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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,753 works

Hand-colored 1815 print of three stylized fashionable figures in London-style dress, including a man in a top hat between two

L'Amour et les Graces Arrivant de Londres; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 24

Le Jeune Adrien Pierre Godefroy, 1815

Lithograph of a hunched man with a lantern gathering pamphlets beside a tombstone at night, with a basket on his back.

Masked Man using a Lantern to Collect Discarded Pamphlets by a Tombstone, from "Le Charivari"

Bénard, ca. 1830

Hand-colored print of two performers in exaggerated period costume, a teal dress and a pink bodice with purple skirt, January

Potier et Brunet, Dans le duo des Anglaises pour Rire, from "Théâtre des Variétés"

Gautier, January 1815

Etching of a seated woman reading beside a standing man with a wicker basket, with foliage behind them.

Sheet of Sketches, from "Livre d’étude d’après les desseins originaux de Blomart"

François Boucher, 1735

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man greeting a gaunt man holding a fish, with a pierrot figure and street crowd behind.

Hé c'est l'ami Carême!, Musée Grotesque No. 53

Aaron Martinet, early 19th century

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man taking a dance lesson beside a small dog while a violinist plays.

Lord-tolan prenant sa leçon de dance, La Passions, No. 7

Basset, 19th century

Hand-colored print of a rider on a chestnut horse beside a cane-carrying man, with a seated crowd under trees.

Le Boulevard de Gand à Paris

Georges-Jacques Gatine, 19th century

Engraved print of a nude youth flying past a tree trunk with billowing drapery, with a river and mountains behind.

Zephyr

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1864

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, two putti and a standing nude figure framing the lettering.

Title Page, from "Livre d’étude d’après les desseins originaux de Blomart"

François Boucher, 1735

Split-face caricature print with curly dark hair on one side and a powdered wig on the other, labeled 'The Mask'.

The Mask

James Sayers, May 21, 1783

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85

Lithograph of a reclining man attended by grotesque mourners as an armored winged woman with spear and shield descends.

Repas de Corps. Epoque Mémorable de 1821

Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1821

Colored print of a church interior with a domed ceiling, columns, rows of seated worshippers, and an altarpiece.

St. Stephen's Walbrook, plate 90 from "Microcosm of London"

Thomas Rowlandson, November 1, 1809

Hand-colored print of a domed lecture hall with a crowd of spectators watching a lecturer at a demonstration table.

Surrey Institution, plate 81 from "Microcosm of London"

Thomas Rowlandson, September 1, 1809

Engraving of the south east facade of St Paul's Cathedral, London, with a large dome, towers, and figures in the street.

The South East Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, from "Overton's Prospects"

Benjamin Cole, 1720-30

Etching of a woodland path with a herdsman, cattle, and a dog beneath trees, with a bright sunburst through the leaves.

The Herdsman's Cottage, or Sunset

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Etching of revelers in a woodland with a radiant Bacchus figure, above a vignette of children harvesting grapes by a ladder.

The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Print of a leaning tree with pale trunks and sprawling branches beside a winding dirt lane, shrubs in foreground.

Tree Trunks and Lane

John Crome, 1811-13

Engraved elevation and floor plan of a domed classical garden temple with columns and statues, titled Temple for a Flower Gar

Temple for a Flower Garden

John Soane, 1778

Oval etched portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and dark coat, with cross-hatched shading.

Portrait of Bacon Morritt

William Doughty, 1772

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a printed sheet, against a shaded background.

Portrait of Robert Graves, Printseller

Robert Graves, 1827

Etched self-portrait of Wenceslaus Hollar holding a small panel of a woman, with a city skyline and drawing tools beside him.

Self-Portrait, from "Image de divers hommes: The true effigies of the most eminent Painters"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Engraved portrait of Reverend John Diodati in black cap and white collar, hands resting on an open book, 1643.

Portrait of John Diodati, from "Pious Annotations upon the Holy Bible"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Etching of three nude putti pouring water from an urn beside reeds, with fish and seashells on a rocky shore.

Water, from "Four Elements"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etched river landscape with trees, a sailboat, a hilltop castle labeled Hernenstein, and a distant town labeled Coblentz.

Coblentz and Harmenstein [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1664

Etched view of the Rhine with a sailboat, distant castle-topped hills, and walkers on a road near a wall at Bonn.

The Rhine near Bonn [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1644

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, labeled as Pietro Aretino, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Pietro Aretino

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640

Etching of five nude putti and a wreathed satyr playing with grapes and drapery across a shallow ground.

Five boys and a satyr, from "Paedopaegnion"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of a stag lying to the right on the ground, with large antlers and trees framing the scene.

Stag lying to right

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Etching of a large stag with branching antlers lying on grass, flanked by trees and a distant hill.

Stag lying to left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649