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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Engraving of a formal ball with dancing couples, musicians, and seated spectators in an ornate interior with tall windows.

The Ball

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1634-35

Engraving of commedia dell'arte actors on a stage with arched backdrop, two onlookers in side balconies, and French verses be

Actors at the Hotel de Bourgogne

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633-34

Engraved genre scene of two women, a startled man with a hat and basket, children and a dog at a stone doorway.

Le Geste Napolitain

Pierre Étienne Moitte, 1763

Dark chiaroscuro print of a Roman-style triumphal procession with soldiers, spears, banners and a crowned figure.

Sheet 8 from "The Triumphs of Caesar"

Andrea Andreani, 1599

Pen drawing of a theatre stage set with draped curtains, a heraldic crest with winged figures, and ornamental panels.

Design for a Stage Set

Aimé Chenavard, 1810-38

Watercolor design of an ornate gilt gas lamp with a glass globe, fluted base and scroll handles, on cream paper.

Design for a Gas Lamp with Gilt Base and Glass Globe

Guérard, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a spiral staircase lighthouse with smoking fire at the top, flanked by walls and distant ships.

Design for a Lighthouse (Margate?)

Debenne, ca. 1815

Etching of peasants dancing and drinking in a rustic inn with a fiddler, hanging meat and laundry, and a fireplace.

The Dance at the Inn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1652

Color poster titled Tribune showing a woman in a yellow hat dropping a letter into a red mailbox, with Sunday fiction text be

Tribune

George Reiter Brill, late 19th century

Poster for the Tribune Sunday edition showing a dark-haired woman holding a red poppy among red poppies on a green background

Tribune, Sunday

George Reiter Brill, late 19th-early 20th century

Pencil sketch of a group of wigged men in period dress gathered at a table with wine glasses and a decanter.

Group of Figures at a Table

Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1732-33

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded candelabra with six candles, putti, and jeweled base on a pale ground.

Design for a Candelabra

Aimé Chenavard, 1810-38

Pencil drawing of a mechanical stylus with hexagonal nut and knurled knob on a curved metal base.

Stylus of a Machine Used for Engraving Bank notes

Cyrus Durand, 19th century

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a lace bonnet seated with a young fair-haired boy leaning against her.

Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son

Thomas Lawrence, 1789

Watercolor landscape of a snowy mountain range over a winding river plain, with three robed figures on a hill in the foregrou

Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Edward Lear, 1850-85

Graphite sketch by Edward Lear of St. Peter's dome in Rome, with smaller studies of umbrella pines and landscape.

View of St. Peter's, Rome

Edward Lear, 1843

Pen and ink sketch of a bay with a hilltop town, rocky foreground, small figures and a horseman.

View of Sciacca, Sicily

Edward Lear, May 20, 1847

Pencil sketch of a stout man pointing at a top-hatted man leaning forward, with a bonnet-wearing figure behind them.

John Bull and Uncle Sam

John Leech, 1837-64

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man fishing as leaping fish and winged insects with human faces float above the river.

Fishey Flies and Fly Fishes (recto); Typeface Designs (verso)

John Leech, 1837-99

Watercolor of a cook leading fish, a turtle and ducks past a rabbit, fox and pig in a kitchen.

Kitchen Staff (recto); Mountainous Landscape with Hiker (verso)

John Leech, 1837-64

Engraved interior view of a Gothic cathedral nave with ribbed vaults, an organ, and a text cartouche with allegorical figures

Interior View of Strasbourg Cathedral

Isaak Brun, 1617

Watercolor of an anthropomorphic carrot with a watering can and a pale parsnip walking in a garden beside a cottage.

"Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip"

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor sketch of a boy with a blue pail looking up at a woman in a bonnet, with a child peeking from behind her.

"Have You Been to the Pump, Simpson?"

John Leech, 1837-64

Engraving of a Gothic choir screen with pointed arches, quatrefoil tracery, and sculpted saints above a row of columns.

Interior of Strasbourg Cathedral Showing the Choir Screen

Johann Jakob Arhardt, 1617

Watercolor comic sketch of a stout man in top hat and checked trousers beside a Cartes de Visite display with a handwritten c

Comic Sketch

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor caricature of a servant dusting a lantern on a crate beside a man with an oversized nose and bald head.

"Preparing for the Pantomime"

John Leech, 1836-64

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing figure in a long coat, head cropped above the chin, hands clasped at the front

Standing Figure in a Long Coat

Romain Cazès, 1828-81

Engraving of a woman and child in a cottage garden with birds flying around a house and trees.

The Island Bee, from "Picture Poesies"

George John Pinwell, first published 1867, reissued 1874

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing figure in a long fur-trimmed robe, one arm raised to the head.

Figure in a Fur Trimmed Jacket

Romain Cazès, 1828-81

Charcoal drawing of a seated woman in draped skirts with faint preparatory outlines of a head and child above.

Study of a Woman and Child

Romain Cazès, 1828-81