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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Ink drawing of a man in a top hat with a moustache and cane, dated 1909, by William Merritt Chase.

Self-Portrait

William Merritt Chase, 1909

Pencil sketch of a standing female figure in a flowing gown with ruffled hem, head tilted up, on tan paper.

Allegorical Female Figure

John La Farge, 1880s

Watercolor of a dark starling and a speckled lark lying dead on a tan ground with grasses behind them.

A Starling and a Lark

William Page, 1863

Pencil drawing of a reclining infant on a cushion, head turned toward viewer, with handwritten note in lower right corner.

My Poor Sweet Little Angelica

Lilly Martin Spencer, 19th century

Pencil and watercolor drawing of spruce trees and mossy boulders beside a rocky stream, with distant hills.

A Clump of Trees by a Rocky Stream in the Ramsau

Carl Morgenstern, 1832/1833

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with a chariot in the sky above figures gathered in an ornate rococo frame.

A Ceiling with Apollo Presiding over Military and Historical Learning

Anton Kern, 1740s

Watercolor of monks buying fish at a Gothic Madonna portal beside a Venetian canal, with a gondola and fishermen.

Monks Buying Fish before the Portal of the Madonna della Misericordia

Ludwig Passini, 1855

Watercolor of a calm lake at dusk with trees, reeds, a distant town, and pink and blue sky reflected on the water.

Landscape near Strasbourg Looking toward St. Gall

W. van Detta, 1879

Watercolor of a sunlit hilltop village with ruined walls above olive trees and a winding dirt road.

Sun-Drenched Hills near Menton

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1880

Watercolor of a crumbling Gothic portal with a Madonna relief, opening onto a garden above a canal, 1844.

The Portal of the Madonna della Misericordia from the Canal

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner, 1844

Watercolor of a pink rose branch with open blooms, a bud, and green leaves on a brown background.

Pink Roses

Fidelia Bridges, 1875

Watercolor of a single red plum with a brown stem casting a shadow on a soft grey-brown background.

Plum

John Henry Hill, 1903

Watercolor still life of pears, apples and grape clusters on the ground with large leaves behind and a ladybug at lower left.

Still Life of Fruit: Apples, Pears, and Grapes on Ground

John William Hill, 1874

Pencil and ochre wash sketch of two nude figures, one crouching and one kneeling, with dark grey wash on the hair.

Two Nudes

Odilon Roche, 1918/1947

Brown wash drawing of ghostly soldiers raising banners on a hill above ranks of troops under a pale moon.

The Shades of French Soldiers from the Past Exhort the Army to Victory on the Rhine

Gustave Doré, c. 1870

Muted watercolor of a night street with glowing windows and a lone figure in a dark coat walking across the foreground.

Street at Night, Meudon

Gwen John, 1910s

Sketch in brown wash and graphite of a seated cat with white chest and muzzle, turned to the right, on tan paper.

Cat with a White Front

Gwen John, 1910/1915

Loose watercolor of a seated woman in a dark high-collared cloak, face turned away, against a tan wash background.

Seated Girl in a High Collared Cloak

Gwen John, 1910s

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a room corner with a window, white curtain, folded cloth, and a paneled wall in ochre tones.

A Corner of the Artist's Room, Rue Terre Neuve, Meudon

Gwen John, 1915/1919

Watercolor of a flat meadow with pollarded willows and a distant skyline of spires and a dome under cloudy sky.

Meadows with a Distant View of Oxford

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830s

Profile of a Man with Sidewhiskers

Unknown artist, c. 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a domed temple interior with columns, coffered ceiling, and a radiant sun disk above an altar.

Stage Design for a Domed Temple Interior with a Sun Disk above the Altar

Josef Ignáz Platzer, 1780

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a wooded pond at dusk, with tall trees and rolling hills under a pale evening sky.

Evening Light on a Wooded Lakeside with Cattle Drinking

Henri Harpignies, 1882

Charcoal sketch of a forge interior with a dome-shaped hearth and hanging tools on blue-grey paper.

Interior of a Forge (recto) / Yard with a Pigsty (verso)

Adolphe Appian, 1860s

Pencil and watercolor panoramic landscape of rolling hills, a wooden fence, a pine tree, and a blue sky.

Countryside near Brezins, between Grenoble and Vienne

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1880s

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a village with rural houses, a dirt road, trees, and two small figures in a blue sky.

A Village near Brezins

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1880s

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowned seated king under a tent with attendants, a stream and trees in the landscape.

The Coronation of Solomon by the Spring of Gihon

Jean Poyet, c. 1500

Loose watercolor and pencil drawing of tall trees on a riverbank with a pale sky and distant trees on the right.

Banks of the Seine at Médan

Paul Cézanne, 1880-1885

Brown wash drawing of a wide river valley with a large tree at right, rocky cliffs, a stone bridge, and distant hills.

An Extensive River Landscape

Alexander Cozens, c. 1759

Samuel Palmer drawing of a ruined castle on a hilltop at dusk, with birds in an orange sky and dark trees below.

The Enchanted Castle at Dusk

Samuel Palmer, c. 1868