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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,456 works

Engraved cartoon of vultures with human faces on cliffs in a storm, with skulls labeled Law, Justice and Taxpayer below.

A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"-"Let Us Prey" (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 15, p. 889)

Thomas Nast, September 23, 1871

Pen and wash drawing of people feasting and boating on a river, with swans and a leafy canopy under a cloudy sky.

July: Amusements on the Water, (Juillet : les Divertissements sur l’eau)

Claude Simpol, ca. 1700

Etching of two women kneeling in tall grass beside a flying bird, with robed figures in the distance under a rayed sky.

S. Aigri, évêque de Verdun (St. Agericus, Bishop of Verdun), December 1st, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Sa…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist kneeling with an open book, an eagle beside him, rays of light above, in an

S. Jean, apôtre et évangéliste (St. John, Apostle and Evangelist), December 27th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Sainct…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Circular brown wash drawing of Venus above Vulcan at a forge, with hammering workers, cupids and scattered armor.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (recto); Sketches with Two Putti (verso)

Sebastiano Conca, ca. 1716-18

Circular Latin anagram drawing with crown, cross, animal scenes, and ribbon banners honoring Duke Charles III of Lorraine.

Anagram in Honor of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar

Aegidius Sadeler, ca. 1595-1605

Engraving of a helmeted figure fleeing a palace hall past lion statues, with a bird landing near a bowl on the floor.

The Flight of Adrammelech, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Arthur Murch, 1865-81

Pencil design for a medal showing a rooster, sunburst, crown, laurel wreath and the words FRANCE and Charte de 1830.

Design for the Medal to Commemorate the Charter of 1830

Henri-Baron de Triqueti, 1830

Print of green birds attacking a white eagle beneath two early biplanes in a blue sky, with German caption below.

The Duke of Gramatneiss's Famous Pack of Birds (Die Berühmte Vogelmeute des Herzogs von Gramatneiss)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Black-and-white print of a spaniel sitting with a bird in its mouth beside a pheasant lying on the grass.

Spaniel and Pheasant

Edwin Landseer, June 15, 1871

Etching of a pond framed by leaning trees, with a heron on the bank and distant hills under a hatched sky.

A Pond

Adolphe Appian, 1867

Engraved triumphal arch with allegorical statues, flags and cherubs, carried through a crowd in a procession scene.

Triumphal arch erected in honor of Cardinal Mazarin after the Treaty of the Pyrénées

François Chauveau, ca. 1664-65

Color print of three children at a snowy window watching birds feed on a tray outside, one boy eating bread.

Hungry Birds, from "The Graphic" Christmas Number

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Bauerle, December 2, 1882

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with a peacock and birds in the sky, representing air as an allegorical element.

Air, from "The Elements"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1735

Watercolor drawing of nude Adam and Eve by a tree with fig leaves, a parrot, an angel, and a mountain landscape behind.

The Expulsion from Paradise

Daniel Fröschl, late 16th-early 17th century

Woodblock print of two swallows beside drooping purple wisteria and green leaves, with calligraphy at upper right.

Swallow and Wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1840s