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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etched mask of Bacchus with a frowning face, wreath of grape leaves and grapes, and trailing ribbons.

Mask of Bacchus with a Wreath of Grape Leaves and Ribbon, from "Divers Masques"

François Chauveau, ca. 1635-45

Etching of a bearded satyr mask with hooked horns and an ivy wreath, with long flowing beard and hair.

Satyr Mask with Hooked Horns and an Ivy Wreath, from "Divers Masques"

François Chauveau, ca. 1635-45

Chromolithograph of an Egyptian-style canopy bed with pink and gold drapery, lotus ornament, and striped walls.

Bed in Egyptian Style, from 'Nouveaux modèles de Tentures (Bibliothèque de l'Ameublement)'

Ernest Foussier, ca. 1875-85

Portrait of the Artist

Thomas Nast, ca. 1884

Head of a Mourning Woman in Profile to the Left

Girolamo Macchietti, ca. 1575-80

Pen and ink sheet with studies of an embracing couple and several curly-haired head and bust sketches.

Lovers embracing (recto). A suppliant figure (verso)

James Jefferys, 1779

Brown wash drawing of robed figures gathered around a smoking altar before a classical temple with columns.

Classical Scene with Figures Gathered around a Sacrificial Altar

Louis-Félix Delarue, ca.1760-65

Watercolor of a riverside scene on the Thames with a large tree, brick buildings, a chimney, a sailing boat and figures.

On the Thames at Hammersmith

John Varley, ca. 1836

Engraving of Santa Claus handing gifts to Union soldiers in a snowy camp, with tents and an American flag behind.

Santa Claus in Camp (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863)

Thomas Nast, originally published 1863

Grey wash drawing of waterfalls cascading beside an arched stone bridge and hilltop buildings in a rocky landscape.

View of a Bridge and Waterfalls in Tivoli (recto); View of a Waterfall in Tivoli From Within a Cave (verso)

Guilliam du Gardijn, ca. 1640-45 (?)

Charcoal drawing of a laurel-crowned young man playing a long trumpet before two women on a couch in a paneled room.

Two Women in an Interior Listening to a Young Musician in Antique Times

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1902

Graphite double portrait of two men in open-collared shirts, with handwritten names and an Italian inscription below.

Double Portrait of the Artists E.F. Kloss and G. Pellicia

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1836-40

Pen and brown wash drawing of two alternative designs for a flower pedestal supported by figures, with ornamental scrollwork.

Two Designs for a Flower Pedestal

Guglielmo della Porta, ca. 1550-70

Ink drawing of a standing young woman in a long buttoned dress removing her gloves, with a seated figure in a hat beside her.

A Standing Young Lady Taking Off Her Gloves

Alfred Stevens, 1876 or after

Watercolor of a three-masted warship at anchor in calm harbor water beside a stone quay with figures and boats.

A Man O'War Lying at Anchor

Johannes Christiaan Schotel, early 19th century

Circular Latin anagram drawing with crown, cross, animal scenes, and ribbon banners honoring Duke Charles III of Lorraine.

Anagram in Honor of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar

Aegidius Sadeler, ca. 1595-1605

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a stone arch bridge, a small building, and a tiny figure in the foreground.

View of the Ponte San Rocco at Tivoli; verso: Buildings on the River Aniene near Tivoli (?)

Guilliam du Gardijn, ca. 1640-45 (?)

Grisaille allegory of the baker's trade with putti, baking tools, grain, and oval scenes of bakery work and a street bakery.

Allegory of the Baker's Trade

Johannes Petrus van Horstok, 1807

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a chaotic battle with warriors, horses, a chariot, and billowing cloaks.

The Battle of Diomedes and Aeneas (from the Story of Achilles)

Jan van Orley, ca. 1720-30

Pen and gray wash ceiling design of an oval with putti, a wine press, and allegorical female figures in clouds.

Ceiling Design with the Mystical Wine Press

Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner, ca. 1750

Pencil drawing of a hilltop village above a wooded valley with a river, arched bridge, and hazy mountains beyond.

A View of Cavi in the Sabine Hills

Louis Gurlitt, 1848

Pencil drawing of soldiers in armor carrying a wrapped body through a timber-beamed room with a curtain and urn.

The Dead Wallenstein Being Carried Away by Soldiers

Karl von Piloty, 1871

Sepia etching of a bearded man writing at a desk beside glass flasks, a funnel and a magnifying glass.

Self-Portrait

Henri Charles Guérard, ca. 1890

Grey wash drawing of soldiers distributing sacks of grain to crowds of desperate townspeople in a colonnaded city.

Roman Soldiers Defending a City Plagued by Famine

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1734

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop town on a cliff above the sea, with trees and two figures in the foreground.

View of Capri

Carl Wagner, 1823

Engraved print of kilted Highlander soldiers marching with bayonets past spectators beneath American flags, 1861.

The Seventy Ninth Regiment (Highlanders), New York State Militia (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 329)

Winslow Homer, May 25, 1861

Pen and brown wash drawing of Neptune with trident in a sea chariot drawn by sea horses above a shell-shaped fountain base.

Design for a Fountain with Neptune in his Chariot

Francesco Fontebasso, ca. 1740-60

Engraving of about fifteen nude children dancing in a line, one playing a trumpet at left, hands linked.

Fifteen Nude Children Dancing

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1535

Woodcut of soldiers on horseback attacking infants and mothers beneath a classical colonnade, with a castle on a distant hill

Massacre of the Innocents

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1511

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate covered ciborium with a cross finial, cherub heads, and an eagle on its stem.

