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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,335 works

Engraving of a man lacing a woman's corset in a domestic room, with a seated couple, a child and a fireplace nearby.

The Stay-Maker

Joseph Haynes, February 1, 1782

Engraving of a nude classical male statue in a niche with a crown, a child figure, and a decorated shield at his feet.

Atreus Farnese, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Engraving of a muscular bearded man as Hercules in a niche, with lion skin, club, and a small infant beside him.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Bos, 1550

Etching of a grinning fool in a hooded cap embracing a young woman who peeks through her spread fingers.

Fool with a Girl Looking Through Her Fingers

Werner van den Valckert

Engraving of a muscular bearded figure as Hercules in a lion skin, holding an infant, standing in an arched niche.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules

Jacob Bos, 1582

Engraved interior with a woman and gentleman before a clerk at a desk, a kneeling servant, two dogs, and children.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 5

William Hogarth, June 25, 1735

Engraved prison interior with barred windows, a jailer with keys, and figures gathered around a table and bed.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 7

William Hogarth, June 25, 1735

Engraving of a crowded tavern with men gambling at tables, a dog, a fallen wig, and smoke filling the room.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 6

William Hogarth, June 25, 1735

Engraving of a village street at evening with a woman with a fan, a man holding a child, a boy with a cane, and a dog.

Evening: The Four Times of Day

Bernard Baron, March 25, 1738

Engraving of an evening town street with a couple on a footbridge, a child, a cow, a dog, and an inn sign.

Evening (The Four Times of Day)

William Hogarth, March 25, 1738

Engraving of a reclining bearded river god with putti, a crocodile and cornucopia, framed by a Latin inscription and ornament

The Nile, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century

Engraving of Pharaoh's daughter seated on a dais receiving a young boy brought by a woman and an older man in a palace.

Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter

William Hogarth, February 5, 1752

Engraving of a seated princess receiving a child from a woman and bearded man, with attendants and an Egyptian-style landscap

Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter (Exodus 2:10)

William Hogarth, February 5, 1752

Watercolor drawing of a seated man reading a songbook with a woman and small child in a courtyard.

Parents Teaching Their Daughter a Song

Abraham van Strij, early 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of Puritan townspeople in a market place, with a woman holding an infant before a wooden door.

The Market Place, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen drawing of a crowd on a wooden scaffold in a village, with kneeling figures and a standing woman by a pillory.

Revelation of the Scarlet Letter, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Engraved interior with figures at a table, a dog, an overturned chair, and a river view through an open window.

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI

Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin, April 1, 1745

Engraved domestic interior with figures at a table, a dog, a river view through a window, and a seated woman embraced by anot

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, April 1745

Engraving of a seated young woman drinking from a bowl beside an older woman, within an ornate border with nude figures and p

Young woman drinking from a bowl, an old woman standing in front of her, set within an elaborate frame

Battista d'Agnolo, ca. 1540-80

Grey wash drawing of a classical rotunda temple with columns, ruins in the foreground, and a seated woman with a child.

View of the Barrière de la Villette in Paris

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1810-13

Pen and ink print of a sailor's family in a ship cabin, a woman embracing a child with a dog and another woman nearby.

A Sailor's Family

Thomas Rowlandson, 1787

Pen and ink sketch of a muscular river god holding a child, with draped cloth and a vessel beside them.

River God with Child

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-88

Chromolithograph card of a girl in a lace bonnet peeling a red apple with a knife, labeled Apple.

Apple, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Trading card with a child's face framed by an apricot branch with leaves and fruit, on a blue oval background.

Apricots, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Chromolithograph trade card of a child in a plaid cap beside an avocado branch with green leaves and fruit, labeled Avocado.

Avocado, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Chromolithographic card of a young blonde girl in a blue dress peeling a banana, labeled Banana, from 1891.

Banana, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Trading card of a girl with wavy hair in a white dress holding a blackberry branch, labeled Blackberry.

Blackberry, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Chromolithographed card of a smiling child holding two green breadfruit, labelled Bread Fruit, against a pink background.

Bread Fruit, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Girl in white dress cutting a cantaloupe at a table while a white dog watches beside her, on a red background.

Cantaloupe, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Chromolithograph of a girl in a straw hat with cherries, holding cherries by her face, in a leafy garden setting.

Cherries, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891