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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of turkeys, a loaded farm wagon, men and boys, and a dog in a snowy yard beside a haystack.

Thanksgiving Day - Ways and Means [upper left]

after Winslow Homer, published 1858

Engraving of soldiers in a close bayonet charge across a field, with rifles raised and smoke from gunfire behind them.

The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge

after Winslow Homer, published 1862

Engraving of a crowded ballroom with dancers in ruffled gowns and military coats, spectators in tiered galleries above.

The Great Russian Ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863

after Winslow Homer, published 1863

Engraving of a donkey at a desk among crowded scholars in a schoolroom, with a figure in a tall hat at center.

The Ass at School

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1557

Etching of twisted trees along a path, with cattle, a farmhouse in the distance, and a hatched sky by Auguste Lepère.

La Ferme aux peupliers de Hollande

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Brown ink and wash drawing of a triumphal procession with chariots, horses, winged figures and putti in a decorative frame.

The Triumph of Empire, with the Four Continents

Francesco de Mura, 1730

Brown wash drawing of a shoreline landscape with a helmeted seated soldier, figures, a tree and a carved stone pedestal.

A Landscape with Seated Soldiers and Fishermen

Antonio Visentini

Pastel portrait of a smiling young woman in a yellow gown with blue ribbons and a pink rose in her hair.

A Young Lady in a Yellow Gown with Blue Ribbons

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1767

Caricature lithograph of a standing bearded man in round spectacles with clasped hands, dark coat and white collar.

Ath. L. Charles Coquerel

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Pastel portrait of a man with a powdered wig, gray coat and lace jabot, against a soft brownish background.

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1757

Brown wash drawing of travelers resting on a grassy slope beside large trees, a dog, and a distant river landscape.

Landscape with Travelers

Johann Albrecht Dietzsch, 1776

Etching of a feathered warrior with a spear beside a treasure chest of gold coins, with a tree and landscape behind.

Frontispiece: Allegorical Composition (Composition allegorique)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin and Charles Francois Le Tellier, 1767

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palace interior with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and an arched ceiling.

Interior of a Palace

Juste Nathan François Boucher

Etching of a nude man tending a fallen figure beneath a large tree, with soldiers and children around, and French verse below

Heroic Act of a Father Who Sacrifices for His Son (Trait heroique d'un pere qui se sacrifie pour son fils)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin and Charles Francois Le Tellier, 1767

Etching of a running man in a cloak holding a letter aloft, with a leaping animal and sketched landscape behind him.

Envoy to M. de Saint-Denis by M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner [left]

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

1767 etching of two men in a wooded clearing beside a white horse, a large tree and a hut, with mounted figures behind.

Flight of M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner with theAttakapas [right]

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Daumier lithograph of a man entering a room in a top hat, startling a woman and a seated man at a table.

Un quiproquo - Vous vous trompez... allez... au diable...

Honoré Daumier, 1838

Lithograph caricature of a standing man with oversized head, wild hair, folded arms and long coat.

Lagrange

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph caricature of a seated man with an oversized head, crossed arms, and checked trousers, sitting on a crate.

Auguste Avond

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a man with a large head, curly hair and dark coat, gazing upward, with faint audience figures behind

Alex. Thomas Marie

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph caricature of a large-headed bearded man with long hair in a dark coat, standing before a crowd in a street.

Jos. Ant. Ronjac

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a man with a large head, thick mustache and crossed arms, with a crowd sketched behind him.

Gustave Sautayra

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph of a crying boy wiping his face with a handkerchief, surrounded by toys, with a carriage leaving in the background

Le Jeune Estancelin est obligé de rentrer en classe!

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph of three women in 19th-century dress, one reading a newspaper aloud with a shocked companion beside her.

Les Délégués du club central socialiste ont repoussé...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a shouting orator above an audience, and a bored presiding figure beside a bell with sleeping listen

Quand un orateur ennuyeux monte a la tribune

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Lithograph of an older woman in a bonnet embracing a younger woman in a striped dress before a draped curtain.

Oui, ma chère, mon mari a ravalé ma dignité...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier lithograph of two robed men beside a cage labeled Canards Sacrés, with the National Assembly building behind them.

Les Augures de l'Empire...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph of tiny Lilliputians swarming a sleeping giant labeled Suffrage Universel, with a classical building behin

Lilliputiens essayant de profiter du sommeil...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph: a scowling bald man in a cloak stands at left as winged children run past under a cloudy sky.

Grandeur et décadence d'O. Barrot

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Caricature lithograph of a man with a large nose crouched behind bars, with a giraffe and birds in a zoo setting.

Les Malheurs du chimiste Dumas

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of a nude man fleeing across a field in a wavy ornate frame, with a second figure and huts behind him.

Les Curieux Punis

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of caricatured men seated in a large nest with a winged figure flying above, within an ornate frame.

