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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of a winged woman among clouds and stars, with a cherub holding sheet music and a landscape below.

Mvsica (Music)

Virgilius Solis

Engraving of a female allegorical figure labeled Gramatica with cherubs, an open alphabet book, clouds and a landscape below.

Gramatica (Grammar)

Virgilius Solis

Engraving of an allegorical woman among clouds with a celestial wheel and cherubs, labeled ASTROLOGIA, above a classical land

Astrologia (Astrology)

Virgilius Solis

Engraving of an allegorical female figure with a scroll among clouds, flanked by putti, above a city and trees.

Rhetorica (Rhetoric)

Virgilius Solis

Engraving of an allegorical female figure with scales among clouds, flanked by putti, with ruins and palms below.

Dialectica (Dialectics)

Virgilius Solis

Engraving of the allegorical figure Arithmetic among clouds, with putti holding tablets and a town in the landscape below.

Artihmetria (Arithmetic)

Virgilius Solis

Engraving of an allegorical female figure Geometria on clouds with putti holding a compass, above a town with a bridge.

Geometria (Geometry)

Virgilius Solis

Engraved procession of classical figures including Venus, Mars and Mercury, with a cart pulled by oxen.

Spring

Virgilius Solis

Etching of a man at a cluttered desk with drawing apparatus and papers, holding a sheet and a pen.

Self-Portrait

William Strang, 1897

Brown ink drawing of a river with a stone arched bridge, townhouses on the left, hills beyond, and a figure under a tree.

River View

Etching of an elderly man smoking a cigar and studying playing cards spread on a table.

Canfield

Dwight Case Sturges

Etching of a bearded older man in a flat cap steering a ship's wheel, with seagulls and rough sea behind him.

The Skipper

Dwight Case Sturges

Sepia mezzotint of a young woman in a wide hat leaning on a window ledge, head tilted, with a pensive smile.

Sophia Western, Fieldings Tom Jones

John Raphael Smith after John Hoppner, 1784

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man in a tricorn hat and dark coat, with a tree and landscape behind him.

Richard Robinson

John Raphael Smith after Sir Joshua Reynolds, published 1775

Mezzotint portrait of a young officer in plumed helmet and uniform, with sabre, horse and cannon beside him, against a smoky

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Banastre Tarleton

John Raphael Smith after Sir Joshua Reynolds, published 1782

Lithograph of a woman serving soup to waiting men and a child in a crowded line, with the caption 'en attendant!' in the uppe

Waiting (En attendant)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1895

Charcoal drawing of three cats curled together in a tight cluster against a hatched background.

The Cats: Tsching, Batzar and Blanc-Blanc

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Etching of a stormy sky with slanting light rays over a flat field, a lone walking man, and a farmhouse with trees at right.

Thunder Storm (Temps d'orage)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Lithograph of a crowd of poor people in dark coats queuing at a doorway, with a figure in white at the right.

To the True Poor: The Wicked Rich (Aux vrais pauvres: Les mauvais riches)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1894

Study of a Woman

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Night watercolor of a city street seen from a sixth-floor balcony, with a woman leaning on the railing over lamplit rooftops.

From the Sixth Floor

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Ink sketch of a woman with long dark hair and a light headscarf, drawn in loose brown hatching.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Charcoal drawing of three men watching a street painter with an easel on his back on a cobbled street.

He Acts Like a Painter

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Colored crayon drawing of a farm woman with a bucket reaching toward chickens in a stone-walled yard with laundry.

Fille de Ferme

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1896

Charcoal sheet of sketches with multiple female head studies, a standing cloaked figure, legs, and figures seen from behind.

Sheet of Sketches

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Charcoal sketch sheet with a standing woman, a uniformed man, an embracing couple, and several head studies.

Sketches for "Lovers on a Bench"

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Blue crayon sketch of a street vendor in a market crowd, with children and figure studies around the page.

The Coconut Merchant

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Sketch of two men and a woman gossiping on a street while a worker in a red shirt carries a long plank past.

Gossips

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Ink and colored pencil drawing of a man in a cap smoking beside a spiked-collar dog, with a night boulevard scene above.

To the Village

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Ink and wash drawing of men in top hats and a woman in a feathered hat at a café terrace beside an ornate building.

Chez Maxime

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen