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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of playful putti curling around large scroll forms, with a handwritten Florence 1840 note.

Banknote Studies [recto]

John William Casilear, 1840

Pen and ink sketch of a mountain valley with a farmhouse, river, trees, and a waterfall on a rocky cliff.

On the Road from Conway

Thomas Cole, 1827/1828

Sepia drawing of ruined Doric temple columns on a rocky hillside, with a smaller temple and distant sea below.

Temples of Juno, Lucina, and Concordia - Agrigentum, Sicily

Thomas Cole, 1842

Graphite study of a reclining nude woman with a flower wreath, holding a brush and palette, over a squared grid.

Reclining Female Nude Study for "Painting"

Pencil study of a draped plaster torso on a pedestal, with a raised arm and faint grid lines, on tan paper.

Study of a Plaster Torso

Graphite drawing of a reclining female figure with a shaded drapery study and grid lines, by Kenyon Cox, 1856.

Drapery Study for Reclining Female Study for "Painting"

Pencil sketch of a wide river view with a sailboat, a steamboat, distant hills and trees along the near bank.

The Hudson River at Hastings

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1885

Sepia drawing of a misty mountain valley with forested hills, two small buildings in a clearing, and two figures in the foreg

White Mountains (?)

Attributed to Asher Brown Durand, possibly 1825/1830

Charcoal drawing of two oxen pulling a dump cart over rocky ground with workmen pushing it.

Oxen and Dump Cart

Edwin Forbes, 1860s or 1870s

Graphite study of a hand gripping a cylinder, with soft shading on tan paper and a signature at lower right.

Study of a Hand

Horatio Greenough

Graphite drawing of a right hand gripping a short rod resting on a block, signed H. Greenough in the lower right.

Right Hand Holding Short Rod

Horatio Greenough, 1847

Grey wash drawing of sailing ships and small boats in a calm harbor with a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Harbor Scene

John Greenwood, c. 1760

Oval ink and wash drawing of a river with two sailboats, a leaning tree and wooded banks under a cloudy sky.

The Hudson at Nyack

John Henry Hill, 1858

Pencil drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, shrubs and a shallow stream on tan paper.

Landscape, Early Spring

John Henry Hill, 1857

Ink drawing of a palette and brush with the handwritten signature Winslow Homer across it, on pale paper.

Signature in Palette

Charcoal drawing of a moonlit farm landscape with trees, a farmhouse, and a glowing moon behind clouds.

Evening, Farm Landscape

William Morris Hunt, 1870s

Pencil sketch of a river with boulders and a leaning birch tree in the foreground and wooded hills in the distance.

Saco, Looking Northwest

Daniel Huntington, mid 1860s

Brown wash drawing of riders and pack animals crossing a rocky, pine-studded mountain landscape.

In the Sierras, A Pack Train

Pencil sketch of a river valley with wooded banks, layered mountains and a cluster of buildings on a distant ridge.

West Point from Storm King

Attributed to John William Casilear

Ink sketch on blue paper of a church interior with a carved relief of two seated figures, columns, and ornate arches.

Trinity Church, Boston (nave) - Mural Study

John La Farge, 1876

Pencil sketch of a pond edged by bare trees, reeds and a fence line receding across a grassy meadow.

Meadow Pond, New York

Charles Frederick William Mielatz

Grey wash drawing of a calm bay with a sailing ship, rowboat, snowy glacier between hills, and small buildings on a cliff.

American Observing Station, Kerquelen Islands

John Moran, 1874/1875

Pencil sketch of several sailing boats on calm water along a distant shoreline, with an inscription below reading On Board of

On Board of the Stony Brook Packet

William Sidney Mount, 1848

Ink sketch of a reclining man in a long coat with tousled hair, signed Th. Nast and dated October 17, 1901.

Signature, "TH. Nast, Oct. 17, 1901"

Thomas Nast, 1901

Pencil sketch of an ornate stone entablature with layered moldings, carved scrollwork and a decorative panel in Granada.

Capilla Real Entablature, Granada

John Singer Sargent, 1912

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of trees, distant hills and a river bend on tan paper, by Joshua Shaw.

The Horse Shoe on the Shenandoah, Virginia

Joshua Shaw, 1820s

Ink and wash drawing of two standing men in long coats within arched architectural settings, one beside a classical statue.

Lafayette (Two Views)

Thomas Sully, c. 1825

Self-Portrait

Charcoal sketch of a rocky hill with shrubs and layered ground on grey paper, inscribed 'Tmui of Ptolemy'.

Nile Journey, Tmui of Ptolemy

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of rushing rapids over rocks, with pine trees and fallen logs along the riverbanks.

Dalles of St. Louis

Alfred Waud, early 1880s