Ciborium for the Coronation of Napoléon I

Charles Percier, 1804

Wood engraving of Civil War soldiers charging with a regimental flag, rifles and bayonets, amid smoke and cavalry.

A "Negro" Regiment in Action (from "Harper's Weekly")

Thomas Nast, March 14, 1863

Grey wash drawing of three fishermen hauling a net by a rowboat, with a harbor town and flying cherubs in an oval frame.

Emblem Drawing ("Hope sustains me")

Jacob Matham, early 17th century

Colored print of a soldier leaning over to hold a horse at water, with mounted riders and tents in the distant camp.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Water Call

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a soldier in a kepi grimacing as he bites a hard biscuit, with a tin cup beside him.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Hard Tack

Winslow Homer, 1864

Woodcut of mourners gathered in a vaulted interior around a central figure, with robed apostles in dense black and white hatc

Death of the Virgin, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Colored print of Union soldiers in camp, one sitting and gesturing angrily as spilled coffee and tin cups litter the ground.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Upset His Coffee

Winslow Homer, 1864

Woodcut of Christ in a long robe presented to a crowd of soldiers and onlookers in a stone courtyard, with spears behind.

Ecce Homo, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Two soldiers press against a tree as shells fall nearby, one holding a rifle, both looking frightened.

Life in Camp, Part 1: A Shell is Coming

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a man in a feathered hat carried on a rail by two men before white tents and a crowd in a camp.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Riding on a Rail

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored illustration of a startled man in bed under a blanket, with a horse's head looming over him and another man watching.

Life in Camp, Part 1: An Unwelcome Visit

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of two soldiers in blue jackets and red caps giving a haircut to a seated man in a striped cape.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Field Barber

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of soldiers in camp; one man in a feathered hat balances a heavy log on a barrel while guards watch nearby.

Life in Camp, Part 1: The Guard House

Winslow Homer, 1864

Soldier sitting outside a tent pulling on boots while comrades run across a camp, with rows of tents behind them.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Late for Roll Call

Winslow Homer, 1864

Hand-colored print of a soldier with bedroll and canteen saying goodbye to a woman who holds his arm, caption GOOD BYE.

Life in Camp, Part 2: Good Bye

Winslow Homer, 1864

Soldier sprawled in mud beside a rifle, with stacked knapsacks and upright rifles behind him in a camp scene.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Stuck in the Mud

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of uniformed men tossing a soldier into the air with a blanket, a group of onlookers watching below.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Tossing in a Blanket

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a doctor examining a seated soldier's tongue at a camp, with tents and two onlookers behind.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Surgeon's Call

Winslow Homer, 1864

Hand-colored print of a young woman in a red bodice reading a book in a pink chair, captioned The Girl He Left Behind.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Girl He Left Behind

Winslow Homer, 1864

Brown wash drawing of a group of men in a formal room gathered around a conference table, one in military uniform.

President Lincoln and His Cabinet

Christian Schussele, ca. 1861

Watercolor of Rome seen from ruined brick walls overgrown with trees, with a river, bridges, and a large dome in the distance

A View of Rome from the Palatine

Carl Ludwig Frommel, 1813-17 (?)

Hand-colored print of a soldier in a kepi leaning on a balustrade, gesturing toward ballet dancers on stage.

Life in Camp, Part 2: Home on Furlough

Winslow Homer, 1864

Seated woman in a pale dress with clasped hands, drawn in black and white chalk on brown paper.

Portrait of Frederikke Tuxen

P.S. Krøyer, 1882

Lithograph of Lincoln's assassination in a theatre box, with a gunman, smoke, an American flag and onlookers.

The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., April 14th, 1865

Currier & Ives, 1865

Watercolor of a ruined arched castle on a hilltop with rocks, a path with two figures, and a lake under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Fantastic Castle

George Sand, 1865

Colored print of a soldier in red trousers and blue jacket holding a rifle before a ruined town with smoke and rubble.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Rifle Pit

Winslow Homer, 1864

Caricature of a Standing Man

Hippolyte Mailly, 1857

Woodcut print of Saint Peter standing with a book and key, flanked by cherubs under draped cloth, with German text.

Peter from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Watercolor of a winding road through a rocky gorge with a red cross, figures, pine trees and a stone wall.

A Road in a Gorge near Naples

Thomas Jones, 1782

Graphite drawing of a woman looking upward beside a turbaned bearded man holding a sleeping child.

A Woman and a Turbaned Man in Despair with a Young Child

François Joseph Navez, 1807-69

Drawing of a young pipe bearer in red cap and white robe holding a hookah, with a faint turbaned head behind him.

Study for "The Pipe Bearer"

John Frederick Lewis, 1841-51

Oval pen and wash drawing of a woman in a ruffled gown leaning on a pedestal before a hazy landscape.

Portrait of Marguerite Le Comte

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1764

Graphite drawing of a young man with closed eyes wearing a wrapped turban and draped cloth, labeled Assan.

Assan, a Young Man

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1855-56

Brown wash drawing of a draped standing figure holding a chalice in a shadowed niche.

St. John the Evangelist

John Flaxman, ca. 1811

Woodcut of a couple riding one horse with two hunting dogs, a hilltop castle at upper right, and a coat of arms above.

Gentleman and Lady Riding to the Hunt

Lucas Cranach the Elder