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16,089 works

Two soldiers press against a tree as shells fall nearby, one holding a rifle, both looking frightened.

Life in Camp, Part 1: A Shell is Coming

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a man in a feathered hat carried on a rail by two men before white tents and a crowd in a camp.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Riding on a Rail

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored illustration of a startled man in bed under a blanket, with a horse's head looming over him and another man watching.

Life in Camp, Part 1: An Unwelcome Visit

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of two soldiers in blue jackets and red caps giving a haircut to a seated man in a striped cape.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Field Barber

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of soldiers in camp; one man in a feathered hat balances a heavy log on a barrel while guards watch nearby.

Life in Camp, Part 1: The Guard House

Winslow Homer, 1864

Soldier sitting outside a tent pulling on boots while comrades run across a camp, with rows of tents behind them.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Late for Roll Call

Winslow Homer, 1864

Hand-colored print of a soldier with bedroll and canteen saying goodbye to a woman who holds his arm, caption GOOD BYE.

Life in Camp, Part 2: Good Bye

Winslow Homer, 1864

Soldier sprawled in mud beside a rifle, with stacked knapsacks and upright rifles behind him in a camp scene.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Stuck in the Mud

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of uniformed men tossing a soldier into the air with a blanket, a group of onlookers watching below.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Tossing in a Blanket

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a doctor examining a seated soldier's tongue at a camp, with tents and two onlookers behind.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Surgeon's Call

Winslow Homer, 1864

Hand-colored print of a young woman in a red bodice reading a book in a pink chair, captioned The Girl He Left Behind.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Girl He Left Behind

Winslow Homer, 1864

Brown wash drawing of a group of men in a formal room gathered around a conference table, one in military uniform.

President Lincoln and His Cabinet

Christian Schussele, ca. 1861

Hand-colored print of a soldier in a kepi leaning on a balustrade, gesturing toward ballet dancers on stage.

Life in Camp, Part 2: Home on Furlough

Winslow Homer, 1864

Seated woman in a pale dress with clasped hands, drawn in black and white chalk on brown paper.

Portrait of Frederikke Tuxen

P.S. Krøyer, 1882

Lithograph of Lincoln's assassination in a theatre box, with a gunman, smoke, an American flag and onlookers.

The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., April 14th, 1865

Currier & Ives, 1865

Colored print of a soldier in red trousers and blue jacket holding a rifle before a ruined town with smoke and rubble.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Rifle Pit

Winslow Homer, 1864

Caricature of a Standing Man

Hippolyte Mailly, 1857

Graphite drawing of a woman looking upward beside a turbaned bearded man holding a sleeping child.

A Woman and a Turbaned Man in Despair with a Young Child

François Joseph Navez, 1807-69

Drawing of a young pipe bearer in red cap and white robe holding a hookah, with a faint turbaned head behind him.

Study for "The Pipe Bearer"

John Frederick Lewis, 1841-51

Oval pen and wash drawing of a woman in a ruffled gown leaning on a pedestal before a hazy landscape.

Portrait of Marguerite Le Comte

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1764

Graphite drawing of a young man with closed eyes wearing a wrapped turban and draped cloth, labeled Assan.

Assan, a Young Man

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1855-56

Woodcut of a couple riding one horse with two hunting dogs, a hilltop castle at upper right, and a coat of arms above.

Gentleman and Lady Riding to the Hunt

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Oval drawing of a seated bearded man embraced by two women before a temple, with a horse and youth at left.

Oedipus before the Temple of the Furies between his Daughters Antigone and Ismene

Anton Raphael Mengs, ca. 1760-61

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded elderly man in robes seated on a rock, pointing at a tablet he holds.

A Prophet Seated on a Rock

Johann Heinrich Lips, 1780

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and angels, and God the Father enthroned among clouds and putti above.

The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels, and God the Father in the Sky

Johann Lorenz Haid, mid-18th century

Etching of a man with a fishing rod by a large tree on a riverbank, with a town and church tower across the water.

Broken Tackle

Hubert von Herkomer, 1891

Gray wash design drawing of a Roman street scene under an arch with musicians and orator, plus a lunette above with seated fi

Greek Vase-Painting (Design for a Wall Decoration)

Anton von Werner, 1868

Watercolor of a woman in white and a young man in grey drapery holding hands within an ivy-covered rocky grotto.

The Invention of the Art of Drawing (the daughter of Butades of Sicyon and her Lover)

Ferdinand Olivier, 1804

Pen drawing of Roman bandits with women and children resting by a campfire beneath a rocky overhang, one man smoking a pipe.

A Group of Roman Bandits with Their Families and Companions after a Robbery

Dietrich Wilhelm Lindau, 1824

Grey wash drawing of a seated king on a throne in an arched hall, with standing courtiers, spectators and onlookers.

King Christian IV of Denmark Judging Christoffer Rosenkrantz; verso: Don Quixote and Others Attending Master Peter's…

Wilhelm Marstrand, ca. 1865