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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,889 works

Watercolor of a three-masted warship at anchor in calm harbor water beside a stone quay with figures and boats.

A Man O'War Lying at Anchor

Johannes Christiaan Schotel, early 19th century

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a chaotic battle with warriors, horses, a chariot, and billowing cloaks.

The Battle of Diomedes and Aeneas (from the Story of Achilles)

Jan van Orley, ca. 1720-30

Pencil drawing of a hilltop village above a wooded valley with a river, arched bridge, and hazy mountains beyond.

A View of Cavi in the Sabine Hills

Louis Gurlitt, 1848

Pencil drawing of soldiers in armor carrying a wrapped body through a timber-beamed room with a curtain and urn.

The Dead Wallenstein Being Carried Away by Soldiers

Karl von Piloty, 1871

Sepia etching of a bearded man writing at a desk beside glass flasks, a funnel and a magnifying glass.

Self-Portrait

Henri Charles Guérard, ca. 1890

Grey wash drawing of soldiers distributing sacks of grain to crowds of desperate townspeople in a colonnaded city.

Roman Soldiers Defending a City Plagued by Famine

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1734

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop town on a cliff above the sea, with trees and two figures in the foreground.

View of Capri

Carl Wagner, 1823

Engraved print of kilted Highlander soldiers marching with bayonets past spectators beneath American flags, 1861.

The Seventy Ninth Regiment (Highlanders), New York State Militia (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 329)

Winslow Homer, May 25, 1861

Engraving of about fifteen nude children dancing in a line, one playing a trumpet at left, hands linked.

Fifteen Nude Children Dancing

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1535

Wood engraving of Civil War soldiers charging with a regimental flag, rifles and bayonets, amid smoke and cavalry.

A "Negro" Regiment in Action (from "Harper's Weekly")

Thomas Nast, March 14, 1863

Grey wash drawing of three fishermen hauling a net by a rowboat, with a harbor town and flying cherubs in an oval frame.

Emblem Drawing ("Hope sustains me")

Jacob Matham, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a group of men in a formal room gathered around a conference table, one in military uniform.

President Lincoln and His Cabinet

Christian Schussele, ca. 1861

Watercolor of Rome seen from ruined brick walls overgrown with trees, with a river, bridges, and a large dome in the distance

A View of Rome from the Palatine

Carl Ludwig Frommel, 1813-17 (?)

Lithograph of Lincoln's assassination in a theatre box, with a gunman, smoke, an American flag and onlookers.

The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., April 14th, 1865

Currier & Ives, 1865

Watercolor of a ruined arched castle on a hilltop with rocks, a path with two figures, and a lake under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Fantastic Castle

George Sand, 1865

Watercolor of a winding road through a rocky gorge with a red cross, figures, pine trees and a stone wall.

A Road in a Gorge near Naples

Thomas Jones, 1782

Graphite drawing of a woman looking upward beside a turbaned bearded man holding a sleeping child.

A Woman and a Turbaned Man in Despair with a Young Child

François Joseph Navez, 1807-69

Watercolor of dead game birds, a hare, a shotgun and a hunting dog beneath an oak tree in a forest landscape.

Hunting Still Life in a Forest

Wybrand Hendricks, 1784

Oval drawing of a seated bearded man embraced by two women before a temple, with a horse and youth at left.

Oedipus before the Temple of the Furies between his Daughters Antigone and Ismene

Anton Raphael Mengs, ca. 1760-61

Study of a lying cow

Paulus Potter, ca. 1650

Pencil drawing of the Rhine with a fortress on water, a town on the right bank, sailing boats, and horses on a riverside path

View of the Rhine with Pfalzgrafenstein Castle and Kaub Seen from the South-East

Johann Adam Klein, 1815

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded elderly man in robes seated on a rock, pointing at a tablet he holds.

A Prophet Seated on a Rock

Johann Heinrich Lips, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a classical stage interior with columns, arched niches holding statues, and a coffered dome.

Stage Design, with Four other Drawings

Tranquillo Orsi

Watercolor of a dirt road entering an arched grotto tunnel through rock cliffs, with a stone inscription tablet at left.

Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo, Naples

John 'Warwick' Smith, 1778-79

Pencil and wash drawing of a tall lighthouse beside a church spire, with masted ships at a quay on the left.

The Lighthouse of Travemünde Seen from the South

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Drawing of reclining sheep and a flock in a landscape, rendered in brown ink with white highlights on tan paper.

Reclining Sheep in a Landscape

Francesco Londonio, 1759-82

Etching of a man with a fishing rod by a large tree on a riverbank, with a town and church tower across the water.

Broken Tackle

Hubert von Herkomer, 1891

Pen drawing of Roman bandits with women and children resting by a campfire beneath a rocky overhang, one man smoking a pipe.

A Group of Roman Bandits with Their Families and Companions after a Robbery

Dietrich Wilhelm Lindau, 1824

Pen and grey ink drawing of a house by a grotto, a roadside chapel, trees, and a distant hilltop town across a lake.

A House near a Grotto and a Roadside Chapel at Lake Nemi, with a View of Genzano from the North; verso: Sketch of Tre…

Johann Martin von Rohden, early-mid 19th century

Watercolor of a girl pouring water into a pig trough beside a fence, with a cottage and tree behind her.

Girl Feeding Pigs

Richard Westall, 1800