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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,816 works

Engraved view of a palace courtyard with rows of robed officials, soldiers, horses and spectators on a raised terrace.

Prisoners Presented to the Emperor

Louis-Joseph Masquelier, 1767-74

Etching of a watermill with a wooden waterwheel, a bridge over rushing water, a thatched cottage and trees.

The Watermill, after a painting by Ruisdaël

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1782

Etching of a public scrivener at a wooden street stall with customers, a seated woman, a child and dogs in a stone-walled str

The Public Scrivener

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Etching of a village entrance with a stone archway, tiled-roof houses, workers on a roof, and a large tree on the left.

Entrance to the Village of Lentilly

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1804

Etching of St. Jerome, a bearded old man writing with a quill on a rock beside a lion, a hut and a tree.

St. Jerome

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1797

Engraving of Charmian and a turbaned man holding her hand, with a helmeted soldier and a veiled woman in a classical interior

Antony and Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 2: Charmian-"Good Sir, give me good fortune"

John Hall, January 1, 1817

Sepia print of a dying man in classical dress supported by a woman, with an attendant holding a cup, within a circular frame.

The Death of Mark Anthony - Le Mort de Marc Antoine (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 15)

Jean-Marie Delattre, January 15, 1805

Hand-colored print of Rosalind, Oliver and Celia in a forest, a man offering a white handkerchief to two figures.

Rosalind, Oliver and Celia (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 6)

Peltro William Tomkins, 1791

Plate I, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Printed plate of numbered line drawings showing caricature noses and facial profiles arranged in three rows.

Plate II, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Plate III, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Plate IV, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Mezzotint of three hooded witches lying in bed with fingers to their lips, a moth-like figure at left, after Fuseli's Macbeth

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

John Raphael Smith, March 10, 1785

Printed sheet of playing cards with crowned and armored figures, heart suit symbols, rows of pips, and small bird motifs.

Sheet of Playing Cards

Georg Schachomair, 16th century

Etching of a round temple beside a waterfall, with figures on rocks, trees at right and a walled hillside behind.

View of the Temple of the Tiburtine Sibyl

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1809

Etching of a standing hooded monk with folded arms beside a seated older monk near a jar, under gnarled trees and a cave.

Monks in the Desert

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1797

Pen and brown wash drawing of Castel Sant'Angelo and a stone bridge over the Tiber with boats below.

Ponte and Castell Saint'Angelo

Stefano Della Bella, 1633-64

Watercolor design of an ornate theater curtain with red drapery, green damask, gold tassels, and a procession frieze.

Design for a Theater Curtain

Aimé Chenavard, 1818-38

Chalk drawing of a French dragoon in plumed helmet and blue coat, lunging forward with a sabre on tan paper.

A French Dragoon, Study for "The Revolt of Cairo"

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1809

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a kneeling man, sacrificial animals and onlookers beneath a palm tree.

The Return of Joseph

John Michael Rysbrack, 1720-70

Hand-colored stage design of an Egyptian-style temple with columns and lion figures inside a rocky cave with hanging vines.

Design for the Opera: The Magic Flute, Act I, Scene I

Karl Friedrich Thiele, 1847-49

Etching of a seated man and a woman pointing at him, with several dogs and study heads of dogs around them.

Studies of Dwarfs and Dogs

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1753

Brown ink drawing of a tall tree beside a lake, with fishermen, two seated children, and distant buildings and hills.

Pastoral Scene

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1626-80

Grey wash drawing of a winged putto riding a lion-like sea creature with a second head, highlighted in white on blue paper.

A Winged Putto Riding a Sea Horse and a Lion (recto); The Three Graces (verso)

Denys Calvaert, 1574

Etching of a busy Chelsea street with a fish shop under an awning, pedestrians on the pavement, and shopfronts above.

The Fish Shop, Busy Chelsea (Fish Shop, Chelsea)

James McNeill Whistler, 1886-87

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned woman holding a sword beside a severed head, after Ubaldo Gandolfi.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a long vaulted hall with arched niches, urns on pedestals, and several hanging candelabra receding in

Vaulted Hall with Candelabra

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1675-1743

Etched procession of riders and camels with trumpeters approaching a distant city, with a dedicatory cartouche at left.

Entry of the Polish Ambassador into Rome

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Pen and wash drawing of a river waterfall between rocky banks and trees, with a ruined tower on a distant hill.

Corra Linn, the Falls of the Clyde

Joseph Farington, 1788

Red and black chalk drawing on blue paper of a classical funeral procession with a draped body, soldiers on horseback, and ar

Study for the Funeral of Pallas

Antoine Coypel, ca. 1716-17