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14,936 works

Pen and ink landscape of a country cart on a wooded road beside a thatched cottage, with figures near the doorway.

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart, Cottage and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, 1784-86

Engraving of cows drinking at a pond in a wooded landscape, with a seated figure at left and hills under clouds.

Wooded Landscape with Figures and Cows at a Watering Place (The Watering Place)

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Hand-colored print of herdsmen driving cattle over an arched bridge near a ruined tower and trees.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Thomas Gainsborough, 1797

Hand-colored print of a hillside with a ruined church, gravestones, a man leaning on a staff, a donkey, and sheep.

Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Watercolor drawing of an Egyptian temple gateway with columns and hieroglyphs, with robed figures before the entrance.

The Temple at Dendur, Nubia

David Roberts, 1848

Brown wash drawing of peasants working at a well beside a thatched hut and barrels, with trees and clouds.

Peasants Around a Well

Johann Georg Wille, 1758

Pen and grey wash drawing of two wooden carts on a dirt road beside a stone house with a thatched roof and hills behind.

Irish cars (Study of two carts in a landscape)

Cornelius Varley, 1800-73

Engraving of an elegant salon with columns, a chandelier, and fashionably dressed figures gathered at tables beside two dogs.

L'Assemblee au Salon

François Nicolas Barthélemy Dequevauviller, N.D.

Brown wash drawing of a classical landscape with a river, rocky cliffs, large trees, resting figures and a shepherd with shee

Classical Landscape with Figures

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1749-1822

Grey wash drawing of a bare-chested figure and kneeling men in a prison courtyard with mosque minarets behind.

An Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria

Jan Goeree, ca. 1706

Pencil drawing of bearded Moses seated between an open book and stone tablets, with flaming torches behind him.

Moses

Gustav Jäger, 1828-71

Brown wash drawing of a forest scene with a young girl in a hat beside a waterfall beneath a large tree.

Landscape with a Young Girl at a Waterfall

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, late 18th-19th century

Graphite and white chalk studies on blue paper of a woman's head, arms, hands, and draped fabric.

Studies of a woman, her hands and arms and drapery

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, late 18th-19th century

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with a picket fence, stone wall, arched doorway, a large tree, and a timber house.

View of a Courtyard in Loschwitz (?)

August Heinrich, early 19th century

Watercolor study of gnarled tree branches with moss-covered limbs and broad green leaves against a pale sky.

Tree Branches

Charles Reginald Aston, 1860-1900

Lithograph of a proposed horse-drawn rail road on Broadway with a street scene, track section, and streetcar views.

Proposed Rail Road for Broadway

H. A. Harvey, 1848

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with a mother embracing a child, soldiers with spears, and a robed ruler pointing.

The Martyrdom of the seven brothers; verso: Sketch of two men wrestling (?)

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1826

Brown wash drawing of an allegory with a helmeted goddess, robed women, cherubs with wreaths, and classical columns.

Allegory of the Arts

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1796

Pen and watercolor drawing of a rocky river with boulders, shrubs and conifer trees along the banks.

Landscape with Rocks in a River (near Kronau?)

Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels, late 19th-early 20th century

Black chalk and white heightening on blue paper: two seated male figures in a wooded landscape beside a lying cow.

Mercury and Argus

Januarius Zick, mid-18th-late 18th century

Gray wash drawing of a horseman talking to two seated figures by a river, with trees and a village in the distance.

Landscape with Horseman Talking to Seated Figures

Johann Christoph Dietzsch, 1730-68

Watercolor and pen drawing of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice, with Gothic arches and two tall columns under blue sky.

View of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice

Wilhelm Gail, 19th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of Apollo and the Nine Muses with poets in a wooded clearing on Mount Parnassus.

Apollo and the Nine Muses surrounded by Poets on Mount Parnassus

Karel Škréta, later 17th century

Pencil drawing of a walled castle complex with steep roofs, a church spire and trees, dated 1690.

View of the castle at Oberbürg

Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger, 1690

Pencil study of two mourning draped women beside a tall tomb block, with a hanging cloth and a small winged figure at right.

Study for a Tomb

Antonio Canova, ca. 1790/91-95

Pen and wash drawing of a flooded monastery ruin with arched colonnade, a stone cross in water, and trees framing the scene.

Inundated Ruins of a Monastery

Carl Blechen, ca. 1824

Etching of a tavern courtyard beneath large trees, with seated diners, a rider on horseback and figures near a low building.

A Tavern at Monte Testaccio

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1793

Engraving of a kneeling priest raising a chalice before a vision of the crowned Christ rising above an altar, with clergy in

Mass of St. Gregory

Etching of a man seen from behind beside a leaning tree, with a pond and wooded landscape beyond, by Laurent de La Hyre.

Man Seen From Behind

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etched print of a siege: fortified town with camps and trenches below, a column of soldiers and wagons, and a city skyline ab

Plan and view of the siege of Arras: lower part of the plate with a topographical view with troops in the foreground…

Stefano Della Bella, 1641