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Drawings and Prints Research

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

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
February 14
Microscope on a small work of art on paper
Interdisciplinary Fellowship in Paper Conservation, Drawings and Prints, and Scientific Research
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.

February 14, 2023