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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a kneeling figure and a standing cloaked figure beside a sailboat mast on a horizon.

Study of Figures

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Graphite sketch of two figures arranged within a semicircular lunette on tan paper.

Study of Figures in a Lunette

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil and chalk sketch on tan paper of a kneeling cloaked figure facing a winged standing figure beside a pedestal.

Study of a Figure from Behind [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil sketches on tan paper showing robed figures in semicircular lunette frames and a large standing woman in a long dress.

Studies for a Lunette

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Study of two female figures in pale dresses lifting a tablet across an arched border, watercolor on tan paper.

Study of Two Female Figures in Arched Border

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil sketches of semicircular lunette designs with seated figures, desks, books and labels reading Study and Religion.

Studies for Lunettes [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil drawing of a decorative border with scrolls, trefoil shapes and wave patterns on tracing paper.

Tracing of a Border Design

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Ink and wash sketches of scrolls with curled ends on tan paper, including one large unrolled scroll and several smaller studi

Sketches for a Scroll

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Brown ink and wash drawing of a family with children playing, a child riding a toy horse, and a small soldier with a flag.

The Happy Family with Children Playing

Johann Eleazar Zeissig

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a woman in a black dress and bonnet seated on a chair on a beach.

Seated Lady in Black, Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1865

Pen and ink sketch on a postcard of two peasants digging in a field, with handwritten Dutch text above.

Postcard with Two Peasants Digging

Vincent van Gogh, 1885

Watercolor of a Paris palace facade with strollers in period dress, clipped trees, market stalls and a row of buildings.

Rue de Rivoli and Pavillon Marsan

François Etienne Villeret

An Antique Sculpture of a Horse

Jacques-Louis David, 1780

Watercolor sketch of an encampment with white tents, a decorated horse, soldiers in uniform, and women in dark dresses.

The Queen

Constantin Guys

Ink and watercolor drawing of a woman in a pale gown standing among seated figures in a crowded interior under lamps.

Officers and Courtesans in an Interior

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Charcoal sketch on blue paper of figures picnicking in a wooded clearing, with two women in long dresses at left.

The Luncheon on the Grass

Claude Monet, c. 1865

Etching of ghostly robed figures drifting above a dark city skyline and river beneath a stormy, light-streaked sky.

Les Esprits des Villes-Mortes (Spirits from the Cities of the Dead)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1885

Pencil sketch of a loaded cargo ship and sailing boats on calm water near a masted vessel and shoreline.

Shipping in the Port of London [recto]

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1884

Watercolor of moored sailing boats with tall masts and colorful sails at a harbor quay, pale buildings behind.

St Tropez

Paul Signac, 1906

Etching of three men beneath a palm tree in a rocky mountain valley, with a distant figure at left.

Landscape with Brigands (Scène de brigands)

Claude Lorrain, 1633, printed later

Woodcut-style print of a hunter in a wide-brimmed hat riding a horse past trees, with hanging game and a distant village.

Hunter on Horseback

Niccolò Boldrini, 1566

Pencil sketch of a classical house with a portico and stone steps, framed by large trees and overgrown foliage.

House with a Portico at Ermenonville

François-Édouard Bertin

Theatre programme for Théâtre Antoine beside a lithograph of a man in a bowler hat and long coat reading a paper.

Mariage d'argent; Le Fardeau de la liberté; Un Client sérieux [recto]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897

Brown ink drawing of fashionable Victorian figures in enormous crinoline dresses and top hats strolling under trees in a park

"Taking the Air" in Hyde Park [verso]

George Cruikshank, 1865

Lithographic poster showing a woman in a white dress reaching up against a dark stage, with cast names printed in the right m

Annabella ('Tis Pity She's a Whore)

Henri Bataille, 1894

Brand

Maxime Dethomas, 1895

Une Mère; Brocéliande; Les Flaireurs; Des Mots! Des Mots!

Maxime Dethomas, 1896

Poster by Hermann-Paul for Gogol's Revizor showing caricatured men in uniforms and hats beside a printed cast list.

L'Inspecteur Général Revizor

Hermann Paul, 1898

Color lithograph theater program showing a barge on a river, a embracing couple, and a city skyline, with cast lists in Frenc

Theater Program for "Boubouroche" and "Valet de coeur (Jack of Hearts)"

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1893

Colored lithograph of a barge on a river with a waterfront and two figures leaning together in the foreground.

Theater Program for "Boubouroche" and "Valet de coeur (Jack of Hearts)"

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1892/1893