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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,119 works

Engraving of wigged men playing bagpipes and flutes in a shield frame, with three figures above and a skull and crossed bones

The Company of Undertakers

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a crowded city street where men and boys torment animals, including a dog, rooster and cat, before onlookers.

The First Stage of Cruelty

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of men in period coats and tricorn hats gathered in an arched interior, with a seated figure at a keyboard and card

A Rake's Progress, Plate 2

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a chaotic city street under lightning, with a woman in white, a brawl, a rooftop ladder and a broken cage.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 4

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a crowded asylum ward with chained patients, a violinist, elegant visitors and a dog beside a railing.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 8

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak addressing seated officials on a raised platform in a columned hall with guards.

Paul Before Felix

Dent, ca. 1800

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

Etching of a seated woman in a palace with attendants, a woman holding a small child and an older man at right, with a river

Moses Brought to Pharoah's Daughter

Dent, ca. 1800

Etching of a city street with an angry musician at a window above a crowd of street musicians and a drumming child.

The Enraged Musician

Dent, ca. 1800

Etching of a cluttered room with a seated man at a desk, two women by the fireplace, and a dog on the floor.

The Distressed Poet

Dent, ca. 1800

The Bench

Dent, 1790-1810

Etched print of a crowded choir of wigged singers and boys reading sheet music, led by a conductor raising his arm.

A Chorus of Singers

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of men seated at a table with an egg and plate, one standing behind, beneath a draped curtain and column.

Columbus Breaking the Egg

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a laughing theatre audience in wigs and bonnets, with a woman holding a basket leaning over the balcony rail.

The Laughing Audience

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraved oval portrait of Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in a ruff and armor within an ornate decorative frame.

Portrait de Cosme II, Grand Duc de Toscane (Portrait of Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany)

Jacques Callot, 1620-21

Engraving of a rowdy crowd with lanterns and sticks in a dim interior, a woman seated on the floor by a fireplace.

The Frolick (The Search Light)

William Hogarth, 1790-1810

Engraved design for an ornamental crest with a central heraldic shield, rococo scrollwork, two figures with staffs, and a gro

Design for an Ornamental Crest for Silver Plate

William Hogarth, early 18th century

Etching of a travelling procession of Roma men, women and children on horseback and on foot, with plumed hats and staffs.

Roma men, women, and children on horseback and on foot [historically known as Les Bohémiens en Marche, pièce aussi ap…

Jacques Callot, 1621-22

Engraving of peasants brawling with raised swords, a woman in a headscarf reacting, and a fallen man on the ground beneath a

The Peasants' Brawl

Sebald Beham, 1531-50

Engraving of an ornate covered goblet with fluted bowl, scrollwork, and an armored figure in an oval medallion.

Double Goblet with Oval Medallions

Sebald Beham, 1530

Pencil drawing of figures in an arched Italian city setting, with a woman gesturing near a basin and a child and dog in front

Scene in an Italian City with Figures Near a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of mourners gathered around a draped body in an arched composition, with a skull at the right edge.

A Burial Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of an artist pointing at a wall while a crowd of men, women, and children watches in an arched composition.

An Artist Drawing on Wall of a Church Watched by a Crowd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a robed speaker raising his arm before cloaked men, with a large female figure behind a fountain.

Speaker Addressing Male Figures Gathered at Night Around a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a bearded man on horseback with a monkey behind him, passing a crowd in a medieval town.

A Man and a Monkey Riding on Horseback

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of two children kneeling by a bed with a pale sheet in a dim room, one looking up.

A Deathbed Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of four musical putti in a lunette frame, playing lute, violin and harp, one standing at centre.

Four Musical Putti

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Sketches of Figures

Lord Leighton Frederic, 1840-60

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure leaning forward with outstretched arm, with two small standing figures to the right.

Male Figure Study

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of a kneeling saint being stoned by a crowd before a walled city, with two divine figures in clouds above.

The Martyrdom of St Stephen

Cornelis Cort, 1576