Le Nid abandonné

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Daumier lithograph of a reclining nude figure gazing up at a moon while a small man reaches toward it in a scrolled frame.

Le Sommeil d'Endymion-Berryer

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of two men on a landing, one holding out a top hat toward a doorway where a man peers out.

La Souscription Napoléonienne

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of a reclining giant beside small panicked men, one tossing his top hat, with 'Suffrage Universel' written on the

Une Panique de Lilliputiens...

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Two weeping men look at a glass jar holding two crowned, fused nude figures, in a Daumier lithograph from 1851.

Regrets Superflus!

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of a stout man in a top hat facing a seated woman whose stool reads Assemblée Nationale, by Daumier.

Docteur... je ne suis pas aussi malade...

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Daumier lithograph of a scowling man with folded arms facing three gesturing ministers at a tribune marked Banc des Ministres

Ce n'est pas encore cette fois-ci...

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of a swordsman lunging with a billowing cloak, his blade striking a torn paper labeled Constitution.

Un Matamore portant une... botte...

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of a crowned king on a balcony looking over a city street with hanged and fallen figures below.

A Naples - Le meilleur des rois... (2nd plate)

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of a startled crowned woman recoiling from a man in a feathered hat who raises a goblet.

Hamlet

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Lithograph of Henri Monnier as Joseph Prudhomme by Honoré Daumier, 1852, showing a standing man in a frock coat and high coll

Henri Monnier (Rôle de Joseph Prudhomme)

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Caricature of a two-headed figure with a rooster on top, shown inside a tall cylindrical jar with a lid.

La fusion

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Lithograph of a caricatured street performer in an ornate headdress beside a drummer, with a crowd of onlookers behind.

Les saltimbanques

Honoré Daumier, 1880

Lithographic caricature bust of a man with an exaggerated nose and scowling expression, wearing a dark coat and high white co

Fruchard, en buste

Honoré Daumier, 1833

Lithograph of an elderly man with a large nose peering at a newborn held by a woman in a lace cap, in a bedroom.

Un nouveau nez

Honoré Daumier, 1833

Lithograph by Honoré Daumier of two dancing men beside a street musician playing flute, c. 1850.

Attachés par leur grandeur au rivage de la Seine...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Watercolor of an attic room with a woman in white, a seated mother with an infant, a dog, and a boy with a drum.

Young French Marquise in Exile in Lausanne

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, 1789

Daumier caricature: a table spins wildly as a woman and a man lean over it while onlookers and a dog react in a room.

Expérience qui réussit trop bien

Honoré Daumier, 1853

Two officers in uniform shade their eyes from a bright sun, drawn in lithograph by Honoré Daumier, 1855.

Des gens dont le soleil réjouit peu la vue

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier lithograph of a caricatured tsar with a companion on a parapet overlooking Sevastopol, with French tricolor flags.

Le Czar a Sébastopol

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier caricature: a stout soldier eyes a bearded older man in a top hat holding a rifle, with a crowd of armed men behind t

La Levée en masse en Russie...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Grey paper sheet with chalk studies of feet, hands, heads, a woman with a basket, and a bearded nude man in a turban.

Study for Miraculous Draught of Fishes (?)

Daumier lithograph of a man crouched inside a barrel, with a second barrel and a small figure behind him, under a caption abo

C'est un peu dur d'être obligé

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of a spectacled hunter with rifle beside a prone dog as a hare flees across a hill.

On dit que le chien est ami de l'homme...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Drawing with a black chalk reaching male figure above two red chalk studies of upturned heads on brown paper.

Man Reaching Down and Two Studies of Heads (recto)

Jean Jouvenet, 1698

Daumier lithograph of a bespectacled man confronting two figures in plaid hats and cloaks, with a French caption below.

Les Hommes de vingt-cinq ans...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of gaunt, ragged men in peaked caps marching in procession, carrying a limp figure past a building with a balcony.

A Naples: Défilé des... gardes-du-corps...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Caricature lithograph of a bespectacled man in a cloak and top hat with a bulldog, ignoring a ragged beggar child's outstretc

M. Prudhomme Philantrope

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Daumier lithograph of a lean man pointing at the palm of a robed, turbaned figure in a wide hat, 1859.

L'Empereur du Maroc consultant... Desbarolles

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Etching of a standing man in a feathered cap and period costume, resting one hand on a pedestal and holding a sword.

A Man with Weapons (Un Homme d'armes)

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a fallen log over water, a bare tree at left, and overhanging foliage.

Landscape (after Paul Bril)

Herman van Swanevelt

Etching of two seated Arab men in robes and turbans in a dry landscape, with distant riders and a horse on the right.

Arabs of Oran (Arabes d'Oran)

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with gnarled trees, a grassy path, and a distant hilltop town.

Pool at the Edge of a Wood

Herman van Swanevelt