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14,994 works

Pencil and wash sketch of rocks, a bent tree, and a ruined wall in a landscape on tan paper.

The Bode Valley with Rocks and Trees; verso: Landscape Studies

Carl Blechen, 1800-1840

Watercolor of a postilion riding with harnessed horses through a snowy landscape, with two figures in blue in the foreground.

Postilion on Horse in a Winter Landscape

Wilhelm von Kobell, ca. 1798

Watercolor of a pastoral landscape with shepherds and sheep framed by an archway, with castle ruins on distant hills.

The Four Castles of Neckarsteinach

Carl Philipp Fohr, 1800-1818

Watercolor village scene with a stone cottage, a woman at the door, two walking figures on a dirt road, and rolling hills.

Village Scene with Figures

Jan van Ravenswaay, 19th century

Calm lake reflecting a steep forested shore, with rocks in the foreground and hazy mountain peaks in the distance.

Wooded Shore at the King's Lake (Königssee)

Johann Heinrich Schilbach, first half 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a waterfall and river in a forested mountain valley, with pine trees, small figures and distant peaks

Mountainous Landscape with a River

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1835/37

Grey wash drawing of snowy mountains above cliffs with two waterfalls falling into a green valley.

Foggy Landscape in the Apennine; verso: Sketch of Landscape

Carl Wagner, early 19th-mid-19th century

Watercolor of a large oak beside birches, with deer grazing near a fence and path, and a conifer forest beyond.

Wooded Landscape with Stag

Carl August Lebschee, 1800-1877

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist seated in a wooded landscape, Saint Joseph at lef

The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist in a landscape, St Joseph at the left

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1503

Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Narrow etched panorama of a rocky coastline with cliffs, hills, a small sailboat and a hilltop building over calm water.

View of a Coast Line (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Etching of a crumbling timber farmhouse with a woman in white standing by a doorway and tools in the yard.

The Unsafe Tenement (The Old Farm)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etched title page showing a crowd of figures around a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat, with handwritten inscriptions above a

Title Page from the "French Set" (Douze Eaux-Fortes d'Après Nature)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat surrounded by standing women, children and men in a street scene.

Title to the French Set

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of a man in a top hat reclining on grass with a walking stick, with a sketched landscape behind him.

Greenwich Pensioner

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a farmstead with two grazing horses, a fence, trees and hatched clouds over a field.

Landscape with the Horse (Landscape with Horses)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a riverside wharf with moored boats, masts, workers and a brick Thames Police building on the right.

Thames Police (Wapping Wharf)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a misty river with sailing boats, a wooden pier, and factory chimneys along the distant shore.

Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier)

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1863

Etching of the Old Hungerford Bridge over a busy river with sailing barges, rowing boats, and a distant city skyline.

Old Hungerford Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Etching of a river landscape with trees and a rowboat, and a woman in a hat sketching in the foreground.

Sketching, No. 1

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of a shepherd with a crook pointing while a seated nude male looks up on rocky ground.

A Shepherd Addressing a Seated Male Nude

Alessandro Magnasco, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a clergyman blessing a book before a seated assembly in a grand interior with a raised throne.

An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

Cesare Nebbia, 1580-90

Etching of a sailing barge on a river beside factory sheds and smokestacks, with a bridge in the distance.

Price's Candle-Works (Price's Candle Factory)

James McNeill Whistler, 1876-77

Etching of a harbor with masted ships, warehouses and a wooden pier, with a rowboat crossing the water in the foreground.

Free Trade Wharf

James McNeill Whistler, 1877

Etching of sailing ships, masts and rowboats in a busy riverside harbor with wooden pilings and a hazy city beyond.

A Sketch from Billingsgate (From Billingsgate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Etching of a timber bridge over a river with a church tower and trees on the right bank.

The Little Putney, No. 1 (Little Putney Bridge)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a calm river with a dark sailing boat, a jetty and a house on the right bank, and trees on the far shore.

Little Putney, No. 2 (The Little Putney)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged infant riding a crouching horse, holding its reins, on a pale sheet.

Winged Infant Riding a Crouching Horse

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Etching of a truss bridge over a river with moored boats, bare trees and riverbank buildings, under diagonal lines.

Fulham (Chelsea)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a dark stone archway framed by leafy trees, with figures in hats seated at a table and a woman with a child at lef

The Traghetto, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80