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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Etching of a forest stream with rocks and a ruined castle on a hill, with a small figure standing by the trees.

Sammlung Radierter Blaetter von Nathe

Christoph Nathe, 1808

Pencil sketch of clouds over a landscape and a cloaked old woman standing beside a column, with handwritten notes.

Studies of Clouds and an Old Woman

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Oil sketch of sunbeams breaking through dark clouds over a plain with trees and a small building at left.

Sun Breaking through Clouds above the Roman Campagna

Johann Jakob Frey, 1844 or after

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man pointing and a woman with a flower basket, both kneeling in draped robes.

Two Kneeling Figures with Offerings

Unknown artist

Watercolor drawing of crumbling brick ruins with arched windows on a grassy hillside under a partly cloudy sky.

The Great Villa of the Quintilii on the Appian Way

Carlo Labruzzi, 1789

Pen and wash drawing of a landscape with classical tombs, a triumphal arch, large trees, and a reclining figure.

Landscape with Ancient Tombs

Agostino Mitelli

Pen and wash drawing of the Colosseum in Rome with tiered arches and small figures in the foreground.

The Colosseum

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pen and wash landscape with large trees on the left, three small figures and a dog in the foreground, and rolling hills.

A Landscape with Three Figures and a Dog

Théodore Rousseau

Watercolor drawing of two drovers in hats wrestling a pair of rearing grey horses, one man raising a whip overhead.

Drovers with a Pair of Rearing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson

Charcoal sketch of women in headscarves seated in a tram car, one figure at right holding an accordion.

Riders on the Metro

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, c. 1890

Ink drawing of a man in a bowler hat on a rainy night street with lamps and blurred pedestrians behind him.

In Love (Amoureux)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1888

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crowd of figures, a horseback rider and a carriage in a rocky mountain landscape.

The Murder of Archbishop Sharpe

William Allan, 1820/1821

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop church with cypress trees above a valley, with snowy mountains in the distance.

A Town on a Hilltop (Sanctuary of Lampedusa)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of a river gorge with a hilltop town of arched buildings and goats resting on the right foreground.

Goats Resting above a River Gorge (Narni, Italy)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of tall palms beside domed buildings and small figures, with rocky hills behind under a pale sky.

Mahatta

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of Thebes ruins with pylon gateways, palm trees, and cattle resting in shallow water in the foreground.

Thebes

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of palm trees beside a river with distant mountains and two figures at right, by Edward Lear.

Avisavella, Ceylon

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of a bay with a fortified headland in the distance and trees on the right, by Edward Lear.

View across a Bay (Monaco)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of an arched stone bridge over a river, with a hilltop town and distant mountains beyond.

Bridge with Mountains in the Distance (Ventimiglia)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilltop Italian town with a bell tower, dome, and rooftops above a winding road.

View of an Italian Town (after Titian or Domenico Campagnola)

Unknown artist

Pen and watercolor drawing of two cavalry soldiers clashing on rearing horses, with a fallen rider in the lower right.

Cavalry Skirmish

Thomas Rowlandson

Sepia drawing of two cows and a goat beside a cliff, with a reclining shepherd in the foreground and mountains in the distanc

Landscape with Cattle, a Goat, and a Resting Shepherd

Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, 1774

Pencil sketch of tree trunks and dense foliage with curved hatched ground lines in the foreground.

The Forest at Courdemanche

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1895

Charcoal drawing of a river landscape with a tall tree, a wooden bridge, village houses, a church spire and small figures.

A Landscape with a River

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of two studies of a furnished interior with chairs, a carved cabinet, a chandelier and a vase.

Two Studies of an Interior with Furniture

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pen and ink sheet with an ascension scene in an oval, surrounded by studies of winged and nude figures and a pilaster.

An Ascension and Other Studies

Pastel watercolor lake scene with fairies, swans, water lilies, and dancing figures beneath willow trees at sunset.

Lake Scene with Fairies and Swans

Grey wash drawing of a winged serpentine dragon flying over a dark landscape with smoke and small bats.

Flying Monster

Pen and watercolor drawing of domed pavilions and arcades inside a grotto, with a staircase, fountains and small figures.

Fantastic Pavilions in a Grotto

Watercolor drawing of a torch-lit underworld cavern with an enthroned couple and a skeleton standing guard.

Underworld Scene with a Man and Woman Enthroned and Death Standing Guard