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755 works

Woodblock print of a crowded arched bridge over a river, with pedestrians, boats, shops and a red flag.

Ryogoku Bridge, from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804/16

Print of the River Thames with a stone bridge, rowing boat, cattle wading, a horse cart and a white villa at left.

A View Looking Up the River Thames to Richmond Bridge

Francis Jukes, n.d.

Etching of an ancient stone wall and sewer arch on a river, with rowing boats, a sailing ship, and a domed building above.

View of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others, built by Marcus Agri…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776, published 1800-07

Hand-colored woodblock print of Kannon Temple with wooden halls, crowds in a courtyard and tall trees under a striped sky.

Kannon Temple (Kannon), from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804/16

Woodblock print of a snowy Edo bridge over a blue canal, with boats, figures on the bridge and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Clear Weather After Snow at Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Mei…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Etching of the round Tomb of Caecilia Metella with ruined battlements, an arch, goats and small figures in the foreground.

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762, published 1800-07

Engraving of basalt columns beside a river, a stone arch bridge with a cart, shepherds with goats, and rocky cliffs.

Vue d'une partie du pave des Geants de Vals en Vivarais (View of part of the pathway of the Giants of Vals in Vivarai…

Edouard Gautier D'Agoty, c. 1778

Woodblock print of a busy Edo street with indigo-curtained shops and crowds, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising in the distan

Surugacho, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Etching of a wooden bridge over a waterway, a windmill and trees on the horizon, under a dark stormy sky.

Landscape with Mill and a Wooden Bridge

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1883

Etching of a rocky mountain pass with a stone bridge over a ravine, boulders, a bare tree, and stormy clouds above.

Bridge in the Pass of Glencoe

Thomas Moran, 1882

Woodblock print of a pine-framed terrace at dawn with figures in kimono beside a red shrine building and distant rooftops.

Dawn at Kanda Myojin Shrine (Kanda Myojin akebono no kei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho E…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a hanging bridge spanning a misty gorge between green cliffs, with wooden buildings on the slopes.

The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga (Ashikaga Gyodozan kumo no kakehashi), from the series "Unusual…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Tonal sketch of a multi-arched stone bridge over a river at dusk, with distant spires and figures on the bank.

Evening, Little Waterloo Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Woodblock print of a red hall above a lake with cherry blossoms and pine trees, with people strolling nearby.

Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudo Shinobazu no ike), No.11 from the series "One Hundred Famou…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Black and white etching of a stone bridge over a stream beside a winding road, with trees and a cloudy sky.

An Old Bridge at Salisbury

John Constable, c. 1826

Lithograph of a wooden bridge over a river with a figure rowing a small boat in the foreground and a hazy city beyond.

The Broad Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo street with shops, noren curtains, umbrellas, and pedestrians, with hills in the distance.

Shitaya Hirokoji, No.13 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Pencil elevation drawing of two building facades with arched windows and a central entrance archway on tan paper.

Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri, Front Elevation Study

Burnham & Root, c. 1887

Pale yellow print of a Paris street with carriages and an omnibus at left and women in dresses at right.

The Bridge, from Some Aspects of Paris Life

Pierre Bonnard, 1896-97

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms, pines and strolling visitors near temple buildings in a hillside garden.

Temple Gardens in Nippori (Nippori jiin no rinsen), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyak…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Engraving of soldiers dragging a large wooden horse through a stone city gate, with men carrying sacks in the foreground.

The Trojan Horse Being Dragged into the City of Troy

Giulio Bonasone, 1545

Pen and wash drawing of Utrecht city walls and a round tower beside a canal, with figures and boats in the foreground.

The City Walls of Utrecht by the "Plompetoren"

Paulus van Liender, 1763

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms in bloom with visitors below and wooden pavilions on a hill above.

The Flower Pavilion on Dango Slope, Sendagi (Sendagi Dangozaka Hanayashiki), No.16 from the series "One Hundred Famou…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Engraved landscape with a towered city, trees, a stone well with two figures conversing, and a grazing sheep.

View of a City (Christ with the Good Samaritan at the Well)

Sébastien Bourdon, 17th century

Lithograph of a river curving toward a distant Moscow skyline of domes and towers, with trees and a figure on a path in the f

General View of the City of Moscow taken from the So-called Sparrow Mountain, from Views of Moscow

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1833

Woodblock print of travelers crossing an arched wooden bridge over a river, with pines, thatched houses and green hills under

Furukawa River, Hiroo (Hiroo Furukawa), No.22 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Engraved landscape with a waterfall, stone bridge, distant castle, tall trees, and figures on a wooden footbridge.

Waterfall at a Stone Bridge, with Castle in the Distance

Sébastien Bourdon, 1668-71

Black-and-white print of the Kremlin walls and towers beside a river, with rowboats, carriages and a dramatic cloudy sky.

View of the Kremlin from the Stone Bridge, from Views of Moscow

Alexandre E. Fragonard, 1833

Woodblock print of a plum orchard in bloom with strolling visitors, a thatched teahouse, a pond, and a green swing.

The Plum Orchard at Kamata (Kamata no umezono), No.27 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hy…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Black and white lithograph of a snowy Moscow winter scene with a stone bridge, Kremlin towers, sleighs and figures on a froze

View of the Stone Bridge from the Kremlin, from Views of Moscow

Alexis Victor Joly, 1833