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Research from Drawings and Prints

A narrow library with a long dark wood table and glass fronted cabinets with a dark-haired woman and elderly man looking at art, and in the background shelves of books
Study Room
Study Room for Drawings and Prints
Most of the works on paper that are not on view may be examined by qualified visitors in the study room. Also available is a reference library of books on the history of prints and drawings.

Essays

Cut paper greeting card with roses.
“A Rose by Any Other Name”
Missives of love and the secret language of flowers in Victorian ephemera.
Nancy Rosin
February 13
Detail of hand colored pen and ink rebus letter consisting of horizontal lines of images and letters.
Love is Blind: Rebuses in The Met Collection
Explore European rebuses in The Met collection with Nancy Rosin, a volunteer cataloguer in Drawings and Prints.
Nancy Rosin
February 14, 2025
Microscope on a small work of art on paper
Interdisciplinary Fellowship in Paper Conservation, Drawings and Prints, and Scientific Research
In 2022, The Met offered for the first time a fellowship designed to bridge the worlds of curatorial practice, and the scientific study of art.
Olivia Dill
May 31, 2023
Lithograph and watercolor valentine of a couple and an altar of love.
Jonathan King and the Business of Love
Explore the life and work of Jonathan King, one of the nineteenth century’s most important producers of valentines.
Nancy Rosin
February 14, 2023