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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen drawing of a circular ceiling design with radiating fans, garland swags, and a central medallion, set on a grey album pag

Design for the Ceiling of the Supper Room at Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1786-87

Pen and gray wash design for a neoclassical ceiling with an oval garland, central rosette, and foliate scrollwork on aged pap

Design for the Ceiling of a Bedchamber at Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1786-87

Pen drawing of a symmetrical dining-room ceiling design with central fan medallion, garland swags, scrolled ornament and a pa

Design for a Dining-room Ceiling at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire

James Wyatt, ca. 1770

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical drawing room ceiling with central rosette, garlands, and scrolled frieze.

Design for Drawing Room Ceiling, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1790-97

Colored ceiling design with geometric lattice, octagonal panels and winged figures in orange and gray washes on a page.

Design for Lobby Ceiling after Piranesi, Chamber Story, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1790-97

Engraving of a muscular figure grasping lightning bolts above churning waves, with a serpent coiled around its body amid stor

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

William Blake, August 1, 1795

Engraving of a nude man seen from behind, arms raised toward a star, with a river and pyramids in an Egyptian landscape.

Fertilization of Egypt, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

William Blake, 1791

Engraving of a dying muscular man on a bed, a grieving woman beside him, and a ghostly spirit rising above.

Death of the Strong Wicked Man, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, May 1, 1808

Engraved card by William Blake with flying figures, a reaper and wheat sheaves framing the name Mr Cumberland.

George Cumberland's Message Card

William Blake, 1827

Etched print of a counsellor, king, warrior, mother and child lying in a Gothic-arched tomb.

The Counsellor, King, Warrior, Mother & Child in the Tomb, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Etching of a robed, haloed figure holding two keys, standing on steps between columns with flames below.

Christ Descending into the Grave, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a family embracing in heaven, framed by two large winged angels above clouds.

The Meeting of a Family in Heaven, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a soul hovering above a reclining body on a draped couch, with a mountain landscape in the background.

The Soul Hovering over the Body, Reluctantly Parting with Life, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of figures descending through rocky caverns toward a light-filled opening, with mourners in the foreground.

The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a Last Judgment scene with an enthroned Christ, angels with books, rising nude souls and falling damned figures

The Day of Judgment, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a robed soul with a torch entering a cave of flames, while a muscular figure strides across a hilltop under a cr

The Soul Exploring the Recesses of the Grave, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of an elderly man's deathbed, with a winged angel above and kneeling mourners, a New Testament open at the foot of

The Death of the Good Old Man, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a nude figure embracing a floating draped figure above a tomb, with flames and smoke around them.

The Reunion of the Soul & the Body, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a nude figure seated atop a stone tomb gazing upward, while an old man with a cane approaches an open door below

Death's Door, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, 19th century

Engraving of a winged angel above a kneeling woman, with pale spectral figures rising through a dark sky.

Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4)

William Blake, 1774

Engraving of The Death of Lucretia: a standing man raises a dagger while a kneeling woman slumps before onlookers behind a cu

The Death of Lucretia, from Allen's "New and Impartial Roman History"

William Blake, 1797

Engraving of a nude man seated on a tomb gazing at light while an old man with a cane enters a stone doorway below.

Mourir C'est Renaitre (Death and Immortality)

William Blake, 19th century

Colored architectural design of an aedicular altar with a column, gilded ornament, putti, and a bearded saint with a sword at

Design for an Aedicular Altar with St. Paul at the Left

Johann Georg Dirr, ca. 1745-60

Engraved scene of a prison hall with a kneeling woman, standing men in tricorn hats, soldiers, and seated spectators under dr

The Beggar's Opera, Act III

William Blake, July 1, 1790

Engraved title page with two winged angels, a dove in a pediment, and a central cartouche reading Icones Prophetarum Veteris

Icones Prophetarum Veteris Testamenti

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair and a radiating halo, inside a decorative frame.

Head of Christ

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, n.d.

Engraved print with Virgin and Child above Dutch scripture text, framed by ornament and nude figures.

The Commandment to Love One Another

Gillis van Breen, 1599

Engraving of the Man of Sorrows, seated Christ with crown of thorns, surrounded by angels, kneeling mourners and Passion symb

Man of Sorrows with the Three Marys and the Evangelists

Adriaen Collaert, n.d.

Engraved print of Christ preaching to a crowd, surrounded by eight vignettes illustrating the Beatitudes in an ornate border.

The Eight Beatitudes

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578

Engraving of a violent brawl inside a church interior, with armed men and a fallen figure, framed by emblems and Latin text.

Dissension in the Church (Dissidium in Ecclesia)

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578