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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Engraving of the boy Christ enthroned among seated doctors reading books in a Gothic interior with a sleeping dog.

Christ Among the Doctors

Israhel van Meckenem after Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1490/1500

Engraving of Saint Margaret standing beside a dragon at her feet, holding an open book, with long curly hair and flowing robe

Saint Margaret

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of a woman riding a white bull beside a lake and castle, with a standing woman and a gesturing man nearby.

The Rape of Europa

Benedetto Montagna, c. 1515/1520

Etching of a schoolmaster in a tall hat instructing three pupils at a table in a dim interior with a latticed window.

Village Schoolmaster with Three Pupils

Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1679

Engraving of a nude man and woman beside a ball, a flaming torch and dark conifers in a forest setting.

Man and Woman with a Ball

Marcantonio Raimondi possibly after Francesco Francia

Etching of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak leaning on a stone balustrade against a shadowed background.

Ephraim Bonus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1647

Hand-colored caricature of a wigged lawyer reading a document while a man in a tricorn hat gestures and talks to him.

Limbs of the Law

George Moutard Woodward, 1799

Hand-colored caricature print of a dense crowd of exaggerated faces in period hats and wigs behind a diagonal lattice.

Odd-Characters

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1801

Red leather book cover with gold border and crest, titled Caricatures, volume II.

Caricatures (volume II)

Thomas Rowlandson

Hand-colored drawing of a man in a blue coat and red hat pondering at a desk with a ledger, a woman seated by a window.

A Money Scrivener

Thomas Rowlandson, 1801

Colored print of a caricatured barber shop in 1789, with a barber woman, a shaved customer, and a wig maker at work.

A Penny Barber

Thomas Rowlandson, 1789

Hand-colored oval etching of an older man in a red coat holding a seated woman's hand, with a horse and tree behind them.

The Enamoured Sportsman

Thomas Rowlandson

Hand-colored print of four fashionable women at two windows of a brick building, with hats, curls and painted signage.

First and Second Floor

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1791

Caricature of a woman in a corset and feathered hat, with a man in blue clutching her laces, drawn in 1791.

A Little Tighter

Thomas Rowlandson, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of a kneeling doctor in a blue coat pleading before a standing woman in a veil beside medicine bottle

Doctor Gallipot placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress

Thomas Rowlandson, 1808

Hand-colored etching of crowded theatre boxes and galleries with caricatured spectators, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1809.

The Boxes

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1809

Hand-colored etching of a couple kissing among mummy cases, classical statues, masks and vases in a cluttered antiquities roo

Modern Antiques

Thomas Rowlandson, probably 1811

Hand-colored print of a scolding woman lowered into water on a ducking stool while a jeering crowd watches from above.

Ducking a Scold

Thomas Rowlandson, 1809

Woodcut of seated haloed Saint John holding a chalice, within columns, an arched niche and a grapevine border.

Saint John

Hans Springinklee, 1518

Charcoal and wash drawing of two lawyers in black robes and caps talking, with a courtroom crowd behind them.

Two Lawyers

Honoré Daumier

Great American Cock

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-coloured print of two purple grackles, one male and one female, perched among corn leaves and ears of Indian corn.

Purple Grackle

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored print of a great American sea eagle with brown plumage and yellow talons perched on a rock.

The Bird of Washington or Great American Sea Eagle

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored bird print of two doves on a branch and a dove on a nest among white flowers and leaves.

Carolina Pigeon or Turtle Dove

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored plate of purple martins with blue and grey plumage perched on a branch beside a hollowed gourd nest.

Purple Martin

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored print of red-headed woodpeckers, adults and young, on a weathered tree trunk with a nest hole.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1828

Hand-colored bird plate showing two hawks, one in flight and one perched on a branch, with a bluebird at upper right.

Stanley Hawk

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1828

Hand-colored plate of several Gold-winged Woodpeckers on a tree trunk and branch, one holding a larva in its beak.

Gold-winged Woodpecker

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1828

Hand-colored engraving of two crested titmice perched among pine branches and cones, one hanging head-down.

Crested Titmouse

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1828

Hand-colored print of a red-tailed hawk gripping a hare, with a second hawk below and mountains in the distance.

Red Tailed Hawk

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1829