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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,119 works

Pencil caricature of a man with a large head, mustache and long overcoat, signed Mailly and dated 1859.

Caricature of Paul Meurice

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Lithograph of a mounted lancer in a plumed shako holding a pennant lance, with a distant rider in an open landscape.

Lancer

Horace Vernet, 1816

Lithograph of a man in a long coat sketching outdoors, with mounted soldiers and a hat and cane on the ground.

Portrait of Carle Vernet Sketching

Horace Vernet, 1816

Hand-colored print of a skeleton Death reaching toward an elderly man reading in bed in a cluttered room.

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (from The English Dance of Death, vol. I, plate 2)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1816

Hand-colored print of a skeleton steering a sinking boat of struggling passengers through stormy waves, with wrecked ships be

Death Turned Pilot (from The English Dance of Death, vol. II, pl. 9)

Thomas Rowlandson, June 1, 1815

Print of a standing man with long hair and lace collar, holding a plumed hat and a cane, in period dress.

Man holding a cane and a hat

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Three prints on yellow paper: a soldier carrying a child beside a woman, a seated highlander with a dog, and a rifle-bearing

Soldiers and a Highlander (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a yellow sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Three small lithographs of soldiers and figures pasted on a green mount: an old man with cane, a woman and officer, a mounted

Soldiers (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a green sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Two black-and-white prints on green paper: a peddler with a top hat and bundle, and soldiers conversing in an open landscape.

Soldiers and a Peddlar (2 prints of varying size mounted onto a green sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Engraving of boys with a pail and people tending a smoky clam bake on a rocky beach, with sailboats on the sea.

Palazzo della Cancelleria

Pietro Ferrerio, 1655

Lithograph with an oval portrait of a man above a grid of sixteen small figure scenes with French captions.

Augustin-Eugène Scribe with Characters

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of a crowded festival at Beau-Grenelle with a decorated maypole, tents, horse riders, a carriage, and onlookers.

Beau-Grenelle, Couronnement De La Rosière (Fêtes des Environs de Paris)

Victor Adam, 1830

Monochrome lithograph of two uniformed men embracing in a palace courtyard, surrounded by soldiers and a flag bearer.

Adieux de Fontainebleau

Victor Adam, after 1814

Lithograph of a startled man and woman on a street before a shop sign, surrounded by small sketched vignettes of figures and

Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of five costumed carnival figures including a bishop, a plumed soldier and a woman with a basket, from La Caricatu

Carnival de 1830 (from La Caricature)

Victor Adam, 1850

Grey lithograph of a military festival with Napoleon on a platform beneath flags, soldiers on horseback, and a cliff.

Military Festival at Boulogne with Napoleon Distributing Stars of the Legion of Honor

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of a family visit in a hearth-side room: a man stands, two women sit with an infant, and a child plays with a toy.

Visite Chez la Nourrice (Visit to the Wetnurse), from "L'Artiste"

Victor Adam, 19th century

Etching of a bearded beggar with a feathered hat, leaning on two crutches, wearing ragged clothing.

Le Mendiant a la Jambe de Bois (The Beggar with the Wooden Leg), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, L…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar seen from behind, wearing a wide hat and ragged cloak and leaning on a single crutch.

Le Vieux Mendiant a une Seule Béquille (The Old Beggar with One Crutch), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mend…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a cloaked blind beggar with a tall hat, staff and cup, accompanied by a small shaggy dog on a leash.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Blind Man and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar in a tattered cloak and headscarf leaning on a staff, with a rosary and pouch at the belt.

La Mendiante Venant de Recevoir la Charité (The Female Beggar Receiving her Charity), from "Les Gueux suite appelée a…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a seated man fishing in a pond while a standing woman holds poles and nets beside a wooden railing and palm trees.

A Chinese Man and Woman Fishing by a Fishpond

Gabriel Huquier, 18th century

Engraving of robed figures gathered around a wooden cabinet, with palms, a parrot, a flowering branch and chickens.

Vision

Chez Huquier, 18th century

Engraving of kneeling St Francis in a rocky forest landscape with waterfalls, receiving rays of light from a figure in the sk

St Francis Receives the Stigmata

Cornelis Cort, 1567

Etching of an old beggar in a cloak and hat playing an ornate hurdy-gurdy, with a basket at his side.

Le Joueur de Vielle (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les B…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar on crutches wearing a feathered hat, ragged cloak, and a pouch at his waist.

Le Mendiant aux Béquilles et a la Besace (The Beggar with the Crutches and the Pouch), from "Les Gueux suite appelée…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded elderly beggar in a ragged cloak, holding a hat and wearing a long rosary.

Le Mendaint au Rosaire (The Beggar with a Rosary), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a barefoot, bearded beggar in a ragged cloak with uncovered head, gesturing with one hand.

Le Mendiant a la Tête Découverte et aux Pieds Nuds (The Beggar with the Uncovered Head and Bare Feet), from "Les Gueu…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

La Mendiante a la Sébille (The Female Beggar with the Begging Bowl), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiant…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded beggar with a tall hat, cloak and staff, accompanied by a small seated dog.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Beggar and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Le…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623