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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil landscape sketch of a rounded mountain above wooded hills and a river, with handwritten notes, dated 1859.

Landscapes

Daniel Huntington, 1859

Sepia drawing of travelers and luggage in a crowded customs shed, with officers' booth and bright doorway behind.

Customs Shed

James Wells Champney, 1875-1876

George Raleigh Dearborn

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1806

John Carlyle Herbert

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1807

Two Heads

John Singer Sargent, 1875-1880

Pen drawing of an eagle perched on a rock, facing a glowing sun with radiating rays under crosshatched clouds.

Genius

William Holbrook Beard, 1865-1895

Pen drawing of a man in a hat seen from behind, pointing with a stick, beside hand-lettered A Happy New Year greeting.

A Happy New Year

Edwin Austin Abbey, c. 1900-1910

Charcoal drawing of nude bathers in a shaded landscape beside a large tree, with a reclining figure in the foreground.

Bathers

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with two winged cherubim behind her against a dark hatched background.

Nude with Cherubim

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Ink and brown wash drawing of gnarled, bare tree trunks arching over a pool with a heron and distant hills.

Tree Trunks

Thomas Cole, 1825-1840

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman drinking from cupped hands beside two birds on grass, with shaded foliage behind.

Nude Drinking at a Fountain

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil sketch of fountain decorations with a putto on a basin, scrolling acanthus foliage, a bird, and a standing figure.

Studies of Fountain Decorations

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Charcoal drawing of Venus and Mars seated with a cherub among discarded armor, with a landscape and birds at right.

Venus, Mars, and Cupid

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil sketch of tall oak trees with leafy canopies and trunks above low undergrowth, on tan paper.

Oaks, Wolf Hill, Ulster County

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Pencil drawing of a tall pine tree with drooping branches rising from sloping ground, dated 1867.

Trees, West Virginia

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1867

Pencil sketch of the Potomac River with rocky banks, a leaning tree at left, and wooded hills in the distance.

Potomac River Below Harper's Ferry

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1867

Pencil sketch of a wooded riverbank above calm water, and below, a creek with a fallen tree leaning over it.

Hudson; and Claverack Creek

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Pencil sketch of a tangled brush pile and leafy undergrowth with grass, dated June 1866.

Brush; and Hudson Brush Fence

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Pencil sketch of a leaning tree with broken branches over a grassy field and distant hills, dated June 1866.

Trees, Hudson

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Pencil drawing of an arching blackberry branch with serrated leaves and thorny stems on pale paper.

Blackberry

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Pencil sketch pair: a log and stone deserted pigpen above, and a small farm building among trees below.

The Deserted Pigpen; and West Hurley

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Watercolor landscape of a haystack, ladder and seated figure beside village cottages under a cloudy autumn sky.

Storm at Arbonne

Jean-Charles Cazin, 1878

Pencil drawing of two tall elm trees beside a grassy riverbank with water and a distant shore beyond.

Elms, Hudson

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Pencil drawing of a wooded hillside above the Cheat River, with wooden sheds, a timber bridge, and rocks in the foreground.

Cheat River

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1867

Pencil sketch of two rustic log buildings, a cabin with stone chimney and a farmhouse with porch and split-rail fence.

Old Virginny

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1867

Pencil study sheet of many ducks in varied poses, standing, resting, preening and swimming on water.

Ducks

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1870s-1880s

Watercolor of a whitewashed fortress with red roofs on a rocky coast below wooded cliffs and a calm sea.

Fort St. lago, Madeira

William Brenton Boggs, c. 1850

Pencil sketch of leaning trees and foliage beside a rocky stream, with a faint ruin on the right, dated 1839.

Gestin

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1839

Charcoal sketch of a young woman with bowed head, seated at a table, hands folded, on toned paper.

Young Woman, Florence [recto]

Seth Wells Cheney, 1839

Graphite portrait drawing of a woman with curly hair and an off-shoulder dress, on tan paper.

Mrs. Sylvanus D. Lewis (Estelle Anna Blanche Robinson)

after Charles Loring Elliott Seth Wells Cheney, 1848-1856