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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Gold-printed endpaper on blue ground showing four framed scenes of figures, including a horse, a blacksmith and soldiers.

Endpaper with Four Circus (?) Scenes

Unknown artist

Red endpaper printed in gold with three bands of courtly scenes showing armored figures, horsemen, castle walls and a seated

Endpaper with Three Bands of Courtly Scenes

Unknown artist

Blue sheet with rows of small orange-brown vignettes showing people working at many trades and domestic tasks.

Endpaper with Scenes of the Trades

Tan paper endpaper with rows of gilt-printed animals including lions, elephants, camels, zebras, and deer.

Endpaper with Animals

Georg M. Maisch, c. 1790

Lear and Cordelia

Jr. after William Blake Thomas Butts, probably c. 1806/1808

Etched card by William Blake reading Mr. Cumberland, surrounded by flying figures, a reclining man, and sheaves of wheat.

George Cumberland's Card

William Blake, 1827

Etching of a rustic camp shelter with crossed poles, two seated figures, a barrel, dense trees, and boats on water at right.

The Camp of Stothard, Blake, Ogleby

Thomas Stothard, c. 1780

Engraving of baby Moses in a reed basket on the Nile, with a kneeling woman, a standing figure, a sphinx and pyramids.

The Hiding of Moses

William Blake, 1824

Woodcut of Saint Anthony tempted by demons in a fantastical landscape with ruined towers, flying monsters and robed figures.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Wellens de Cock, 1522

Engraving of Vulcan hammering metal at an anvil with cupids assisting and a nude Venus standing nearby.

Vulcan at the Forge

Bearded figure in white robe with open arms before three kneeling men under a golden glow, in a watercolor print.

Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection

William Blake, c. 1795

Pencil sketch of a nude winged warrior angel holding a sword, arm outstretched, by William Blake.

A Warring Angel [recto]

William Blake, c. 1780

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man with a staff gesturing to a robed figure, with studies of heads and standing attendants

Saint Augustine Converting King Ethelbert of Kent

William Blake, probably c. 1793

Pencil sketch of a man seen from behind, arms outstretched, rising above cloud-like forms on pale paper.

A Man Seen from Behind, Rising on Clouds

William Blake, probably c. 1794

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated figure flanked by two women leaning toward him, with a sun and trees in the background.

Job and His Daughters

William Blake, c. 1821

Ink sketch of a seated group of women in flowing robes with a child, drawn in loose lines on tan paper.

Lady Torrens and Family

William Blake after John Linnell, c. 1825

Pen and watercolor drawing of robed musicians with harps and trumpets beneath a tree, with sheep and a crescent moon.

Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity

William Blake, 1821

Ink and wash drawing of a man asleep in an armchair beside a draped desk with a book, inkwell and quill.

Apres l'attentat, Juin '97

Jean-Louis Forain, 1897

Color lithograph of a Paris garden path with strolling women in long dresses, shrubs, a bare tree, and pigeons on grass.

The Tuileries Garden (Le jardin des Tuileries)

Edouard Vuillard, published 1896

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and infant Saint John among trees, with a bearded man at left.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1499/1501

Etched panoramic landscape of flat meadows, trees and farm buildings, with a distant town and church towers on the horizon.

Landscape with a View toward Haarlem (The Goldweigher's Field)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Engraved landscape of a shepherd with sheep and dogs beside a stone pillar, trees and a distant hilltop castle.

Landscape with Peasant and his Herd

Sébastien Bourdon

Grey wash drawing of a wide-eyed man running with arms outstretched across a sketched ground.

The Young Courier

Honoré Daumier

Etching of a classical landscape with a tall tower, stone arch, river, robed figures and large trees under clouds.

Jesus Telling the Parable of the Father who Sends his Workers to his Vineyard

Sébastien Bourdon

Engraved allegory showing a bearded old man by a fire, a woman with a staff, a boat in rough water, and animals in a rocky la

Allegory of Life

Giorgio Ghisi, 1561

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with a waterfall, a prone figure, two robed men, and a distant walled city.

The Levite and the Priest Pass the Man Without Helping Him

Sébastien Bourdon

Etching of a wooded landscape with a waterfall, a distant town by the sea, and travelers tending a fallen man at lower left.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Sébastien Bourdon

Engraved landscape with a tower, lake, trees, and a kneeling figure tending a wounded man beside a horse.

The Samaritan Pours Oil and Wine in the Wounds of a Man Left for Dead

Sébastien Bourdon

Lithograph of a rider on a galloping horse beside a second horse in a brick-walled stable yard.

Horses Exercising

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Etching of a figure carrying a wounded man past two onlookers, with a bridge, ruins and trees in a rocky landscape.

The Samaritan Takes the Man to an Inn

Sébastien Bourdon