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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Pencil and wash drawing of a fashionable woman beside a gas lamp, with a poor hooded woman and child seated in a doorway.

Light and Shadow: The Shadows of Dissipation Falling upon the Poor

James Carter Beard, 1870

Lithograph sketch of two performers in embrace, one with a large feathered hat, drawn in loose brown strokes on cream paper.

Guy and Mealy in "Paris qui marche" (Guy et Mealy dans "Paris qui marche")

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Loose brown lithograph sketch of a bowing figure in costume beside a feathered performer, with a crowned figure behind.

Lender Bowing (Lender saluant)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Pencil sketch of an arched gallery interior with stairs and columns, above a printed list of four paintings.

Study for "Paintings"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Loose lithograph sketch of a woman in a feathered hat grasping a man in a fur-collared coat on a stage, 1894.

Rejane and Galipaux in "Madame Sans-Gêne" (Réjane et Galipaux dans "Madame Sans-Gêne")

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Ink drawing of a patterned vase and footed bowl on a pedestal with palm fronds and a crescent moon.

Cloisonné

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pencil study of a seated man beside sketched layout frames and the handwritten word Marbles on cream paper.

Study for "Marbles"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a grand staircase with arched openings, marble busts, an ornate vase, and a small figure.

Paintings - James Henry Moser, 1890

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pen-and-ink frontispiece design with an empty framed panel, botanical fronds, ribbon scroll reading W. W. Corcoran, and handw

Frontispiece, Portrait of W. W. Corcoran

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a man in period costume with a sword beside a large decorative letter F on a pedestal.

Electrotype Reproductions

James Henry Moser, 1890

Ink drawing of a decorative letter H with leafy stems and a classical doorway holding a statue in a niche.

History of the Corcoran Gallery of Art

James Henry Moser, 1890

Woodcut of a large skull in an ornate architectural niche with cherubs, a flaming urn, and a Latin inscription below.

Skull

Hans Wechtlin I, 1520

Pen and ink drawing of a crouching lion on a ledge with ornate shields, vases, a dagger and armor fragments.

Bronzes

James Henry Moser, 1890

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a plumed jewelled cap, ruff collar and sash, facing right.

Henry III of France

Hieronymus Wierix

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate covered vase on a pedestal with palm fronds and a large printed letter P.

Porcelains and Glass

James Henry Moser, 1890

Etching of stone arches framing a large piazza with an obelisk, colonnade, figures and hanging ropes.

The Grand Piazza

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Ink design for Corcoran Gallery of Art catalogue title page with a stone lion, steps, and a man and girl in period dress.

Title Page

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a classical column and ornamental letter D with leafy foliage on tan paper.

Description of the Building

James Henry Moser, 1890

Etching of vast vaulted arches, stairs and walkways with smoke rising in the center and tiny figures below.

The Smoking Fire

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Pencil sketch of a reclining classical male figure and Parthenon-style horsemen, with handwritten notes and the word CASTS.

Study for "Casts from Antique Sculpture: The Parthenon"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Etching of an imaginary prison with arched bridges, railed walkways, a tower, and small figures among dense hatched shadows.

The Drawbridge

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1749/1750, published 1750/1758

Pencil sketch of a lion sculpture and decorative vases in a corner border, with handwritten label reading Bronzes, Cloisonné.

Study for "Bronzes"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Etching of a vast vaulted staircase with stone piers, railed walkways, sculptural trophies and small figures in dramatic pers

The Staircase with Trophies

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Pencil sketch of an angel figure, a reclining child and a winged figure beside the word Sculpture on pale paper.

Study for "Sculpture"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and patterned doublet against a dark hatched background.

Charles I, King of England

Lucas Emil Vorsterman after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Woodcut of an elderly bearded king kneeling beside a woman in an ornate headdress, with a standing figure on a pedestal at ri

Solomon's Idolatry

Hans Burgkmair, 1519

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed garment and skullcap, after Titian, 1587.

Titian

Agostino Carracci after Titian, 1587

Etching of a standing young boy in a dark jacket holding a bird perched on a tall birdcage.

Afternoon Promenade

Mary Cassatt, c. 1881

Lithograph of a curving city street rising toward a Gothic church tower, with a rounded corner building on the right.

Strasse in Königsberg (Street in Königsberg)

Lovis Corinth, 1918

Etching of a wooded stream landscape with a pollarded willow and a satyr carrying a figure across the grass.

Satyr (Le Satyre)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850