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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,956 works

Engraving of a burning East Indiaman ship amid smoke, with survivors in rowing boats on rough sea.

The Duke of Athol, East Indiaman

James Gillray, February 1, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat, top hat and tall boots walking sideways with a cane, by James Gillray, 1803.

"The Inexpressible Air of Dignity,-the Incomprehensible je-ne-sais Quoi of Elegance, which Appertains Solely to Men o…

James Gillray, March 9, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a crowd of men in an ornate room, with a robed figure and speech banners above.

A Kick at the Broad-bottoms!- i.e. Emancipation of "All the Talents &c" - Vide the Fate of Ye Catholic Bill

James Gillray, March 23, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat standing on a cushion before a mirror and dressing table, with a speech bubbl

Lordly Elevation

James Gillray, January 6, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a top hat and green coat walking past frosty railings beside a Christie's catalogue placa

Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts.-Scene, Pall Mall; a Frosty Morning

James Gillray, May 9, 1808

A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned

James Gillray, January 11, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat and powdered wig, dancing with arms outstretched against a green sky.

"-So Skiffy-Skipt On, With his Wonted Grace"-Vide Birthday Ball. See Morning Herald. Jan-y 20th

James Gillray, February 1, 1800

Satirical etching of a seated painter at an easel beside political portraits, with a speech balloon and framed caricatures on

Two Pair of Portraits, presented to all the unbiased Electors of Great Britain by John Horne Tooke

James Gillray, December 1, 1798

Etched caricature of a sleeping man in bed, a devil at the window, and scrolls of charges and pleas above, by Gillray.

Tom Paine's Nightly Pest

James Gillray, December 10, 1792

Oval sepia print of a young child in a wide-brimmed flowered hat with arms crossed, with handwritten inscription below.

Portrait of a Child [Master Lamb]

James Gillray, 1781

Brown etching of boxer Mendoza in fighting stance, fists raised, before a crowd of spectators behind wooden railings.

Mendoza

James Gillray, April 24 [1788]

Engraved portrait of William Pitt in powdered wig and dark coat, against a hatched dark background, with coat of arms below.

The Right Honorable William Pitt

James Gillray, May 28, 1789

Hand-colored caricature of a clergyman hanging beneath a striped balloon over a crowded Oxford street with onlookers and a do

Tendanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo-Virgil, Geor:

James Gillray, August 8, 1810

Gillray etching of turbaned men with a Koran and a tablet labeled Imposture de Mahomet, beside an archway and donkey rider.

Theologie à la Turque and a Peep of the Coptic Mayor at Cairo, preceded by the Procureur de la Commune

James Gillray, after March 12, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a lorgnette-wielding woman and a stout man reading a catalogue in a crowded gallery.

A Peep at Christies;-or-Tally-ho & his Nimeny-pimeney taking the Morning Lounge

James Gillray, September 24, 1796

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of a farming couple showing off their daughter at a piano before seated neighbors in a parlor

Farmer Giles and His Wife Showing Off Their Daughter Betty to Their Neighbours on her Return from School

James Gillray, January 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a man applying metal rods to the face of a grimacing seated man, with brandy and a dog nearby.

Metallic Tractors

James Gillray, 1802

Red-toned print of Saints Peter and John healing a kneeling man among columns, with figures and putti in a colonnaded hall.

Saints Peter and John healing the Sick

Parmigianino, 16th century

Etching of beggars receiving coins at a doorway, with an elderly woman carrying a child and a boy on steps.

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of men in robes and caps conversing in a dim synagogue interior with stone steps and arched windows.

Jews in a Synagogue

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of a grand arcaded hall with a raised dais, a canopy, a crowd of figures, and a seated woman at right.

Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Satirical etching of a reclining man and seated woman on a sofa with two dogs, plus a small inset scene labeled After.

Out of Fits, or the Recovery to the Satisfaction of All Parties

George Townley Stubbs, May 5, 1786

Hand-colored 1795 caricature of four women in exaggerated feathered headdresses and striped gowns, by Isaac Cruikshank.

Waggoners Frocks or No Bodys of 1795

Isaac Cruikshank, August 4, 1795

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a blue coat seated by a cluttered dining table, holding a spoon to his mouth.

A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion

James Gillray, July 2, 1792

Etched caricature of a quack doctor in a curled wig and fur collar, leaning at a table between two candlesticks.

Quack Doctor, G. A. Stevens in His Lecture on Heads

Isaac Cruikshank, October 10, 1793

Etching of a canal with an angler, two swans, reeds, a meadow and a rocky hill with buildings in the distance.

Canal with an Angler and Two Swans

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of a canal with a large boat, a bridge, a leaning tree and a distant town with a church tower under open sky.

Canal with a Large Boat and a Bridge

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Lithograph of a man in cloak and hat gazing up at a woman leaning on a ledge under a vine-covered archway.

Viva La Madonna

Thomas Joseph Clérian, 1817

Etching of a farmhouse among trees beside a river, with a cow drinking in the foreground and hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with a Cow Drinking

Rembrandt van Rijn

Engraving of the infant Christ lying on straw, surrounded by cherub heads in clouds above.

The Christ Child on a Bed of Straw

Claude Mellan, 1662