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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of a jealous sea monster rising from waves, grappling with a muscular man beside a reclining draped woman under cloud

Jealous Monster

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Watercolor of a brown stoneware jug with a handle and a label reading G. Benton & L. Steward, Hartford, with a bird.

Jug

John Dana, 1935/1942

Painted study of a gray stoneware jug with blue cobalt floral scroll decoration and a curved handle on cream paper.

Jug

Henry Meyers, 1935/1942

Etching of a woman in drapery struggling with a scaly sea monster on a shore, a bearded man watching from the reeds.

Successful Monster

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of a satyr playing panpipes beside a sleeping figure, with a scaly sea monster and coiled tail in the water below.

Musical Monster

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Watercolor drawing of a glazed combination bookcase and bureau with lion-head drawer pulls and a line diagram below.

Combination Book Case, Desk, and Bureau

Henry Meyers, c. 1936

Etching of allegorical figures: a blindfolded woman gestures toward a book labeled Nature while a child holds a mirror.

Comedy

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of a grieving woman leaning on a rock above a body lying in the surf, with a bird in the sky.

Elegy

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of a seated classical woman holding a bowl beside an urn and reclining figure, with billowing clouds, titled Tragedy.

Tragedy

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Painted study of a brown glazed earthenware pitcher with a spout, handle, and incised zigzag band on a cream background.

Earthenware Pitcher

Mina Lowry, c. 1940

Etching of a turbaned man resting his chin on his hand, seated on a stone ledge by water beneath a leafy tree.

Reposo

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of a bearded man in armor and cloak seated on a bank beside a helmet, with trees overhead and a sheet in hand.

Salvator Rosa

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of an armored man seated on a rock pointing forward while two bearded companions look on, with trees and a spear.

Banditti Taking His Post

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Painted study of a brown earthenware pitcher with a curved handle and dark leaf-like slip decoration on a pale background.

Pitcher

Henry Moran, c. 1941

A London Character

Isaac Cruikshank

A Young Man with Flowing Hair

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1777

Thomas Peyton

James Sharples, 1779

Pen and wash drawing of a market with vendors, sheep, turkeys, a donkey, and a classical stone sculpture by Huet.

Market Scene with a Fantastic Sculpture

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1797

Red chalk drawing of a poppy plant with large lobed leaves and a flower head at upper right, on cream paper.

Poppy in Bloom

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1760

Watercolor design of a stylized blue bird above the text N. Clark & Co Lyons, with an inset ink sketch of a jar.

Jar

George Loughridge, c. 1937

Drawing of a rustic farmhouse with thatched roof, a cow, and peasant figures in the foreground under a blue sky.

Farm Scene

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1779

Red chalk drawing of a poppy plant with seed pods, blossoms and lobed leaves on pale paper.

Poppies with Seed Pods

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1760

Sepia wash drawing of a flowering plant with small blossoms and long grass blades against pale paper.

Flowering Plant with Grass

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1760

Red chalk drawing of a leafy plant with buds growing from rocks, with a second plant behind it on the right.

Flowering Plant with Buds

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1760

Watercolor study of a blue-decorated stoneware jug beside a large blue floral motif and stamped Harrington Lyons lettering.

Jug

George Loughridge, c. 1937

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and ruffled gown playing a cittern, looking upward.

An Elegant Lady Playing a Cittern

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1770

Watercolor of two rustic wooden wall doors with zigzag-carved panels and iron hinges, signed Majel G. Claflin.

Two Wall Doors

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Immaculate Conception

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a painted wooden statue of a standing woman in a red gown and black mantle on a pale base.

Unnamed Bulto

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Painted retablo of a robed religious figure holding a cross-topped staff, with a red border and hanging cord at top.

Retablo

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942