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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil drawing of three trees in a meadow beside a shallow stream with reeds in the foreground.

Landscape with Three Trees

James Wells Champney, 1863

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated female nude with draped cloth on blue-grey paper.

Seated Nude

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil sketch studies of horses and a farrier bending to shoe a horse's hoof, on tan paper.

Studies for "Shoeing Calvary Horses at the Front" [recto]

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a rocky waterfall cascading into a pool, with trees and a mountain behind.

Swiftwater

Daniel Huntington, 1854

Watercolor sketch of a bronze faun statue from Pompeii, with a wreath in its hair, and pencil notes naming the Museo at Naple

Drunken Faun, Museo at Naples

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, 1892

Watercolor landscape of a river with rocky shoals, wooded hills, and a cluster of buildings on the far bank under soft clouds

Harpers Ferry from Below

Thomas Doughty, 1825-1827

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with a winged cupid beside her among trees and grasses, holding leaves.

Nude Walking with Cupid

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil sketch on an oval sheet showing several studies of dogs and a seated boy in a hat at lower center.

Studies of Dogs and a Seated Boy [recto]

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1840-1850

Pencil drawing of tall trees beside a dirt road receding into a field, with distant hills under a pale sky.

Simsbury, Connecticut

Aaron Draper Shattuck, 1866

Pen and ink sketch of a flat shoreline with beach grass, a headland at right, and birds flying over the sea.

The Shore

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Pen and ink sketch of a sailing boat on rippling water beside a shoreline with pilings and reeds.

Ships

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of snowy mountain ridges in the foreground with a distant peak labeled Mt. Baker above.

Mt. Baker and Mt. McKensie [recto]

Samuel Colman, 1894

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky coast with hatched cliffs, breaking waves and a cloudy sky.

Rocky Coast

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Drawing of a man in a cap with downcast eyes, shown head and shoulders in chalk on a warm toned paper.

Head of a Man with a Cap

after Domenico Ghirlandaio Anonymous, 1500 - 1599

Watercolor of a seated figure in red overlooking a calm inlet toward a distant town with church spires and masts.

New Bedford, Massachusetts

William Allen Wall, 1860-1870

Pencil sketch of a seated man giving a fencing lesson to a boy in a stone interior, with a woman and skull-backed chair at ri

The Fencing Lesson [recto]

Richard Caton Woodville, c. 1847-1849

Watercolor of a white country house framed by large trees, with a figure in a red coat on a dirt path.

Cloetis

William Brenton Boggs, c. 1855

Pencil drawing of a river with a multi-arched stone bridge, rocky banks, horses and figures, and a hillside town beyond.

St. Cloud

after John Frederick Kensett Anonymous, 1843

Pencil sketch of covered cannon on wheeled carriages with wagons at left and right, drawn by John Singer Sargent in 1918.

Cannon Trailers, France

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Pencil and wash sketch of an Italian villa with cypress trees on a hillside, with a bare tree at the left edge.

Italian Villa [recto]

John Singer Sargent, 1870-1872

Study drawing of a winged female nude seated beside a large sphere and open book, in grey chalk on green paper.

Study for "The Eclipse of the Sun by the Moon"

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Grey wash drawing of a chaotic city street with carriages, a crowd, fallen figures, and classical buildings.

New York - Street Scene

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1859-1868

Pencil study of a standing man carrying a sack on his shoulders, with grid lines and a faint second figure at left.

Study for "Pêcheurs de la mer du Nord" (Study for "Fishermen of the North Sea")

Eugène Vail, c. 1893

Pencil and wash drawing of leafless trees on a misty hillside with a small dog in the lower left foreground.

The First Snowfall

Arthur Bowen Davies, c. 1877-1887

Grey wash drawing of a tooth extraction: a man in a feathered hat grips another man's head while a smiling onlooker watches.

Tooth Extraction

William Ranney, 1840s-1850s

Pencil and watercolor drawing of Gothic church ruins with tracery windows, a tree, and stone steps on a rocky slope.

Cathedral Ruins, Bacharach

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1841

Nude Study

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with raised arms beside a seated cherub holding a mirror, set against a shaded forest.

Nude with Cherub Holding a Mirror

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman holding a rose while a winged cupid embraces her from behind.

Nude with Cupid

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil study of two clusters of birch branches with small leaves on tan paper, inscribed Catskill Mountains 1856.

Birch Boughs, Catskill Mountains

John William Casilear, 1856