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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil and chalk drawing of a man's head and shoulders in a high collar, turned toward the viewer on tan paper.

Head of a Man

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Head of a Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Pencil portrait of a young woman with hair in a low bun, head turned right, on tan paper.

Head of a Young Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Pencil sketch of two boys near a boat and leaning tree, with shrubs and a distant landscape behind them.

Boys with a Boat

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1830-1835

Pencil sketch sheet with standing men in top hats, a seated nude figure, a head study, and a small pulley drawing.

Studies of Men and Boys

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1840-1850

Pencil sketch of two women in half-length view on tan paper, wearing period dresses with broad collars.

Two Women

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1835-1840

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical gallery facade with columns, statues in niches, and pedestrians on the street.

The Old Corcoran Gallery of Art

John H. Cocks, c. 1880

Pencil sketch of a valley with trees and a distant mountain peak under a pale sky.

Study for "View of Mt. Washington"

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1852

Ink sketch on blue paper of two figures, one with arms raised high and the other embracing closely beside them.

Study for "Jephthah's Daughter"

Benjamin West, 1780-1810

Pen and wash drawing of a blacksmith striking hot metal on an anvil beside a seated man and a mounted rider with picks.

Blacksmith in the Goldfields

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1848-1855

Brown wash drawing of a cloaked man and seated woman in a gown among ruins beneath a large tree.

The Bride of Lammermoor

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1836

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with wooden buildings, trees, rolling hills, and a distant village under cloudy skies.

Study for "View of Springfield on the Connecticut River"

Alvan Fisher, c. 1819

Drawing of a man standing in a log cabin while a frightened woman sits on the floor beside overturned household items.

A Conjugal Difference

Arthur Burdett Frost, 1884

Pencil study of a kneeling figure reaching toward a standing robed figure, on tan paper, by John La Farge.

Study for "Christ Appearing to Mary"

John La Farge, 1877-1878

Watercolor of a waterfall cascading into a pool beneath green trees, with a man holding a long pole on rocks at left.

The Waterfall

John William Hill, 1860s-1870s

Pencil study of a young girl's head tilted upward with wavy hair, with a partial hand and small sketches below.

Study of a Girl

Philip Leslie Hale, 1887-1920

Pastel drawing of an ornate church portal with carved stonework, a dark doorway, small figures and a tree, on tan paper.

Toledo

Childe Hassam, 1910

Foggy London scene of Big Ben and Parliament with pedestrians and a carriage on a lamplit bridge, in grey and orange tones.

Big Ben

Childe Hassam, 1897 and 1907

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river with green trees and a pink and gray sky, by Childe Hassam, 1904.

The Bridge at Grez [recto]

Childe Hassam, 1904

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress with arms outstretched, gazing upward, on a pale sheet.

Woman with Outstretched Arms

Thomas Hovenden, c. 1880s

Charcoal drawing of a seated man looking upward beside a bowed figure in a dim interior with a chair.

The Prayer

William Morris Hunt, c. 1860s

Fisherman

Eastman Johnson, 1860s

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a crowned kneeling woman beside a helmeted warrior with a raised arm.

Political Cartoon of the American Civil War

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat and peaked cap, turned to the side, with a handwritten date at lower right.

Man in Cap and Coat

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1852

Female Torso

John La Farge, c. 1890-1891

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of soldiers in Zouave uniforms gathered among trees and tents at a camp.

Camp Ellsworth, Near Alexandria - Five Zouaves

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Profile of a Man

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, after 1865

Pencil sketch of two cavaliers in period dress standing side by side, with loose background figure studies.

Two Cavaliers [recto]

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf holding a basket of fruit, with bare feet and leafy plants below.

Reclining Woman

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Seated woman in a laurel wreath and patterned red robe holding a staff, drawn in watercolor and pencil beside a column.

Female Deity

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s