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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of a boy in an overcoat sketching on a drawing board while seated on a tree stump in a wooded setting.

The Artist Hoffman

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Etching of a bagpiper in a wide-brimmed hat playing pipes beside a tree and wooden fence in a rural landscape.

The Bagpiper

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Etching of an elderly man in a fur hat smoking a pipe, leaning on a stick against a stone wall.

The Tobacco Smoker

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Etching of a standing Russian infantryman in greatcoat and cap, holding a musket with bayonet, sabre at his side.

The Russian Infantryman

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Etching of an elderly man in a cap seated with a small dog beside a stone doorway covered in climbing vines.

The Old Man and his Pomeranian Dog

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Etching of a family interior with two bearded older men by a tiled stove, a seated woman, a girl with a cat, and chickens on

The Jewish Family Sitting Around the Stove

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Etching of a man seated at the base of a large leafy tree in a shaded woodland clearing.

A Man Sitting under a Tree in Bloom

Johann Christoph Erhard, 19th century

Engraved print of Austrian lancers charging on galloping horses across a field, with a stone milestone at right.

Austrian Lancers

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

Engraving of Austrian cuirassiers on horseback in plumed helmets, with a standard bearer and a foot soldier on a dirt road.

Austrian Cuirassiers

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

Engraving of Austrian grenadiers in bearskin caps and uniforms gathered in a stone courtyard before a large building.

Austrian Grenadiers

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of armored soldiers with pikes in the foreground and marching troops near a tower on a mountain roa

Otto von Wittelsbach Liberates the Army from a Mountain Pass near Verona

Peter Candid, 1604

Grey wash drawing of a warrior carrying an older man on his back past a city burning with smoke and ruined arches.

Aeneas Rescues his Father from Burning Troy

Rudolf Meyer, 1627

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanal with reclining nude revelers, grapes, cherubs, and classical architecture beneath draped clo

Bacchanal

Adriaan van der Burg, early 18th century

Black page of light-line geometric lace and ornament patterns with arches, rosettes and stars, from a 1617 pattern book.

Schon newes Modelbuch...Page 1(r)

Sigismundus Latomus, 1617

Black and white print of Adam digging with a spade while Eve spins under an apple tree, with two children near the ground.

Adam and Eve (Labour: Whan Adam Delved and Eve Span, Who Was Then the Gentleman?)

Edward Burne-Jones, 1895 or later

Brown wash drawing of bearded Saint Peter with halo, holding two keys and a scroll, in a flowing draped robe.

Saint Peter

Ludolf Büsinck, 1610-69

Brown wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle and sheep by a pond, tall trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Herdsmen and Their Cattle

Jordanus Hoorn, 1785

Graphite sketch of Susanna and the Elders with a nude woman between two bearded men before classical columns.

Susanna and the Elders (recto); Architectural design and other scribbles (verso)

Giambattista Pittoni, ca. 1720

Ink and wash drawing of an old man with a goblet, a nude young woman beside him, and a woman pouring wine under a tree.

Lot and His Daughters (recto); Rocky Landscape with a Castle and Bridge (verso)

Hermann Weyer, ca. 1616

Etching of Saint John the Evangelist writing in a book beside an eagle, with a halo and crosshatched shading.

Saint John the Evangelist

Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1596

Woodcut of Saint Michael and angels fighting a dragon in the sky above a river landscape with a town.

Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Black and white reproduction of a textile design with arching garlands of daisies, leaves and bell flowers on a dark ground.

Album of Drawings in Color for Waistcoats

Jean François Bony, 1780-1825

Engraving of a bearded man reclining on rocks with a staff beside him, shaded sky behind.

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-54

Etched satire of a crowded tent with tumbling figures on a barrier, a violinist at left, and a numbered key below.

Paye qui Tombe: Die eerst valt betaelt de Speelman, die laest, de Kosten (The Fall of the Country: The First That Fal…

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraved tavern scene of a crowded election feast with drinking men, musicians, a flag, and a servant pouring drink.

An Election Entertainment, Plate I: Four Prints of an Election

William Hogarth, February 1755

Lithograph of a clown in checkered costume pulling down a theater curtain while audience members watch from tiered seats.

Baissez le Rideau, La Farce est Jouée (Bring Down the Curtain; the Farce is Over), published in La Caricature no. 201…

Honoré Daumier, September 11, 1834

Engraving of Time driving a winged chariot with personifications of the elements, a globe, and wind heads in clouds.

Triumph of the World, from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Affairs, plate 1

Cornelis Cort, 1564

Cut paper botanical of red Monarda didyma flowers and green leaves on a black background with a handwritten label.

Monarda didyma/ Scarlet Lion's Tail

The Hon. Booth Grey, ca. 1791 (?)

Pencil study of a classical scene with nude youths, draped women embracing, and helmeted warriors around them.

Group of studies for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon, 1817

Drawing of peasants, a donkey, and sheep fording a stream beneath a large leaning tree with birds overhead.

Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1756