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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,851 works

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curled hair in a dark robe and white collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Le Chancelier Pierre Séguier

Claude Mellan, 1639

Engraving of a winged figure with trumpet and two seated women framing an oval portrait medallion of a man with long hair.

Louis-Emmanuel de Valois, comte d'Alais et duc d'Angoulême

Claude Mellan, 17th century

Abel Servien

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a high-collared robe, resting one hand on a book, with inscription below.

Le Père Claude de Lingendes

Claude Mellan, 1661

Engraved oval bust portrait of a bearded man in a clerical collar, with a Latin inscription beneath the frame.

Le Père Charles Faure

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a lace collar, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Henry Blackwood

Henry Blackwood, n.d.

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with Latin inscription and verse below.

Joseph Trullier

Claude Mellan, 1626

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap and buttoned robe, with a Latin inscription beneath.

Le Père Jean Du Bois-Olivier

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed cloak and skullcap, with a Latin caption below.

Pierre Gassendi

Claude Mellan, ca. 1637 or 1638

Architectural floor plan of the principal floor of Belmead mansion, showing labeled rooms, dimensions, and a carriage way.

Belmead, Virginia, for Philip St. George Cocke (plan of principle floor)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1845

Hand-colored print of a man clutching moneybags as bank buildings tilt and collapse around him, labeled New York and Chicago.

Man Clutching Moneybags While Banks Collapse

Emmanuel Wyttenbach, late 19th-early 20th century

Hand-colored caricature of an elephant with a baron and jester on its back, amid satirical figures and a peacock.

The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant

George Cruikshank, January 1, 1812

Hand-colored caricature print of a whale with a human face and anchor, surrounded by mermaids and figures, by George Cruiksha

The Prince of Whales or the Fisherman at Anchor

George Cruikshank, May 1, 1812

Engraving of sailors in dark caps standing in rows on a wooden ship deck, with masts and rigging behind them.

Crew of U.S. Steamsloop "Colorado," Shipped at Boston, June 1861 (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 439)

Winslow Homer, July 13, 1861

Wood engraving of a shell bursting in rebel trenches, with wounded men on the ground and a uniformed officer standing at left

A Shell in Rebel Trenches (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII)

Winslow Homer, January 17, 1863

Engraving of crowds of bathers in dark clothing swimming in surf near a beach bathhouse, with sailboats in the distance.

The Bathe at Newport (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, September 4, 1858

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with Santa Claus filling stockings by a sleeping family, and a snowy Christmas street scene bel

Santa Claus and His Presents (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Wood engraving page from Harper's Weekly showing a snowy Christmas street scene at night with figures and a gas lamp.

Christmas Out of Doors (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Wood engraving of people gathering evergreens in a forest and a family dancing around a Christmas tree in a parlor.

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Engraved page: children dance around a decorated Christmas tree in a parlor; above, people gather evergreens in a forest.

The Christmas Tree (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Sepia drawing of a family in classical dress walking a path with children and a dog, with a seated reader in a vignette above

"The Return"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Engraving of armored warriors and horses gathered before a canopy, with figures in helmets and draped cloaks.

Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons

Master FG, mid-16th century

Engraving of women spinning and weaving at looms in a classical colonnaded hall, with a standing woman at center.

Penelope standing in the centre by a large weaving table amongst her women spinning and weaving

Master FG, ca. 1540-50

Grey wash drawing of a curly-haired putto head tilted upward with pursed lips, on cream paper.

Head of a Putto

Christoph Joseph Werner, 1690

Engraving of Jupiter above reclining nude figures and clouds, with a helmeted figure and archer at right.

Jupiter and Callisto

Master FG, 1540-56

Engraving of winged putti resting with a lion beneath a tree, with a distant village in the landscape.

Putti and Lions

Master FG, 1537

Engraving of an enthroned ruler, a woman with a sieve, and an armored soldier before classical architecture.

Rome emperor on a throne, vestal virgin Tuccia holding a sieve approaching from the left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-1576

Engraving of a helmeted reclining man and a draped seated woman leaning over him atop a billowing cloud.

Two Gods on a Cloud

Master FG, mid-16th century

Engraving of armored men at a table, one holding his hand over a flaming brazier beneath a raised sword and draped curtains.

Mucius Scaevola

Master FG, 1537

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with mustache and ruff collar, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription.

Charles de Bouques