of two men in helmets and period dress, one pointing with a pike, beside a banner and smoke among shrubbery.

Going Out in the Morning

Robert Blyth, November 15, 1779

Etching of a bearded seated man in armor and cloak beside a helmet, holding a sketch, under trees.

Salvator Rosa, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778

Etching of a bearded man, veiled woman and two children walking by a stream, watched by a turbaned rider on a white horse.

A Captive Family

Robert Blyth, ca. 1783

Sepia engraving of a packhorse with saddlebags beneath a tree, with soldiers resting and a woman tying a bundle.

Packhorse with Soldiers

Robert Blyth, June 23, 1784

Etching of two soldiers, one seated by a ruined wall, and a child clutching a helmet in a landscape setting.

Two Soldiers and Child Holding a Helmet

Robert Blyth, July 19, 1779

Etching of Caliban, Prospero and Miranda in a rocky cave, with a hairy creature at left and a bearded man gesturing.

Scene from the Tempest: Caliban, Prospero and Miranda

Thomas Rowlandson, 1783-87, reissued 1801

Sepia etching of fishermen beaching a boat in stormy surf, with wind-bent trees and a stone building on the shore.

Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale

Robert Blyth, April 26, 1783

Engraving of armed men fighting on a wooden floor, one wielding a club and another thrusting a sword at a fallen figure.

Storming a Banditti Stronghold

Robert Blyth, May 1, 1782

Etched frontispiece with a dedication inscription on a rock, a seated boy gesturing, a turbaned man, and a sketchbook among t

Frontispiece, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778

Etching of an armored man seated on a rock pointing while two turbaned men look on, with trees and a spear nearby.

Banditti Taking His Post, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778

Etching of a horned monster playing panpipes beside a sleeping figure, with a skull and bones in the grass.

Musical Monster, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778

Etching of a bandit captain pointing while an armored soldier sits on a stone wall, a turbaned figure peering over behind the

A Captain of Banditti Sending Out a Party, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778

Etching of a classically draped woman seated beside an urn, gazing upward at clouds, with a reclining figure at her feet.

Tragedy, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778

Etching of a blindfolded woman reaching to a book labeled Nature, with a child holding a mirror and an old man beside a pedes

Comedy, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778