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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,401 works

Engraving of a woman with a parasol and pipe, two children, and a parrot on a stand beside a potted plant.

Chinese Curiosities

John Ingram, 1741-63

Etching of a country fair with dancing figures, a wooden stage, a stone tower, a tent, and diners at a table under cloudy ski

Country Fair

Pierre Charles Lévesque, 1762

Engraving of a barefoot young woman with a flower basket and bouquets in a woodland setting, titled The Flower Girl Fanchonet

The Flower Girl Fanchonette

John Ingram, 1741-63

Engraving of a young woman carrying a child beside a basket, broom, copper pan and vegetables in a domestic interior.

The Young Housekeeper

John Ingram, 1741-63

Engraved interior of a family at a tea table, with a seated woman, a man pouring, a standing woman, a child and a doll.

Luncheon

François Bernard Lépicié

Lithograph of two women pilgrims with staffs and a child walking on a dirt path toward distant hills.

The Pilgrims

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Lithograph of a poor family walking a road: an older woman, a young woman with a stick and bundle, and a barefoot child.

The Ill-Fated Family

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Two colour proofs of a book cover showing a cherub and goat on a stone pedestal with the title Reminiscenses of an Old Physic

Design and Proof for Bookcover, Reminiscenses of an Old Physician

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Engraving of two women and a girl in an interior, one woman touching another's cheek while the girl holds a small box.

The Wedding Present

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1815

Lithograph of two standing boys in period dress, one holding a hat and one holding a walking stick beside a box.

The Marmot

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of an elderly beggar with a walking stick resting his hand on a young boy holding a top hat.

The Beggar

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Hand-colored print of a frightened woman with children, a dog, and a boy holding a gray mouse over a chair back.

Fear

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1825

Engraving of three thieves around a sleeping woman on a sofa, with a man at an open door and a face at the window.

First Scene of Thieves

Gror, ca. 1805

Engraving of thieves attacking a household in a bedroom, with a man fighting off intruders and a woman embracing a child.

Second Scene of Thieves

Gror, ca. 1805

Black and white lithograph of two frightened children by a stone wall beside a snarling dog near a fireplace.

Children Frightened by Snarling Dog, from "Hunting Scenes"

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1829

Lithograph of a seated boy in a cap looking up beside a chained monkey holding a small instrument, with a door behind.

The Boy from Savoy and His Monkey

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1823

Lithograph of a seated woman holding an infant in an arched doorway, with a tower in the distance and a basket and cradle nea

The Little Baby

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1830

Etching of a nude woman with a cherub, a seated man holding a child, and grotesque faces peering from a tree at left.

La Rascienne Honteuse

Etching of two women reclining on a blanket on grass, one with a parasol, beside a garden pool and colonnade.

On the Grass

James Tissot, 1880

Pen and ink caricature of a hungry young man in a hat staring at a plum pudding in a shop window, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.

Desire (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 20, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a hungry boy in a green coat gazing at a plum pudding in a shop window.

Admiration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 20, 1800

Etching of a woman, a boy and a bearded man on a timber waterfront platform, with ships and a rowboat on the water.

The Three Crows Inn, Gravesend

James Tissot, 1877

Hand-colored caricature of a startled elderly woman in a white cap recoiling as a boy holds up a small mouse.

Horror (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Etching of costumed street musicians on a platform before a stone archway, with a crowd of townspeople gathered below.

The Little Charlatans

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1773

Brown wash drawing of a woman nursing children beside a cherub with a palm, before classical columns and an elderly couple.

An Allegory of Charity

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, ca.1770-90

Etching of a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated crowned figure in a stone hall with fleur-de-lis drapery.

Presentation of Valerius Maximus to King Louis XI

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etching of figures wading across a river toward a tower on a hill, with cattle in the water and a group resting under large t

Figures Crossing a River

Johann Georg Primavesi, 1807

Etching with five head studies: a smiling man, an old man in a cap, a grimacing child, a goat, and a ram.

Study of Five Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Etching of villagers gathered by a hearth in a dim rustic interior, with an old woman and seated men at a table.

Evening in the Village

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1800

Etching of peasants resting beneath trees, a woman eating from a bowl, with a river and fishermen in the distance.

Peasants Resting

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803