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755 works

Sketch of a tall wooden bridge on timber piers over water, with small figures walking along its railed deck.

The Tall Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Night cityscape etching of illuminated skyscrapers and a lit clock tower above dark water, by Joseph Pennell, 1908.

The Cross of Gold, Cedar Street Building

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Woodblock print of a snowy canal with a bridge, moored boats, travelers under umbrellas, and a pagoda on a hill.

Snow at Akabane Bridge in Shiba (Shiba Akabane no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Sketch of a wooden footbridge on timber piers over a river, with figures on the railing and a small boat below.

Old Battersea Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/87

Night print of tall New York buildings on West Street, with a lit Gothic tower and dark cloudy sky, by Joseph Pennell.

The Cliffs of West Street

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Engraving of mounted officers under trees watching a battle with smoke, framed by an ornate allegorical border.

Defeat of the Spanish Army Near the Canal at Bruges by the Troops of King Louis XIV 1667

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder, 1680

Loose pencil-like sketch of Waterloo Bridge with stone arches, carriages on the embankment, and a distant city skyline.

Waterloo Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Night etching of illuminated New York skyscrapers above a dark harbor with light reflecting on the water.

From Courtlandt Street Ferry

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Etching of a wooden bridge over a canal with a moored sailing boat, a figure, and trees under a pale sky.

The Bridge at Klein Kostverloren on the Amstel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Etching of a quiet Venetian canal with moored gondolas, old palazzi, a leafy tree, and figures on the quay.

Quiet Canal

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Etching of Main Street in Mahanoy City with a large coal breaker on a hill, telegraph poles, wagons and pedestrians.

Main Street, Mahanoy City

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Woodblock print of pedestrians with umbrellas crossing a wooden bridge in heavy rain, with a boatman on the river.

Sudden Shower over Shin Ohashi Bridge and Atake (Ohashi Atake no yudachi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Etching of a narrow London street with old timber-framed houses, gabled roofs, and a distant church steeple.

Wych Street, London

James McNeill Whistler, 1877

Etching of a coal breaker with a steep inclined conveyor on a hillside under a cloudy sky, by Joseph Pennell, 1908.

Coal - The Great Incline, Breaker, Mahanoy City

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Woodblock print of women in kimono and children by a pond with blossoming trees and flying birds.

Shinobazu Pond, from the series "Eight Views of Edo (Koto hakkei)"

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Etching of a wooden bridge over a river with a sailing boat, a rowing boat with two figures, and carriages on the deck.

Old Putney Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of three stone bridges over a river with boats, a church spire and factory chimneys in the city skyline.

Albert, Railway, and Victoria Bridges, plate six from the Clyde Set

David Young Cameron, 1889

Sepia print of cows by a stream beneath a wooden footbridge, with trees and resting figures on the bank.

Bridge and Cows, plate 2 from Liber Studiorum

Joseph Mallord William Turner, published June 11, 1807

Etching of London Bridge with its stone arch, moored rowboats, a steamship, and figures on the river and bridge.

London Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1877

Black and white lithograph of a crowded Rouen street with timber-framed houses, a cart, pedestrians, and a distant domed towe

Great Clock Street

Richard Parkes Bonington, n.d.

Pen and grey wash sketch of a Gothic town bridge and portal with spires, figures near water, and sky above.

Town Bridge and Portal

Possibly William Leighton Leitch, 1820/39

Etching of a dark Venetian canal with tall palazzo facades, balconies, a moored boat, and reflections in the water.

The Dark Canal, Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1908

Pen and ink drawing of six dogs around a barrel, one sitting on top holding a pipe, titled The Pipe of Peace.

The Pipe of Peace (recto); Sketch of Village Street (verso)

Ebeneezer Newman Downard, n.d.

Woodblock print of a coastal bay with tidal flats, thatched huts, pine trees, distant mountains and birds over the water.

Salt Beach at Gyotoku (Gyotoku shiohama no zu), from an untitled series of famous views of the Edo suburbs

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1839/40

Etching of Old Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament across the Thames, with boats and figures with horses in the f

Old Westminster Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Pencil sketch of a columned interior hall with arched windows and crowds of men in long coats gathered on the floor.

Study for Excise Office, Broad Street, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1810

Woodblock print of snow-covered rooftops, a torii gate, and a frozen pond with an island shrine in winter.

Hilltop View from Yushima Tenjin Shrine (Yushima Tenjin sakaue tenbo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of E…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Lithograph of a man holding a framed picture in a shop window beside a woman in a shawl, with dense dark hatching.

Laffitte Street

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1892

Pencil study of a river view with a row of city buildings, an arched bridge at right, and boats with figures in the foregroun

Study for View of Westminster Hall and Bridge, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1810

Woodblock print of heavy rain over a grove of trees, with umbrella-carrying figures walking a path beside a wall.

Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Vie…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859