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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Graphite sketch on blue paper of two hands, one holding a pen diagonally, with a second hand partly drawn below.

Study of Hands

Charles-Joseph Natoire, ca. 1761

Hand-colored print of New York City Hall ablaze at night, with flames and smoke over a crowd watching on the street below.

Burning of the City Hall New York, on the night of the 17th August 1858 - Supposed to have taken fire from the fire w…

Currier & Ives, 1858

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a stone house and trees overlooking a calm sea and distant hills, Calabria, Italy.

Pentedatelo, Calabria, Italy

Edward Lear, 1847 (?)

Etching of an elderly bearded man with a cane walking beside a young boy along a rural path with hedgerows.

A Blind Man (The Wayfarers)

Frederick Walker, 1863

Pen and ink invitation card design with two classical female figures, drapery, and text for the Moray Minstrels, 1865.

The Moray Minstrels (Design for Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis)

Frederick Walker, 1865

Hand-colored print of Washington taking the oath of office with his hand on a Bible, surrounded by officials in period dress.

The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 - At the Old City Hall, New Y…

Currier & Ives, 1876

Hand-colored print of a mounted officer raising his hat before a line of soldiers and a flag beneath a large tree.

Washington Taking Command of the American Army - At Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 3rd, 1775

Currier & Ives, 1876

Hand-colored print of two paddle steamboats racing at night on the Mississippi, smoke and sparks rising under a moon.

Midnight Race on the Mississippi

Currier & Ives, 1875

Hand-colored print of a man ringing a large bell at Independence Hall while a crowd and onlookers watch from nearby buildings

The Tocsin of Liberty-Rung by the State House Bell, (Independence Hall) Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776, "Proclaim liber…

Currier & Ives, 1876

Colored print of two uniformed men shaking hands in a formal room while onlookers in period dress watch.

The First Meeting of Washington and Lafayette - Philadelphia, August 3rd, 1777

Currier & Ives, 1876

Brown wash drawing of a cave interior with dripping rock formations, a bright entrance, stone steps, and small armed figures.

Cave of Pan, near Sunium, Greece

Simone Pomardi, 1805

Hand-colored print of a mounted general pointing as soldiers in boats cross an icy river, with a Conquer or Die flag.

Washington, Crossing the Delaware-On the Evening of Dec. 25th 1776, previous to the Battle of Trenton

Currier & Ives, 1876

Lithograph of a man at a desk beside a telegraph, with a steam press, locomotive and steamboat in the scene.

The Progress of the Century - The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat

Currier & Ives, 1876

Hand-colored lithograph of two paddle steamboats racing on the Mississippi past a wooded cliff, one labeled Eagle.

A Race on the Mississippi

Currier & Ives, 1870

Watercolor of a mountain valley with a river, a stone cottage, seated figures and sheep under a cloudy sky.

The Honister Pass from Gatesgarth Farm, Gatesgarthdale, Lake District

Edward Dayes, 1789-1804

Engraving of Orpheus with a lyre teaching a crowd of nude and draped figures in a mountain landscape with a hut.

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life

James Barry, plate dated May 1, 1791, issued 1792

Two paddle steamboats pass at night under a full moon on Long Island Sound, with a lighthouse on an island behind them.

Steamboats Passing at Midnight - On Long Island Sound

Currier & Ives, 1868-74

Pen and brown ink drawing of a ruined brick building with a staircase, a bare tree, and a boat on a river bank.

An Inhabited Ruin on the Bank of a River

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1630-40

Pencil and wash drawing of a brown horse harnessed to a cart with a barrel, with a lamp post and distant town.

A Cart Drawn by a Brown Horse Near a Lamp Pole (recto); A Group of Mounted Officers (verso)

Johann Adam Klein, ca. 1815

Pencil drawing of a grotto in a rocky cliff by the sea, with a sailboat and a distant volcano on the horizon.

A Grotto near Sorrento, with a Distant View of the Vesuvius

Heinrich Reinhold, 1823

Ink and wash drawing of a crowned king on a rearing dark horse pointing at ghostly women in the background.

A king with his horse, alarmed by ghostly women

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and watercolor drawing of a centaur carrying a nude woman across water, with a hilly landscape behind them.

The Abduction of Deianira

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude standing figure with a staff, a kneeling man, and a haloed figure beside trees and water

John the Baptist and two men, with Christ

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pencil drawing of a tiered architectural frame with many narrative scenes of crowds, figures and allegorical groups beneath a

Preparatory Drawing for a Print Series on the History of Germany (Die Geschichte des deutschen Volkes in fünfzehn Bil…

Carl Heinrich Hermann, 1851-53

Pen and watercolor drawing of a winged female figure with serpent hair raising a staff amid stormy clouds, a temple beyond.

Envy from Ovid's "House of Envy" (Book II, lines 760-796) (recto); A naked woman (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded god raising a scepter on clouds beside a reclining figure in the sky.

Ceres pleading with Jove for the return of Prosperpina, from Ovid, "Metamorphoses," Book V

Thomas Carwitham, 1713-33

Pen and wash drawing of men and a boy on a shore beside a ship's sails and rigging.

Historical subject with men and a boy near a ship (recto). Anatomical study of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Brown wash drawing of a crowded gambling room, with a woman in a pale blue gown standing among seated men.

Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden

Gustave Doré, 1862

Pen and ink with grey wash drawing of a hooded woman sheltering a child, with a boat and trees in a landscape.

Woman sheltering a child in a landscape

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Brown wash drawing of an octagonal interior with columns, statues in niches, and a coffered dome.

Interior of an Octagonal Room (Stage Design?)

Tranquillo Orsi, ca. 1790-1830