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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Etching of tall trees on a hillside with a distant town and a small figure working at lower right.

Sunlight and Shadows, No. 3

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1913

Etching of a rainy city street with carriages, a streetcar, umbrella-holding pedestrians, and a domed building in the distanc

Rainy Day, Broadway

Charles Frederick William Mielatz, probably 1890

Etching of a busy city street with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages and an omnibus between tall shop buildings.

New Oxford Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1893

Etching of a tobacco shop facade with bow windows, royal warrant signs, and a man in a top hat walking past.

The Tobacco Shop

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a shop front crowded with birdcages, with pedestrians in period dress on the street outside.

The Yorkshire Terrier

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a stone arch bridge over a river with a clock tower, church spires, and a figure standing by the water's edge.

London Bridge Stairs

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of St. Paul's west door with tall columns in shadow and small pedestrians crossing the street below.

West Door, St. Paul's

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of Whitehall Court's dark Gothic silhouette above a river at dusk, with pier pilings and cloudy sky.

Whitehall Court

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a busy London street corner with pedestrians, bookseller shop fronts, and advertising signs on old buildings.

No. 230 Strand

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of an ornate domed tower and Gothic-style buildings above a tree-lined street with clouds in the sky.

Magnificent Kensington

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a stone bridge with arches over a river gorge, with a Gothic cathedral tower and hilltop city behind.

Bridge of San Juan D'Los Reyos, Toledo

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a tall stone arch bridge over a gorge, with a medieval gate tower on the left and a walled town beyond.

Arch of Bridge of Alcantara

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of the Puerta Visagra gate in Toledo with a carved eagle crest, arched entrance, and small figures in the street.

Puerta Visagara, Gate of Madrid, Toledo

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a crowded city street called Lower Broadway, with tall ornate buildings, pedestrians, and streetcars.

Lower Broadway

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a colonnade of tall columns framing a distant portico, with a lone figure standing on the stone pavement.

The Portico, British Museum

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral's west front and dome, with columns and towers, flanked by city buildings and a street.

St. Paul's, Fleet Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Etching of a large leaning tree beside a tall townhouse with a castellated tower and iron railings along a street.

Big Tree, Cheyne Walk

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Etching of a cobbled street lined with brick townhouses, chimneys, a lamp post and iron railings.

Cowley Street, Westminster

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Etching of a Gothic church facade with a tall spire, pointed portal and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

San Maclou, Rouen

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of a crowded flower market beside an ornate Gothic tower, with shoppers, flower stalls and a curved corner building.

Flower Market and Butter Tower, Rouen

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of a Gothic cathedral facade with a rose window and tall spires, with trees and figures in a cobbled square.

Towers of the Bishop's Palace, Beauvais

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of a busy market square with crowds and stalls beneath a large Gothic cathedral and shopfronts.

La Place, Beauvais

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of the Venice campanile wrapped in scaffolding, seen through an arch with three flags and a crowd in the square below

Rebuilding the Campanile, Venice, No.I

Joseph Pennell, 1911

Etching of a busy city avenue seen from above, with tall ornate skyscrapers, domed towers, and a hatched sky.

Golden Cornice, No.II

Joseph Pennell, 1915

Etching of the Woolworth Building's tall Gothic tower above a city street with lower buildings, a bare tree, and pedestrians.

The Woolworth Building

Joseph Pennell, 1915

Etching of a ferry landing framed by timber beams, with a figure at the pier and a hazy city skyline across the river.

The Ferry House

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Etching of pedestrians and a streetcar passing under an arched viaduct toward the ornate facade of Grand Central Terminal.

The Approach to the Grand Central, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Etching of a crowded concourse with arched windows, columns, and a central clock, with people in early 20th-century dress.

Concourse, Grand Central, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Etching of stone arches of a ferry terminal framing a view of the river and steamboats with smokestacks in the distance.

Within the Ferry, Cortlandt Street, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Etching of a crowded monumental hall with arched windows, columns, and a central staircase.

The Marble Hall, Pennsylvania Station, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1919