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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Grey wash drawing of figures on a wooden bridge by willows, a rowboat on a canal, and a farmhouse under cloudy sky.

View of a Bridge in the Dutch Countryside with Figures

Nicolaas Wicart, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor of a great tit with black cap and yellow breast perched on a bare branch against a pale background.

A Great Titmouse (Parus major) Perched on a Branch

Pieter Withoos, late 17th century

Pencil drawing of a large tree beside a villa with a balcony, with a rocky cliff and distant mountains on the right.

Landscape with a Tree in front of a Villa

Eduard Gaertner, 1801-77

Pencil portrait of a young woman in a lace headscarf and white blouse, turned to the left with a calm gaze.

Swiss Girl

August Ferdinand Hopfgarten, 1833

Grey wash drawing of a man and women with a cudgel striking a cat as a fox crouches nearby, with a sword on the ground.

Illustration for Reinecke Fuchs: Tomcat Hinz being hit instead of Reinecke

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805-74

Portrait of O. Rietschel

J. H. Schulz, ca. 1854

Botanical study of pink and white hibiscus flowers and white oleander on a tan sheet, with a faint pencil sketch of another h

Study of Hibiscus Plants

Adolf Senff, 1828

Etching of a river at dawn with sailboats, a wooden pier, factory chimneys and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier)

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Etching of a blacksmith's forge with workers around an anvil, tools hanging on the wall, and figures in hats.

The Forge, from "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects"

James McNeill Whistler, 1866

Sketch of a row of Chelsea houses with chimneys, a bare tree and iron railings along the street.

Lindsay Row, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Sketch of a seated nude woman with bowed head on a draped platform, with a chair at the left edge of the sheet.

Little Nude Model, Reading

James McNeill Whistler, 1889-90

Pale grey lithograph of a dancing female figure with arms outstretched, holding a billowing veil of drapery.

Dancing Girl

James McNeill Whistler, 1889

Grey lithograph sketch of a busy market square with figures, awnings, arched windows and buildings.

The Market Place, Vitré

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Monochrome sketch of stone steps in a park with walking figures, a sculpted pedestal at right, and tall trees behind.

The Steps, Luxembourg Gardens

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude on a draped couch in a sparse studio interior, by James McNeill Whistler.

Nude Model, Reclining (Nude Model Resting)

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Sketch of a vaulted gallery with framed paintings on the wall and visitors walking across the floor.

The Long Gallery, Louvre, from "The Studio"

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Pencil sketch of a classical stone archway framing a dim workshop with two figures working at a bench.

The Whitesmiths: Impasse de Carmélites

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Loose pencil-style sketch of steep gabled roofs, a chimney and a tower above a stone house with an arched doorway.

Gabled Roofs, Vitré

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Pencil sketch of a helmeted warrior addressing a seated king in a crowded tent, with onlookers and a round table at right.

Mucius Scaevola Before King Porsenna

François Boucher, 18th century

Loose sketch of a seated mustached man with hatched strokes for his jacket and trousers on white paper.

The Doctor, from "The Pageant"

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Loose sketch of a standing woman in a headscarf and flowing dress, leaning on a bowl, drawn in dark lines on cream paper.

Girl with a Bowl

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Sketch of two children standing at a doorway beside a house with bay windows, drawn in loose grey lines on cream paper.

Little Doorway, Lyme Regis

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Lithograph of two figures beside horses in a stable yard, drawn in loose dark strokes on cream paper.

The Smith's Yard, from "The International Studio"

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Lithograph of a seated woman with dark hair, face lightly modeled and body rendered in loose tonal strokes.

Firelight (Mrs. Joseph Pennell)

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man in a blue loincloth reclining on a grey table, arms behind his head.

Male Nude Lying on a Table

Monogrammist AW, 1567 (?)

Pencil sketch of townhouses and trees along a street, drawn lightly on cream paper with the number 146 in the corner.

Trial Sketch: Grande Rue Dieppe

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1891

Etching of a woman in a long dress and bonnet at a ship railing, looking out to sea with gulls and rigging beside her.

The Major's Daughter (from "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, June 21, 1862

The Nun in "Count Burckhardt" (from "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, September 27, 1862

Etching of a woman with long windblown hair leaning against a wall, with a stormy sky and sea behind her.

The Relief Fund in Lancashire (for "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, July 26, 1862

The Morning before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (from "Once a Week")

James McNeill Whistler, August 16, 1862