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12,392 works

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden furniture panel with a sunflower and scrolling acanthus leaves in a brown frame.

Furniture Panel

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Poster for Lippincott's January issue showing a woman in a red coat resting her chin on her hand, holding the magazine.

Lippincott's for January

Will Carqueville, 1895, published

Painted study of a carved wooden bust of a woman with dark hair, beaded necklace, and reddish-brown tones on cream paper.

Stern Piece: Pocahontas

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Wood engraving of soldiers on picket duty lying with rifles among tall forest trees, published in Harper's Weekly, 1862.

The Army of the Potomac-- Our Outlying Picket in the Woods, from Harper's Weekly, June 7, 1862

Winslow Homer, 1862

Engraving of a crowded farmhouse room with people peeling apples, a dancing woman by the fireplace, and children on the floor

Fall Games-The Apple-Bee, from Harper's Weekly, Novvember 26, 1859

Winslow Homer, 1859

Cow Weather Vane

Philip Johnson, c. 1939

Painted drawing of a carved wooden bust of a man with curled hair and bow tie, framed by red drapery on cream paper.

Ship's Sternpiece

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Painted shop sign of a tall brown boot with REPAIRING written vertically in dark block letters on the shaft.

Shop Sign

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Watercolor of a wooden ball player cigar store figure holding a bat, standing on a red pedestal marked LUNCH.

Cigar Store Figure: Ball Player

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Revolver

Elizabeth Johnson, c. 1942

Painted drawing of a green-gowned wooden cigar store figure of a woman holding cigars on a stepped pedestal.

Cigar Store Figure

Elizabeth Johnson, c. 1942

Pencil and gouache drawing of a dark carved horse head hitching post with a metal ring in its mouth, on a wooden base.

Hitching Post

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Watercolor of a painted wooden cigar store figure in a top hat and brown coat, raising a bundle of cigars on a pedestal.

Cigar Store Figure

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Etched portrait of a man with a mustache and swept-back hair, seated with one arm across his body, signed Mary Cassatt.

Edward Schari

Mary Cassatt, c. 1889

Etching of a seated woman in a dress beside a balcony railing and open window, with light hatched shading.

On the Balcony

Mary Cassatt, c. 1889

Etching of an older man and a woman reading together beside a glowing lamp in a dark interior room.

Mr. and Mrs. Cassatt Reading

Mary Cassatt, c. 1882

Black and white woodcut of a pine tree with spreading branches above a snowy hill and dark sky.

Pine

Candlestick

Philip Johnson, c. 1937

Black and white woodcut of a seated figure weaving at a loom beside a radiating sun-like circle and ornamental patterns.

The Creation of the Sampo

Joseph Alanen, 1917

Pencil sketch of an older man seated in an armchair, head bent over as if reading, in a simple interior.

The Artist's Father Reading

Mary Cassatt, c. 1883

Watercolor drawing of a teal glass sugar bowl with a domed lid and garland swags on its body, signed P. Johnson.

Sugar Bowl

Philip Johnson, c. 1940

Watercolor of sweet pea flowers in pink, cream and maroon with green vines and tendrils on a pale cream background.

Sweet Peas

Henrietta Benson Homer, 1870

Loose watercolor of a young girl in a white blouse and red Spanish-style skirt, glancing back over her shoulder.

Girl in Spanish Costume

John Singer Sargent, 1879/80

Engraved scene of a nude queen reclining with fairies, a man with an ass's head, and cherubs in a dark forest.

Ontwaken van Titania

Thomas Ryder, 1803

Engraved print of a seated winged angel on a rock in a landscape, with rays of light and the caption 'He is not here'.

Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Benjamin West, 1801, published 1803

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, turned left, with a handwritten signature below.

Portret van Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Christian Julius Gustav Planer, 1828

Engraving of passengers on a ship deck with masts, rigging, lifeboats, and a man using binoculars.

Homeward Bound, from Harper's Weekly

Winslow Homer, 1867

Oil study of two tree trunks on a forest floor, one pale and lichen-spotted, with a hazy green hillside behind.

Tree Trunk, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of conifers along a wooded shoreline with a tall pine at right and handwritten date in lower right.

Wooded Shoreline, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of gnarled tree roots and branches spreading across pale paper, with a handwritten date in the upper right corn

Tree Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff at left and a jagged mountain ridge with rolling hills at right, on pale paper.

Mountain Sketches

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and brown wash sketch of Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River, with a stone tower at left and rocky ledges.

Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850