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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Hand-colored caricature of bewigged lawyers in a cluttered court room, one gesturing while another reads a large document.

Botheration

Thomas Rowlandson, 1793

Hand-colored etching of a drowned man on a beach, with mourners kneeling beside him near an overturned boat and rocks.

Drown'd

after Thomas Rowlandson Elizabeth Howitt, c.1801-1815

Hand-colored print of a London street jam with carriages, a white horse, scaffolding workers, and shouting crowds.

Miseries of London

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1807

Print of a crowded circular cockpit with two fighting roosters surrounded by shouting men in top hats.

Royal Cock Pit

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1808

Hand-colored 1809 caricature of livestock facing men in top hats outside a cottage with a cattle life insurance sign.

Insurable Cattle

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1809

Hand-coloured print of a crowded boat of revelers waving handkerchiefs toward a large warship at sea.

Cattle Not Insurable

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a red-coated officer glancing at a girl at a casement, with townswomen, a dog and a cottage garden

Dying for Love, or Captain Careless shot flying by a Girl of Fifteen, who Unexpectedly Popped her Head out of a Casement

Thomas Rowlandson, 1810

Hand-colored caricature of a chaotic rural smock race with running women, jostling men, a dog and tents on a hillside.

Rural Sports. Smock Racing

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1811

Hand-colored caricature of a comic cricket match with running players, cheering crowds, a tent, and a dog on an open field.

Rural Sports or a Cricket Match Extraordinary

Thomas Rowlandson, 1811

Hand-colored print of a crowded arena where two dogs fight as spectators in top hats shout and crowd the ring and rafters.

A Dog Fight

Thomas Rowlandson, 1811

Hand-colored print of three men fishing from a punt on a river, with a poling boatman, swans, a swimming dog and willow trees

Patience in a Punt

Thomas Rowlandson, 1811

Colored print of a crowded tavern with men arguing, smoking by a fireplace, a serving woman, dogs, and a wall clock.

Doctor Syntax, in the Middle of a Smoking HotPolitical Squabble, wishes to Wet his W histle

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1813

Hand-colored print of a crowded hall where spectators view reindeer, a sledge and tent before a painted snowy mountain backdr

Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of Laplanders

Thomas Rowlandson, 1822

Hand-colored caricature of a courtroom where a judge sentences Napoleon as monarchs, bishops and a devil look on.

Boney's Trial, Sentence, and Dying Speech

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1815

Hand-colored etching of a crowded Paris diligence coach with passengers and horses on a village street, with pigs in the road

Paris Diligence

Thomas Rowlandson, 1810

Pastel drawing of a ballet dancer seen from behind beside three studies of feet in slippers on green paper.

Dancer Seen from Behind and Three Studies of Feet

Edgar Degas, c. 1878

Etching of a river landscape with a willow tree, stone buildings, an arched bridge, a tower and a rocky hill.

River Landscape with Two Buildings

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545

Hand-colored plate of two yellow-billed cuckoos on branches with leaves, fruit, and a swallowtail butterfly.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored print of a female wild turkey with several young chicks among grasses and wildflowers.

Great American Hen and Young

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored print of two displaying male ruffed grouse and a female on a forest floor with leaves, moss and trillium.

Ruffed Grouse

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1828

Hand-colored print of a hawk with spread wings seizing a frog among marsh grasses, after John James Audubon, 1829.

Winter Hawk

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1829

Hand-colored engraving of a swallow-tailed hawk in flight, holding a green garter snake in its talons.

Swallow-tailed Hawk

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1829

Hand-colored print of two black vultures feeding on a dead deer on grass, with one bird's wings spread.

Black Vulture

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1831

Hand-colored plate of three blue-headed pigeons on a rock ledge with grasses and red flowers, by Robert Havell after Audubon,

Blue-headed Pigeon

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1833

Hand-colored print of four spotted grouse among leaves, red berries and a mossy log, after Audubon, 1833.

Spotted Grous

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1833

Hand-colored print of three pinnated grouse in a meadow with yellow lilies and distant hills.

Pinnated Grous

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1834

Hand-colored print of a willow grouse male beside a female and chicks on rocks, with moss and wildflowers.

Willow Grous

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1834

Hand-colored plate of red-throated divers in several plumages, with pitcher plants and grasses beside rippling water.

Red-throated Diver

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1834

Hand-colored print of two Foolish Guillemots on a rocky shore beside the sea, one with open beak.

Foolish Guillemot

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1834

Hand-colored plate of three black guillemots: one flying, one swimming, and one young bird perched on a rock.

Black Guillemot

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1834