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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Daumier lithograph of three exaggerated circus performers: one hanging from rings, one lifting a barbell, one watching with a

Nos saltimbanques

Honoré Daumier, 1880

Open sketchbook with pencil landscape studies of rocks, a winding path, and sketched tree trunks and branches.

Sketchbook

Albert Bierstadt, 1881

Etching of a crowded outdoor café under a large tree, with a waiter, seated patrons, and an acrobat on a rope.

Au coq du brûyeres

after Daniel Vierge Auguste Lepère, 1888

Engraving of a crowded street market under bare trees, with vendors selling pots and kettles beside city buildings.

Marché à la terraille

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1890

Snowy New York street with brick tenements, fire escapes, pedestrians, and a clothing stall, drawn in chalk and wash.

Cross Streets of New York

Everett Shinn, 1899

Brown ink and wash drawing of cherubs among clouds with handwritten staff lines and a dedication to Edith.

A Poem without Words

Henry Mosler, 1886

Lithograph of Chinese men playing dominoes by candlelight in an ornate room, by Honoré Daumier, 1844.

Un divertissement de pékin

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Lithograph of two men conversing at a dinner table with wine bottles and plates in a decorated restaurant interior.

Eh bien Malin! comment le trouvez vous celui-la!

Honoré Daumier, 1839

Daumier lithograph of a robed judge gesturing beside a reclining man and a standing man in a stone-walled room.

La cour rend des services et non pas des arrêts!

Honoré Daumier, 1835

Daumier lithograph of a bearded man in a cloak gesturing at a thin man in a tall hat, with a satirical caption below.

Bertrand, j'adore l'industrie...

Honoré Daumier, 1836

Lithograph of a man in a nightcap standing by a bed at night, gazing toward a starry window, with a sleeper under the covers.

Croyant l'apercevoir ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of Parisians with heads tilted back, staring at the night sky while awaiting a comet, with city buildings

La parisiens dans l'attente de la ...comète

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of two cloaked figures reacting to a comet in the sky while the sun sets, with French caption below.

Ah! Pauv' Madame Chaffarou ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph: a woman in a huge crinoline skirt sits in a garden as a uniformed man watches with a sour expression.

J'aimerais autant voir un ouragan ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of a seated passenger with a travel bag watching a large steamship in a harbor, 1858.

Passager ayant payé ... pour se rendre a New-York ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of two men watching two actors embrace on a stage in a theatre, with a seated audience below.

Les comédiens de société

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Pencil landscape sketch of a rounded mountain above wooded hills and a river, with handwritten notes, dated 1859.

Landscapes

Daniel Huntington, 1859

Sepia drawing of travelers and luggage in a crowded customs shed, with officers' booth and bright doorway behind.

Customs Shed

James Wells Champney, 1875-1876

Daumier lithograph of two men playing cards at a table in a bathhouse room, with wine glasses and a draped attendant at left.

Un joli calembour

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Daumier caricature lithograph of exaggerated figures with candles and a crowd at a counter, 1854.

Distribution de vivres un jour d'extra

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of a fur-hatted rider on horseback directing bent men in turbans who pull a plow across a flat field.

Les russes encourageant l'agriculture

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier caricature of a man struggling to hug a large globe showing Europe and Asia, with a caption beneath.

Bigre! ... j'ai eu tort de me mettre ...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Two Heads

John Singer Sargent, 1875-1880

Daumier lithograph of caricatured bathers seated on a bench by a pool, with other figures in the water and background.

L'eau est-elle bonne? ... / Une pleine eau

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of villagers in hats watching a gesturing horned performer on a fairground stage, 1865.

Villageois économes se contentant ... (recto); A la campagne, pas de grèves de cochers ... (verso)

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Charcoal drawing of nude bathers in a shaded landscape beside a large tree, with a reclining figure in the foreground.

Bathers

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil sketch of fountain decorations with a putto on a basin, scrolling acanthus foliage, a bird, and a standing figure.

Studies of Fountain Decorations

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Charcoal drawing of Venus and Mars seated with a cherub among discarded armor, with a landscape and birds at right.

Venus, Mars, and Cupid

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil sketch of the Potomac River with rocky banks, a leaning tree at left, and wooded hills in the distance.

Potomac River Below Harper's Ferry

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1867

Pencil drawing of an arching blackberry branch with serrated leaves and thorny stems on pale paper.

Blackberry

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866