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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pencil and wash drawing of a triangular pediment with a seated armoured woman holding a spear, flanked by putti.

Design for a Pediment

Bouget, ca. 1700

Pen and gray wash drawing of a crowd in 1750s fashion, with a stout man with a cane in the foreground before a classical buil

Taste a la Mode in the Year 1753

Louis Pierre Boitard, 1753

Etched almanac page with paired scenes of courtly figures, a child, putti and an obelisk fountain within ornate scrolled fram

Almanach for 1639: Louis XIII and Anne of Austria entrusting the Kingdom and the Heir Apparent to the Virgin

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraving of a seated king on a dais receiving kneeling officials, with courtiers and military scenes in the background.

Louis XIII Listens to the Provost of the Merchants of Paris on December 23, 1628

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Engraving of a family dining at a table with a man raising a glass, a dog, a canopied bed and a window, with French verses be

Virility

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraved title page with a draped curtain, putti, a bearded mask, a fruit garland and a border of theatrical masks.

Title Page: Comedies of Terence (Publii Terentii Comœdiae)

Abraham Bosse, 1642

Engraving of the Virgin on a cloud with angels, while a king and queen kneel in prayer before her beneath a crown.

Almanach for 1639: Louis XIII and Anne of Austria Entrusting the Kingdom and the Prince under the Protection of the V…

Abraham Bosse, 1639

Woodcut of an allegorical scene: a throned figure before a walled city, three walkers, a fountain, and a crowd below.

Tabula Cebetis

David Kandel, 16th century

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis beneath trees, with Cupid between them and a lion at the lower right.

Venus and Adonis, from "The Story of Adonis"

Philips Galle, ca. 1579

Etching of a long colonnade with Corinthian columns and arches, a mounted rider and figures among scattered stone fragments.

Perspectival View, Temple of Isis

Jacques Androuet, 1551

Pen and watercolor architectural drawing of a spire top cross with lead cap, with north and south elevations and handwritten

Design for a Cross Supported by Lead Roof Cap, for Belleaw Church

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of a gate's top section with gilt finials, blue scrolls, a green arch and handwritten color notes.

Design for Top Portion of a Gate, Full-Size

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of a floral church bracket with side elevation and plan views, labeled with scale.

Design for Floral Brackets for a Church

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil and watercolor design of an ornamental iron gate with elevation and plan views and handwritten dimension notes.

Design for an Iron Gate, Elevation and Plan

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of wall light brackets showing side and front elevations in brown, blue, gold and red.

Design for Church Lights or Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pen and watercolor design drawing of an iron gate with scroll work, annotated with bar sizes and hinge notes.

Design for a Church Gate

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a tall ornate church light stand with branching arms, beside a small trefoil plan view.

Design for Church Lights

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1877

Colored design drawing of an ornate church lamp standard with a domed lantern and a small circular plan diagram.

Designs for [Gas?] Lights for a Church

Richardson Slade & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and ink design of an ornate gilded column light in elevation with a semicircular plan view below.

Design for Proposed Column Lights, St. Jude's Church, Southsea

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1877

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate multi-light standard with plan views of its head beside it.

Designs for Nave Standards, St. Jude's Southsea

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of ornate church wall standards with scrolled brackets, branches, and a cornice behind them.

Designs for Church Wall Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Ink and watercolor design sheet showing a wall bracket, a tall nave standard and a chancel standard for church lighting.

Designs for Church Lights: Wall Bracket, Nave Standard, Chancel Standard

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a suspended church light fixture with a pink globe, brass fittings, and scroll arms, with a plan be

Design for [Gas?] Lights for a Church

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a church wall lantern in side and front elevations with gothic arches and a scrolled bracket.

Design for a Church Wall Lantern, Front and Side Elevations

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil rubbings of ornate metal scrollwork and a key-like fitting, with handwritten notes on a pale sheet.

Rubbings of Metalwork

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and pencil design sheet for a church wall lantern with a blue dome, gilded trim, and side elevation bracket.

Designs for a Church Wall Lantern

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil sketch of scrolled ornamental ironwork inside an arched window or shutter frame, with handwritten labels.

Ornamental Ironwork on a Window or Shutter

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Ink drawing on blue paper of a wrought iron street lamp with scrolled arms and a lantern, with handwritten annotations.

A Metal Street Lamp, Boulevard St. Martin

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil sketch of a circular pierced metal ornament with tracery and a small doorhandle detail with handwritten notes.

Metal Doorhandle, Cloisters, Hereford Cathedral

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil drawing of an ornamental brass lock plate with scrollwork, birds, rosettes, and a central keyhole.

Ornamental Brass Lock, 1579

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880