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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,937 works

Ink elevation drawings of two grave monument designs on lined paper, one with a carved emblem, with dimensions and scale note

Grave Monument Design (Two Elevations)

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument inscribed CAMERON on its base, labeled No. 16, with faint landscape hatching behi

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 16

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument with a monogram medallion on a stepped pedestal, labeled No. 34.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 34

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument on a stepped pedestal, labeled No. 84 in the upper left corner.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 84

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink elevation drawing of a tall obelisk grave monument with a stepped base and pyramidal tip on cream paper.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 901 / 920

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and pencil drawing of a draped obelisk grave monument with stepped base inscribed HOLME, numbered 933.

Draped Obelisk Grave Monument for "Holme", No. 933 (recto); Sketch of a grave (verso)

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a tall obelisk grave monument on a stepped pedestal with decorative bands.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 1322

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Watercolor drawing of a stone grave monument with a finial urn, stepped base and dark inset panels, flanked by shrubs.

Grave Monument with Vase, No. 1343

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pen-and-ink drawing of a tiered stone grave monument with a cross and IHS monogram, labeled No. 745, on grass.

Grave Monument with Cross, No. 745

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and wash drawing of a stone grave monument with a stepped base, dark panels and a vase finial on grass.

Grave Monument, Pillar Topped with a Vase, No. 911

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Die-cut parody of the Statue of Liberty holding a torch and accident book, with an insurance advertisement on its pedestal.

Bar Thuldy's Statue: Liberty Frightenin de World

Currier & Ives, 1886

Watercolor design of a stepped pedestal with a numeral 7 supporting a standing soldier with rifle, under a pointed arch.

Pedestal Design for the Seventh Regiment Memorial in Central Park

Jacob Wrey Mould, ca. 1868

Grey wash drawing of rocky cliffs, circular rock-cut basins in the foreground, a ruined wall and a robed figure with a staff.

The Altar of Baal

Harry Fenn, 1885

Ink and wash drawing of a half-timbered clubhouse beside a bowling green, with a flagpole, poplars and figures on the lawn.

The Athletic Club at Bowling Green

Harry Fenn, ca. 1900

Pencil sketches of a memorial library: several elevations, a clock tower facade, and a labeled floor plan on aged paper.

Design Sketches for a Memorial Library (recto and verso) (possibly the Winn Memorial Library, Woburn, Massachusetts)

Henry Hobson Richardson, ca. 1876

Watercolor design for an arched stained glass window showing a grey urn with blue flowers and lavender ribbons.

Stained Glass Design with Flowering Vase

E. E. Q., late 19th century

Watercolor design of an ornate wrought iron hall lantern with scrolling leaves and a glass panel with a sunburst.

Wrought Iron Hall Lantern Design

J. B. B. Frost, 19th century

Pencil drawing of Chepstow Castle ruins above cliffs, with figures in a rowing boat and a sailboat on the river Wye.

Chepstow Castle, Wales from the river Wye

Lilburne Hicks, 1830-60

Watercolor of a half-timbered Tudor style building beside railway tracks, with a steam train, gate keeper, and rolling hills.

Tudor Style Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing

John Connell Ogle, 1844-77

Watercolor of a half-timbered rural railway station with a tiled roof, veranda, passengers, tracks and a distant church spire

Victorian Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing

John Connell Ogle, 1844-77

Colorful satirical print of a giant head tower with platforms, balloons and cable cars beside a World's Fair arch.

Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"

Louis Dalrymple, October 8, 1890

Worn paper wrapper with an engraved archer in an oval medallion, surrounded by handwritten notes and printed Burbank letterin

Wrapper: Burbank Paper Mill, Sutton, Massachusetts

Caleb Burbank, ca. 1801

Brown ink drawing of a stone underpass with a horse carriage and pedestrians on a dirt road, evergreens on the hill beyond.

Central Park, Transverse Road No. 2

E. P., 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tall Gothic spired monument with pinnacles and tracery against a dark ground.

Spired Gothic Monument

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1797 (?)

Grayscale collage of cut engravings showing women, children, and rural family scenes on a tan mount.

Collage of printed elements centered on Women, Children, Family and Rural Life

Illman Brothers, 1862-63

Engraved collage of an elderly man and young woman reading at center, surrounded by rural scenes of children, animals and lan

Collage of printed elements centered on a Man and Young Woman Reading the Bible, surrounded by scenes from rural life

Illman Brothers, 1851-66

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with arches, columns, wooden gates, and a seated figure near the center.

Interior of a prison in which sits a woman (possibly a theatre set)

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, ca 1680-1710

Etching of the Dioscuri horse tamers atop ruined Roman architecture, with a column and arches in the background.

Roman ruins with the horse tamers (Dioscuri) on the Quirinal Hill, plate 36 from "Discorsi Sopra L’Antichita di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1730-60

Engraved architectural view of rounded arches, columns, a stone staircase and a balustraded garden terrace beyond.

Architectural View with an Arch

François Vivarès, 1740

Chiaroscuro print of figures hauling a net from a boat, with two men conversing in the foreground and hills behind.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, after Raphael

Niccolò Vicentino, 1540-50 (republished 1609)