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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pencil sketch of uniformed officers standing among saddled horses, with smaller studies of horses above, on tan paper.

Officers and Horses at Rest

Winslow Homer, 1864

Pencil and watercolor sketch of covered wagons in a camp, with men resting on the ground and a small campfire.

Caravan with Covered Wagons Resting [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1861

Painted drawing of a blue and white ceramic bowl with a twisted rim band and scrolling leaf motifs on a cream background.

Fruit Bowl

Margaret A. R. Stottlemeyer, 1936

Painted drawing of a brown tin candlestick with a cylindrical base, flared socket, and side handle on cream paper.

Candlestick

Margaret A. R. Stottlemeyer, 1937

Pencil sketch of the balloon Intrepid over a field with ground crew, tents and trees, on brown paper.

Intrepid [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1862

Colored pencil drawing of a gray upholstered sofa with a carved wooden crest, scroll arms, and curved legs.

Sofa

Margaret A. R. Stottlemeyer, 1938

Pencil sketch of soldiers in kepis seen from behind, looking over flat ground toward distant trees and figures.

Rebel Works at Yorktown

Winslow Homer, 1862

Pencil sketch of a saddled horse tethered in an open field with a fence and distant trees on tan paper.

Tethered

Winslow Homer, 1864

Loose pencil sketch on tan paper of groups of figures with bundles and a mounted rider in an open field.

Preparing for the March

Winslow Homer, 1862

Colored drawing of a wooden fife with six finger holes and brass bands at each end, on a cream background.

Wooden Fife

Margaret A. R. Stottlemeyer, 1937

Pencil sketch of mules pulling a canvas-covered supply wagon with a driver, with tents and riders in the distance.

Supply Train

Winslow Homer, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers in uniform playing cards on the ground, with a standing officer and a tent pole in the background.

Playing Cards

Winslow Homer, 1862

Pencil sketch of cavalry soldiers in uniform gathered under a wooden frame at a camp, one smoking a pipe.

Sutler's Tent, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1862

Colored pencil drawing of a brown powder horn with banded rings, a smaller horn, and tasseled cords.

Powder Horn

Margaret A. R. Stottlemeyer, 1937

Drawing of a silver cream pitcher with scalloped rim, scroll handle and three feet, shaded in blue-gray pencil on cream paper

Silver Cream Pitcher

Margaret A. R. Stottlemeyer, 1936

Pencil sketch of soldiers carrying a wounded man across a stump-filled field, with wagons and trees in the distance.

Carrying the Wounded

Winslow Homer, 1865

Colored pencil drawing of a silver coffee pot with wooden handle, scalloped lid, and monogram, on a square pedestal.

Silver Coffee Pot

Margaret A. R. Stottlemeyer, 1936

Pencil sketch of seated and reclining soldiers in a crowded camp interior with rifles and gear hanging on the walls.

From Alexandria to Ship Point [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1862

Pencil sketch on tan paper of soldiers in trenches with shell bursts and smoke in the distance.

A Shell in the Trenches before Richmond [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1862

Pencil sketch of three soldiers with rifles advancing past a fallen tree across a torn battlefield with fence lines.

Advance of the Skirmish Line

Winslow Homer, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers in hats along the bottom, with a field of tents, trenches, and pine trees behind them.

Line-ups and Trenches [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1864

Sepia drawing of an Italian landscape with a watermill, a man carrying a sack, pines, and a distant sea.

Italian Landscape with a Watermill

Hélène Boutourlin, 1834

Engraving of men with grain sacks and donkeys, a bearded man opening his tunic while soldiers stand at right.

Discovery of Joseph's Cup

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1521

Chiaroscuro woodcut of David with a raised sword over fallen Goliath, soldiers fighting in a landscape with tents and trees.

David Slaying Goliath

Engraved print of a rocky mountain machine topped by Hercules fighting a hydra, flanked by colonnades and urns.

The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1726: Hercules and the Hydra

Francesco Faraone Aquila, 1726

Hand-colored engraving of a grey squirrel with a bushy tail beside orange flowers and a bulb with roots.

The Grey Fox Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored print of a dark purple bird with open beak standing on a rocky mound beside grass tufts.

The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a brown pied-billed grebe on blue water, one lobed foot extended to the left.

The Pied-billed Dobchick (Colymbus podiceps)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a loggerhead sea turtle swimming above rippled water, with a rock at lower right.

The Logger-head Turtle (Testudo Cavanna)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored print of a dark brown coach-whip snake knotted across the page above a green branch with a red flower.

The Coach-Whip Snake (Coluber flagellum)

Mark Catesby, 1731