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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,970 works

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

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

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

Ink and wash study of many figures and heads, with a classical female figure above, by James Barry, ca. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice"

James Barry, ca. 1802

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

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

Grey ink and wash drawing of a man with a staff shielding his eyes against a stormy sky beside trees.

Male with a staff in a storm (recto). Anatomical studies of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and wash drawing of three classical warriors with shields, a horse head, and studies of armor and a face.

Classical military subject

William Hamilton, 1770-80

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

Watercolor of a burning ship at sea, with crew escaping in a boat and swimmers in rough water under a dark sky.

Fire at sea

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, 1820-46

Red chalk drawing of a balding man in an oval medallion framed by cherubs, garlands and a blank scrolled cartouche.

Oval Portrait of a Man in an Elaborate Frame with a Cartouche

Antonino Grano, ca. 1724

Lithograph of a startled butcher with outstretched arms beside a woman in a full skirt, with hanging meat in a shop interior.

Nous voilà libres... qu'est-ce que nous allons devenir?, from "Actualités"

Honoré Daumier, March 16, 1858

Ink and wash design for an epitaph with kneeling figures, an IHS monogram, winged putti, garlands and heraldic shields on red

Design for the Epitaph of the 't Seraets-Van Etten family

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, ca. 1650-75

Engraving of two figure studies: a man with long curly hair raising his hands, and a reclining woman with closed eyes and a h

Figures from Annibale Carracci's "The Deposition"

Alexandre Chaponnier, 1791-1801

Hand-colored toy theater print showing Jack, Harlequin, a clown, Columbine and other characters around a sleeping giant.

Characters and Scenes, from Jack and the Giant Killer, Plate 1 for a Toy Theater

Benjamin Pollock, 1870-90

Etching of two grotesque dancers in plumed costumes facing each other, with a crowd and buildings in the background.

Pasquariello Truonno - Meo Squaquara, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1622

Etching of two masked dancers, Razullo playing guitar and Cucurucu posing, in a town square with a crowd and stage behind.

Razullo - Cucurucu, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1622

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated among apostles looking up at a dove with rays of light above.

The Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit)

Cesare Nebbia, ca. 1576

Hand-colored caricature of a French dentist and patients with exaggerated open mouths displaying artificial teeth, by Thomas

A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of His Artificial Teeth and False Palates

Thomas Rowlandson, February 26, 1811

Etching of a seated woman and small dog beside a stream with rocks, leafy trees and bare trees under a misty sky.

At the Bank of the Stream in Rossillon (Ain)

Adolphe Appian, 1867

Drawing of a costumed theatrical troupe on a horse-drawn cart with painted canvases, a mounted rider and a guitarist.

Theatrical Troupe on the Road

Eugène Delacroix, 1818

Portrait of Sir Sidney Smith in the Temple Prison

Philippe Auguste Hennequin, 1796

Pencil portrait sketch of a woman with a bob haircut looking toward the viewer on tan paper.

Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1845-50

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with infant John the Baptist, three women, and a winged angel on steps.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Three Women, and an Angel

Adriaan de Weerdt, mid 16th century

Pen and ink caricature of a balding older man in spectacles and cape, signed Henry Monnier and dated 1858.

Self-Portrait as Monsieur Prudhomme

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1858

Etching of a standing man in evening dress and two seated women, one with a black fan, beside a printed program title.

Program for the Performance of' "L'Obole"

Henri Boutet, March 5, 1882

Etching of a young woman in a bustled dress with a bow at her collar, holding a wrapped gift box, by Henri Boutet.

Woman Holding a Gift Box

Henri Boutet, ca. 1895